What Is Lake Mburo National Park Famous For

Here is What Is Lake Mburo National Park Famous For, Lake Mburo National park is strategically located close to the western highway liking Kampala to the Western side Parks of Uganda. This park is like the via game park from any National park in Western Uganda occupying and area of 370 sq Km. Driving from Kampala to Lake Mburo takes a distance of about 228 km

Because of its varying a vegetation zones, a number of animals especially angulates enjoy munching on its rich grass. During a game drive in Lake Mburo National Park you may get to enjoy a wide range of fauna including zebras, elands, impalas, giraffes, herds of buffaloes, elephants, water bucks, Uganda Kobs to mention but a few.

Most Popular Safaris

• 3 Day Uganda Gorilla Trekking
• 5 Day Gorilla and Chimp
• 8 Day Gorilla Tracking
• 2 Day Bwindi Gorilla Via Kigali
• 3 Day Uganda Gorilla Via Kigali
• 5 Day Chimp and Gorilla Habituation
• 3 Day Fly in Gorilla Habituation
• 3 Day Fly in Safari to Murchison Falls National Park
• 3 Day Bwindi Double trek via Kigali
• 5 Day Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda

Highlight of What Is Famous about Lake Mburo National Park

• Game Drives
• Boat Trip
• Bird Watching
• Hors back riding
• Nature walks

Game drives In Lake Mburo National Park

During an early morning game drive or afternoon game drive in Lake Mburo National park, you may get to see incredible animals like Burchel Zebras, oribi, Impalas, Elephants, Klipspringers, reedbucks, warthogs, rarely seen leopards, hyenas, lions the list is endless.

Driving through different tracks, you by pass awesome vegetation zones including open savanna, acacia woodland, rock kopje, seasonal and permanent swamps and open water. These zones support the lives of a number of animals and birds.

Birding In Lake Mburo National Park

Birding in Lake Mburo National park is exciting as a number of habitats in the park create a comfortable site for a range of birds to thrive. Some of the common birding habitats in Lake Mburo National park include cassia forest, Rubanga forest, grassy escarpment and others.

During birding in Uganda to Lake Mburo, you high chances of identifying birds like Pelicans, African fin foot, Fish eagles, Papyrus Gonolek, Black collared Barbets, white tailed and Pennant winged nightjars, Papyrus yellow Wabler, Carruthers, Cristicolars, shoe bill to mention but a few spend most of there day here.

A Boat trip on Lake Mburo

Feeling the cool breeze from Lake Mburo on a boat ride is fantastic as you get to see beautiful swampy vegetation graced by an array of birds. The boat trip starts from Lake Side Campsite close to Rwonyo.

This voyage last about 2 hours with great views of swamp vegetation along its banks. Look out for crocodiles, hippopotamus and birds like Cormorant, Shoe bill, Pelicans, herons and so many others.

At times fishermen take moments on the lake to catch fish so you may be chanced to see them cast their nets.

Nature Walks In Lake Mburo National park

Lake Mburo National Park is one of the nature endowed parks with more comfortable Nature walks. The main tourism center of the park is in Rwonyo center where most activities begin. In Rwonyo, you can move to the interpretation center just behind the hilltop. Here you get to learn about the history and great write-ups about its biodiversity.

Sparing sometime to walk to the salt lick area with incredible views. This is the hangout point for different animals where they lick salt to supplement there diet. A number of animals are regular visitors of this point just to taste a little salty soils here. The area has the timber observation platform, where you can view animals like zebras, water bucks, bush bucks, reed bucks, impalas may be viewed from.

During the nature walks, birders, may walk through Rubanga Forest with an escorting ranger guide where you may have an opportunity to spot numerous birds. The possible birds you may get to see include verreau’s Eagle-owl, African fin foot, Red faced Barbet, black-collared barbet, cattle egrets and fiery necked to mention but a few.

Horseback riding In Lake Mburo National Park

Watching wildlife from the top of a horse is memorable and Lake Mburo National park is the way to go. Watch out for incredible wild animal like Reed bucks, zebras, water bucks, giraffes, elephants, bush bucks, buffaloes, oribi, warthogs to mention but a few.

