Rooms & Facilities
Accommodation for up to 40 people in two and three bedded rooms with self contained shower and toilet facilities.
More »Cuisine
We offer both Ugandan and international menus. Our Guest House offers freshly prepared, locally grown, organic vegetarian produce!
More »Activities
Fancy exploring? The beauty of Uganda awaits you. Drivers and guides can be hired for trips to Mount Elgon National Park, Sipi and Sisiyi Falls, Nyero Rock paintings, Mbale and the surrounding areas.
More »A Warm Welcome to Salem Uganda!
Want to visit an authentic village setting in Eastern Uganda?
Our oasis of tranquillity and beauty is found 12 kilometres outside the busy town of Mbale. Easy to reach both by car and public transport, Salem is popular with local people, national and international visitors alike. See map and how to find us.
We offer traditional style conference and guest house facilities at a reasonable cost.
Salem’s reputation for a warm welcome and comfortable stay in a natural environment is unique.
At Salem you will find traditional African buildings modernised for your comfort. The craft skills needed to maintain this environment provide both employment for local people and the opportunity to appreciate a working model of self sustainability for all visitors.
With comfortable accommodation, catering, dining and modern office facilities, we provide all the support needed to make any occasion a complete success.
Visit our rooms and conference center sections to appreciate further details
Our regular patrons include a wide range of individual travellers and groups: Government and NGO groups both from within Uganda and from abroad., teachers, health workers, farmers and volunteer workers all frequent Salem.
We have learned how to fly like the birds, to swim like the fish, yet we have forgotten how to live like brothers… Martin Luther King
Latest News
14.11.2010Do you want to become a Nurse?
Full news article »14.11.2010
SALEM Drama Group
Full news article »14.11.2010
SALEM Uganda – Mitigating the Effects of Climate Change
Full news article »20.07.2009
Planning For A Greener Environment
This programme begins in the SALEM tree nursery where we grow trees from seedlings and give them out to farmers in in our local community. In 2008 more than 2,000 trees were planted – in 2009 it will be more than 10,000, many of them being planted in small forests.
Full news article »20.05.2009
Salem Uganda Tusome Project – Update
This exciting new project which aims at improving schoool attendance and academic performance at our two neighbouring primary schools of Kolonyi and Birah is now underway.
Full news article »20.02.2009
New Classrooms for Salem Nursery School
The official Inauguration Ceremony for the new Nursery School buildings was held in February this year. Traute Grabosch, the chief donor, officially declared the new facilities open.
Full news article »30.09.2008
Salem Uganda Tusome Project
Working to raise school retention rates and to help chldren to improve upon their school performance
Full news article »30.09.2008
Planning for a greener future: community environment initiative
During the rainy season of 2008, over 2,000 tree seedlings have been planted in a new initiative that will create a green belt throughout Nakaloke sub county.
Full news article »30.09.2008
Kolonyi Health Centre renovation
The Kolonyi Health Centre renovation work is nearing completion.
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