Lake Mburo national park is an excellent destination for tourists looking for the best kind of adventure in Uganda, Lake Mburo national park between the towns of Masaka and Mbarara, close to the main South western road that links Kampala City to Bwindi Impenetrable national park, as well as Kabale and the Rwandan border makes it one of the best areas to have a visit at.
Lake Mburo national park is smallest national park in Uganda with 20% of it comprised with wetlands but this does not mean that the national park is not thrilling and excellent for a wildlife safari.
Lake Mburo national park was first established as a controlled hunting area in 1933 and later on in the reign of President Milton Obote it was named a national in 1983.
The park however is currently under the management of the Uganda wildlife Authorities and this is clearly responsible for all the activities that take part in the park.
Lake Mburo national park is comprised with beautifully curved landscape, lush green hills and both seasonal and permanent wetlands well covered by savannah woodland as of the fact that it harbors no elephants that feed on it.
The park western part is branded by both savanna vegetation, rocky ridges, wooded savanna forests, patches of papyrus swamp and narrow bands of riparian woodland especially around its lakes.
Lake Mburo national park also comprises of 5 lakes inside it all these are thrilling and electrifying to sight and beside the beauty around them they also have different kinds of fish which include: tilapia, lungfish, mudfish and the haplochromes among others hence turning Lake Mburo national park an ideal place for spot fishing activities in Uganda.
Lake Mburo national park also has different kinds of wildlife excellent to spot while on a wildlife safari in Uganda for there are varieties of these to behold and these include 69 mammal species, over 313 bird species and is also recorded as a lion conservation unit not forgetting different reptiles as well.
Some of the wildlife in the Park include: zebra, elands, buffalo, oribi, Defassa waterbuck, warthogs, African leopard, Hyena, topi and the reedbuck, crocodiles, hippopotamus, Sitatunga, antelopes, black, yellow papyrus ganalex, the rare white winged warbler, emerald spotted wood dove, crested francolin, brown parrot and the Nubian woodpecker
After getting to experience the wildlife then get to learn about the different species of trees in Lake Mburo national park which will as well add to your classic amuse of tourism including the cassia tree which is believed to have powerful aphrodisiac used by the locals as an herbal remedy.
Safari activities to do
After getting an experience of all these then you get to have the best kind of adventure in the park its self as you get involved in the different safari activities which are mind blowing and excellent to try out.
Lake Mburo Boat Cruise: get to have a boat cruise on the waters of Lake Mburo as you get to have some of the best experiences of adventures, also you can as well engage in the sport fishing activities that are a carried out on the waters as well.
Horseback riding: horseback riding is one of the rarest activities that is a carried out on the shores of lake Mburo and inside the park providing electrifying memories to carry back home after the adventure is done and this permits one to have clear views of the waters of the lake and the vegetation around the national park. This is operated by Mihingo Lodge and take between 2-5 hours.
Birding: as mentioned earlier there over 313 bird species and all these provide the best kind birding safaris to all bird lovers who visit the national park who get the chance to sight different birds such as the red-headed love bird, red-shouldered cuckoo shrike, the rare red-faced barbet, the emerald-spotted wood-dove and the brown parrot.
Game Drives: having a game drivewill surely give you the great chances of viewing different wildlife moving freely in the park having a great exposure to Impalas, warthogs, giraffes, zebras, buffalos and elands, tourists can have both day and night drives as desired.
All these activities can be arranged for you and you get the chance to have one of the most relaxing safari activities in Uganda for you and your family.