You are escorted by a knowledgeable ranger guide in order for you to understand more about the forest. Watch out for different vegetation zones that are habitats of several animals. some of the vegetation zones savannah grassland home to several ungulates like and so many others.

An array of birds enjoys plenty of time in the park so watch out for there calls and presence. A few of these birds include pelicans, saddle billed stork, Abyssinian ground hornbill, African fin foot, brown chested wattled plover, cattle egrets to mention but a few.

Bicycle Riding In Lake Mburo National Park

Riding a bicycle in the wild is a fascinating exercise you can choose to do in lake Mburo National Park. taking the demarcated tracks in the park you get to see animals like Zebras, elands, warthogs, reed bucks, uganda kobs at a closer range than in the vehicle. It’s so beautiful to ride in the park bypassing varied vegetation zones. You can plan this arrangements at a favorable cost.

What Accommodation To Book In Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park offers a wide range of accommodations where you can spend your nights on your Uganda safari in this park. They are graded according to Up-market facilities, moderate accommodations and Budget accommodations.

Selecting where to spend the nights of your holiday in Uganda makes memories that you will cherish in life. A few of the accommodation facilities you can book for honeymoon include Mihingo Lodge, Rwonyo Rest Camp, Mantana Tented Camp, Arcadia Cottages and so much more. You can also choose to overnight in Mbarara city.

How To Get To Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National park is the closest wildlife park to Kampala city or Entebbe Airport driving about 3 hours to get there. The distance from Kampala to Lake Mburo is 228 km without stops.  Two gates get into Lake Mburo that is Nshara gate which is about 13 km from Lyantonde and Sanga gate driving through Sanga trading center which is 27 km from Lyantonde.

By Flight

Each day domestic scheduled flights depart Entebbe airport or Kajjansi Airstrip to Mbarara airstrip from which you can catch a transfer vehicle into the park.

When Is The Best Time To Do A Safari In Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park is open for anyone to enjoy a uganda safari in its environs. Most animals re more visible in the dryer months when the grass is lower in height. June to September and December to January the park experience low amounts of rain that keeps the grass low.

Severe rains fall in March to May which favors overgrowth of grasslands and most animals have a baby boom during this time.

How Much Is a Uganda Safari In Lake Mburo National Park

The cost of a safari to lake Mburo National park is based on the number of days one wishes to be on safari in Lake Mburo, number of people travelling with, activities to be part of and so much more. You can select from our safari packages which are graded according to luxury safari package, mid-range package and Budget package. Send us your Enquiry

How Much Is Park Entrance To Lake Mburo National Park

$40 per person per 24 hours is the park Entry fees for Lake Mburo National Park. This fee supports the Uganda wildlife Authority to keep conserving the wildlife park, monitor activities in the park, pay park rangers. Of all the total annual proceeds accrued all year round by the park, 20% is forwarded to the local community to support there activities.

What To Pack For Safari In Lake Mburo National Park

• A pair of pajamas to wear when in the room
• travel Journal for taking note of all occurrences in the park as they unfold.
• A pair of Binoculars with good lenses to capture great pictures of the wildlife and great sceneries in the park.
• Sunscreen for protecting your skin against scotching sun that may damage your skin
•  Flip flops and canvas shoes to wear at leisure or during the game drives while in the car.
• A simple towel to clean up after taking a bath.
• A torch for lighting when lights go out at night or when tracing something in your room.
• light clothing and some warmers to wear during the game drive as it gets cold during early morning game drives and late afternoon.
• A safari hut comfortable enough to cover your head from flying insects.
• A camera for taking photographs of wild animals, great scenery and so much more that the park offers.
• Travel charger just in case you want to recharge your electronics while on safari
• A little hard cash to exchange into local currency in case you wish to purchase some souvenirs or make payments because credit cards are rarely used in the countryside.
• An extra fully charged battery just in case one runs low while in the field.
• Insect repellant to keep stinging insects away in case they attack you while in the field.
• First Aid kit for any unexpected injuries that may occur while on safari
• Toiletries like soap, toothpaste in case your lodge doesn’t provide such services.
• Energy snacks for smacking on when hungry.

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