Hero photo — mist over the coffee rows at dawn · 2400×1500

Kashari Highlands · Western Uganda

Stay where the coffee grows.

A working coffee estate and highland lodge in Kashari — wake to mist over the rows, walk the harvest, and taste it roasted the same morning.

Book a stay → Our coffee
0°37′ S · 30°39′ EELEV 1,540 MEST. 2014

Kashari Highlands · Western Uganda

Stay where the coffee grows.

A working coffee estate and highland lodge in Kashari — wake to mist over the rows, walk the harvest, and taste it roasted the same morning.

Book a stay → Plan a visit
1,540 mElevation
38 haEstate & forest
Est. 2014Family run
Hero photo — coffee picker on the slopes · 1400×1700

Kashari Highlands · Western Uganda

Stay where the
coffee grows.

A working coffee estate and highland lodge in Kashari — wake to mist over the rows, walk the harvest, and taste it roasted the same morning.

Book a stay → Our coffee
Estate · 900×600
Roastery · 900×600
Lodge deck · 900×600
Founders walking the estate · 1200×1500
12Years on
the hill

Our story

A family farm that learned to keep its guests.

Nyakamenta began as thirty-eight hectares of red highland soil above the Kashari valley — coffee on the slopes, forest along the streams. For years we simply grew and sold the cherry. Then visitors started asking to stay.

"We never set out to build a lodge. We set out to share a hillside — the harvest, the fire, the first cup of the morning."

Today the estate is both a working farm and a small highland lodge. Everything our guests taste — the coffee, the honey, the eggs, the greens — comes from within a short walk of the bed they wake in.

A. & J. Kamugisha Founders & stewards, Kashari

Our coffee

Three rows, three cups.

Grown between 1,400 and 1,700 metres, hand-picked in two seasons, and dried on raised beds in the estate yard. We roast in small batches for the lodge and for our subscribers abroad.

Bean / brew · 800×520

Mountain Arabica

SL-14 · 1,650m

Our flagship washed lot — bright, clean, and built for a slow pour-over morning on the deck.

JasmineRed appleCane sugar
Bean / brew · 800×520

Valley Robusta

Fine · 1,420m

Low-slope, full-bodied and bold. The backbone of the morning pot and our espresso blend.

Dark cocoaWalnutMolasses
Bean / brew · 800×520

Honey Reserve

Micro-lot · 1,700m

A tiny honey-process batch from the highest rows. Released once a year, when the hill allows it.

Stone fruitBrown sugarCocoa nib

Have the harvest delivered — a rotating bag from the estate, every month.

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Farm tours & experiences

Spend a morning in the work.

Every stay includes the estate walk. Add a roastery session, a forest hike, or a long table dinner — all led by the people who grow it.

Sunrise harvest walk · 1500×900
DailyIncluded

Sunrise harvest walk

2 HRS·EASY·06:30
Roastery session · 900×900
Mon · Thu

Roast & cup

90 MIN·UGX 60K
Forest stream hike · 800×800
Guided

Forest & stream hike

3 HRS·MODERATE
Long-table dinner · 800×800
Fri · Sat

Long-table dinner

EVENING·FARM MENU
Beekeeping · 800×800
Seasonal

Hives & honey

1 HR·UGX 40K

Sustainability

Shade-grown, spring-fed, locally kept.

We farm under native shade trees, compost the pulp back into the rows, and protect the stream forest that feeds the valley. Nearly everyone who works here lives within walking distance — and shares in the harvest.

Read our land commitment →
Canopy
100%
Shade-grown rows
Water
Spring
Fed, no extraction
People
40+
Local livelihoods
Waste
Zero
Pulp to compost

The lodge & rooms

Seven rooms, one long view.

Hand-built from estate timber and stone, each room opens to the valley. Rates include breakfast, the sunrise walk, and a bottomless pot of the morning's roast.

Hillside Room · 900×660

Hillside Room

$140/ night

A snug double facing the coffee slopes, with a private veranda for the first cup.

Sleeps 2VerandaEn-suite
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Forest Cabin · 900×660

Forest Cabin

$185/ night

Tucked into the stream forest — fall asleep to water, wake to birdsong and shade.

Sleeps 2FireplaceOutdoor bath
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Valley Suite · 900×660

Valley Suite

$260/ night

Our largest room, with a wide deck over the valley and space for a family of four.

Sleeps 4DeckLounge
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Visit & enquire

Find us in the hills.

Map — Kashari, Mbarara District
Nyakamenta
WhereNyakamenta Estate
Kashari, Mbarara District
Western Region, Uganda
Getting here~5 hrs drive from Kampala · 40 min from Mbarara town. We can arrange transfers.
Reach usstay@nyakamenta.coffee
+256 700 000 000