The Best Hotel in Kampala, Uganda

Located in the city’s Central Business District, among mature palm-tree-filled gardens, the world has been meeting at this five-star hotel since 1967. The hotel’s warm and attentive, professionally-liveried staff, keep guests coming back and the 236 spacious, air-conditioned rooms and suites that feature flatscreen TVs, minibars, safes, and luxury branded toiletries keep them happy; for the best city views, ask for a room overlooking the gardens. Guests can enjoy a gym session, spa pampering, poolside cocktails, and endless cuisine options at the hotel’s eight restaurants. Theme nights include salsa by the poolside, seafood & sushi night, and African Night, serving delicacies from the continent to a backdrop of energetic Afrofusion dance (in the open air, of course). The hotel’s nine-acre gardens have a surprising diversity of birds---give reception advance notice if you’d like to hire a bird guide. Uganda Golf Course is a few minutes away, as is the city’s pulsing nightlife.