Lake Mburo National Park

Whispers Of The Wild

Lake Mburo National Park is significantly the smallest park with a 20% surface since most of its parts are part of a wetland but this small surface area turns out to be a great habitat for many wildlife animals in Uganda and provides many memories with its fabulous activities like horseback riding, cycling and sport fishing

Game Drives & Nature Walks

Night Game Drives & Nature Views

Game Drives are some of the most practical activities that explore and enhance the feel of the wild but they also don’t work alone, With Nature Walks added this establishes a wild-life with a survival instinct, and it’s the most fantastic feeling ever. Game drive experiences are vital and in any experience, you encounter unique moments

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Guide To Lake Mburo National Park

Game Drives | Horse Back Riding | Wild Cycling | Sport Fishing | Nature Walks

Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest of grassland parks and the easiest to access in Uganda, the park is the gate way to all the national parks in Uganda. It also connects you from one national to another. the park is often visited by many tourists visiting Bwindi impenetrable forest national park for gorilla trekking. lake mburo, is inserted in to itinerary to breakdown the longer journey from Bwindi impenetrable forest The natural beauty and the standing great number of the different animal’s species in the park have made the park a must visit destination during your safari visit in Uganda.
The park is a host to number of wild animals and different bird species. During the visit to the park, you will engage in various activities including; game viewing, boat cruise in lake Bunyonyi from which you will see various animal species including; Zebras, impala, elephants, antelopes, bush backs heartbeats giraffes and different bird species. The park also offers activities such as; nature walks and Hikes, cycling, horseback riding, sports fishing, bird watching among others.

Geography and Geology of Lake Mburo National Park

Halfway between Bwindi and Entebbe/Kampala and in the southern Ankole region is Uganda’s smallest savanna national park. Lakes, wetlands, grassland, and acacia forest cover its 260km2. It has low hills that rise from the lakeshore, similar to areas of Rwanda’s Akagera National Park and Zululand.
Sandy, well-drained soils are supported by the older than 500-million-year Pre-Cambrian bedrock beneath. Mburo, which is near Kidepo and is in the “rain shadow” created by Lake Victoria and the Rwenzori Mountains, experiences about 800mm of annual precipitation.
Despite this, wetland ecosystems, including five lakes, the largest of which is the 13 km2 Lake Mburo, make nearly 20% of the park. The acacia woodland is the other primary habitat in addition to grassland.
The park is located between 1,220m and 1,828m above sea level.

Things To Do at Lake Mburo National Park

Game drives.

The park offers various activities and the most popular id game grave where you will see different animal species found in the park. The park has got drive tracks throughout the park to enable driving and for easy game viewing. Depending on the season, the park never disappoints there is still a higher chance of spotting the animals and good possibility that every drive will turn up significant populations of impala, zebra, waterbuck, topi, and buffalo. The Kazuma and Ruroko paths offer the best views of the reintroduced giraffes. Additionally, the timid eland, now numbering over 100, might be seen. Now, visitors can take two to three-hour night game drives to explore the park after dark. These often begin around 6:30 p.m. and are a great way to observe nocturnal species like bushbabies and potto, as well as leopard and hyena, at their busiest.

Walking Safari.

Walking on foot in the park, is the most exciting way to explore whole park as long as you have a guide with you. You will explore the entire park and view the park animals at a close range. Since sight is frequently obstructed by tall growing vegetation which makes it slightly challenging to view the animals while on the game drive therefore, the walking safari, stands to be the most thrilling way to explore the park and view the animals hiding in the tall grass.
The pathways lead to the Rwonyo salt lick, lakeshores, Rubanga Forest, and vantage point hilltops. Offering the best viewing point to locate the wild game.
Walking safari, is also the best way for birding activity, for bird lovers, walking enables you hear the sounds and track down the birds and view them at a close range.

Birding.

Bird watching in lake Mburo, has increasing become one top attractions in the park with the huge bird species frequently storming the park with the increasing number of birds in the park which has facilitated an excellent bird watching experience. The wetlands and acacia woods of Mburo make and the Viewing platforms built inside the forest and salt licks aid in sightings when searching for the birds on foot, The greatest places to see birds are in the marshy valleys of Waruki and Miriti, and some seen on the sides of roads leading up to the jetty. Some of the birds spotted here include; rufous-bellied heron, bateleur, black-bellied bustard, and red-faced barbet, the latter of which is unique to Lake Mburo National Park, are among others.

Boat cruise

Boat boat cruise on Lake Mburo during which you will come up close with the animals feeding and drinking water along the shores of the lake, besides animals, you will also encounter bird’s species such as; African wattled lapwing, Bare-faced go-away bird, Black-bellied bustard., Greater painted-snipe, Saddle-billed stork some of which are common and others are seasonal birds.

Horseback riding

Horseback riding in Lake Mburo national park, is one of the fascinating and unique experience to many travellers visiting the park, horse back riding gives you an opportunity explore the whole park and come up close with the animals on horseback.

Cycling in Lake Mburo national park

Cycling in Lake Mburo National Park is one of the top activities done by many travellers who visit the park. This is where by the travellers explore the wildlife and the surroundings areas in the park on a bicycle, the ride brings you closer with stunning clear views of the huge and small animals that could be covered by the grass vegetation, cycling id unique and one of best activities you ought not to miss when you visit the park.

Sport Fishing In Lake Mburo

One of the best places to go sport fishing in Uganda is Lake Mburo National Park. The journey there by road takes three hours, making it the nearest national park to Kampala. Five lakes make up the park, although Lake Mburo, the largest, is where most fishing is done. There are six primary fish species in Lake Mburo. The most prevalent species in this area is tilapia. The absence of crocodiles and hippos makes the Mazinga site the ideal fishing location in Lake Mburo.

Accessing Lake Mburo National Park

It’s also known that Lake Mburo won’t be the only national park you visit while in Uganda; rather, your safari will likely include stops at a number of other parks. The park is 228 kilometers/142 meters west of Kampala and is situated in the country’s western region. The distance is also above 3 to 4 hours.

The distance between Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, and the Entebbe International Airport is 46 kilometers (29 meters). This is most likely where you will enter Uganda. Your pick-up from the airport or from the hotel and all other safari transportation will be handled by the local operator you select.