Uganda Hotel Scene :: The Serena Kampala Takes You Out of Africa
September 3, 2008 at 2:44 PM |
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HotelChatter's newest contributing editor Scarlett Lion is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here. Got questions? Send 'em to us and we'll get them answered. Enjoy.
If it weren't for that guy peeing in the street about a hundred meters away, a stay at the Serena Hotel in Kampala, Uganda, might feel a lot like a stay at any nice hotel, just about anywhere.
The lobby houses a fountain and plush couches, as well as well-mannered waiters ready to serve you cocktails for New York prices. And the rooms are New York-priced too.
While a prostitute-filled lodge on the other side of town might cost about $2 a night, don't expect to pay less than $250 for a small Hilton-esque room, and up to $550 for a suite.
For an extra $1350, the Serena can arrange for a helicopter to pick you up at Entebbe Airport, avoiding the one-hour drive to Kampala. For $2,500, you can stay in the Royal Suite where Queen Elizabeth slept on her trip to Uganda last November.
Before the Queen came, however, the powers-that-be in Uganda made sure there was no one peeing in the street or even walking in the street for that matter. Yet if you change your mind and want to see the "real" Africa (and if you book enough nights at the Royal Suite and a helicopter ride), the powers-that-be will see what they can do.
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