Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo national park is located in western Uganda in the district of Kiruhura covering a total area of about 260 square kilometres. Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savannah national park. It was gazetted in 1983. The park is spectacular offering quiet a number of Uganda safari activities to travellers. Lake Mburo National Park is a home to over 350 bird species recorded in the park making it a birder’s haven. Also, on a Uganda wildlife safari to Lake Mburo National Park, one can encounter animals such as impalas, Zebras, warthogs, oribi, waterbucks, giraffes, elands to mention but a few.
Attractions in Lake Mburo National Park
On a Uganda safari to Lake Mburo National Park, there are a lot of attractions to sight in the park. These encompass the following;
Birds;
Lake Mburo National Park is a birder’s haven with close 350 bird species recorded in the park making it to stand out as one of the birding destinations in Uganda. Some of the bird species to sight in the park while on Uganda birding safari include; Mosque swallow, Black-bellied bustard, Bare-faced go-away bird, Rüppell’s starling, Southern ground hornbill, Black-throated barbe, blue-napped mousebird, brown parrot, common quails, crested francolin, emerald spotted wood Dove, greenwood hoopoe, Lilac-breasted Roller, Nubian woodpecker, Rednecked Spur, trilling cisticola, white-winged warbler and the Shoebill stork. African-wattled plover Rufous, Black Bellied Bustard, Coqui francolin, Flapped larks, red-necked spur fowl and many more.
Animals:
Key animals’ species to sight in Lake Mburo National Park include oribi, zebras, hippos, impalas, giraffes, warthogs, hyenas, buffaloes to mention but a few. Many of these can be sighted while on morning and evening game drives as well as encountered on a boat cruise safari experience.
What to do in Lake Mburo National Park
On a Uganda wildlife tour to lake mburo national park there are several activities to be done.
Boat cruise;
The boat cruise trips are done on schedule per day and they usually last for 2hours and it is done either in the morning or evening and animals like hippos and buffaloes are sighted which makes the trip enjoyable and memorable.
Game drives
Game drives; taking a game drive around lake mburo is the best way to explore the park and see the variety of wild animals like zebras which are only found in mburo or kidepo, impalas, hippos, elands and many more.
Bird watching;
It an amazing experience because this smallest savannah park it has more than 350bird species like the African finfoot, blue breated kingfisher greater painted -snipe, payrusgonlek which makes birders on a Uganda safari trip memorable.
Guided nature walks;
Enjoy the guided nature walk safari in Lake Mburo National Park mburo national park is a unique park where you can walk in any location at your own unlike other parks because here your safer and nature walks always begin at 7 am and it takes 2hours where you will meet many animals returning to their dens like hippos returning from the lake
Cycling in lake mburo
Cycling in lake mburo national park is one of the activities which the park offers to its visitors. Cycling requires light swift clothes some water to cool while on a tour, helmets while cycling it will enable you reach in different communities like where research is done from and eco tourism.
Ankole long horned experience in the farms
The ankore long horned are some of the tourist attractions in lake mburo national park where visitors learn how the cows are grazed, products that they produce why they called long horned cattle and you will be able to learn the bahima culture and see their traditional ways of life in your interaction with them.
Sport fishing
It can be done all year round through the best period is during the dry season the months of June,July,august, september,December, January,and February in these months there is less rainfall the water levels are less making the spot fishing easy and interesting during the spot fishing activity visitors will be accompanied by experienced sport fishing guide who help you catch different fish like cat fish ,lung fish and many others.
Best Time to visit Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is visited all year around but the best time to visit the park is during the dry months of June, July and august this is because during this time, the roads are passable to be able to get close to wildlife.
How to get to Lake Mburo National Park
By road
Lake mburo national park can be accessed by road from Kampala and branch from Sanga which will take you to the main gate which is the Sanga gate and it about3 to 4hours to get into the park
By air
Fly from Entebbe international airport with aero link or fly and it will put in Mbarara at the airstrip in nyakisharara where the hotel car or company car will pick from and take you to the game park
Accommodations in Lake Mburo National Park
Mpogo safari lodge;
Its amid range eco safari lodge offering 16 rooms with modern amenities and affordable rates to all kinds of people.
Leopard rest camp;
Offering economical campsite offering various lodging options including safari tents and also the rates charged are budget friendly.
Rwakobo rock lodge it offers comfortable cottages and safari tents and its rates begin from $155per person and per night
Kigarama wilderness lodge;
It is a small community lodge focused on sustainability allowing clients to get close and connect with the community through activities like milking, cooking lessons and others and gives facilities like swimming pool, swings on each cottage and many more.
Kigambira safari lodge;
It is built in the southern part of the of lake mburo it is an amazing lodge and it is a must stop over destination to relax and unwind and it provide the adventurous traveller with arrange of activities like bush breakfast, nature walks looping trails around lake kigambira and many more.
