- UGANDA NATIONAL PARKS
- Bwindi gorilla park
- Queen Elizabeth game park
- Kibale Chimpanzee Park
- Murchison Falls safari park
- Lake Mburo birding park
- Semliki National Park
- Rwenzori Mountaineering
- Elgon Mountaineering
- Mgahinga gorilla park
- Kidepo wildlife park
LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK (LMNP) TOUR UGANDA
Lake Mburo National Park is a very special place; every part of it is alive with variety, interest and color. It contains an extensive area of wetland. One of the only to such habitats to be included within the national park in Uganda. It harbors several species of mammals; zebras, impalas, buffaloes and birds comprising of bill stocks, which are found nowhere else in the country. Its sculptured landscape with rolling grassy hills and idyllic lake shore has as varied mosaic of habitats, forest galleries, seasonal and permanent swamps and rich acacia wood valleys which all support a wealthy wildlife. The park is only 260 square kilometer he smallest in Uganda’s savannah national parks. Its mosaic habitat; dry hillside, rocky outcrops bushes, thickets, open and wooded savannah, forests, lakes, and swamps are home to a surprising diversity of plants and animals.
FLORA AND FAUNA
Lake Mburo National park is famous for its richness in biodiversity. It has about 68 different species of mammals. The common ones are zebras, impalas, buffaloes, topis, elands as herbivores not to leave out the rare sighting of Roan antelopes and leopards, hyenas, and jackals as predators. The park also has about b313 different species of birds including the rare shoebill stork and white winged warbler. The woody vegetation of lake Mburo is dominated by Acacia spp, olea spp, and boscai spp.
LOCATION
Lake Mburo National Park is situated in Mbarara district. It is about 3.5hr drive from Kampala. From Masaka-Mbarara road, turn left at 50km (Akageti 13 km past Lyandonde), which brings you through sanga gate. Both junctions have clearly labeled signposts. It is about 13km from sanga trading center to sanga gate, 5km from the main road to Nshara gate and about 20minutes drive from either gates to Rwonyo park headquarters.
ACCOMMODATION
Park headquarters (Rwonyo)
The park has accommodation facilities. There are four tents, all at Rwonyo park headquarters. There are also 3 public campsites, all strategically located to facilitate and enhance scenic viewing and easy access to water. Lake Mburo dining shelter located by the lake provides meals on order. For larger groups seminar or workshops, the park offers a decent accommodation and hall at the conservation education center, just about 500mters from sanga gate. It has a maximum capacity of 40 people. Meals can also be provided on order.
Interpretation center
Immediately you reach Rwonyo headquarters look out for Rwonyo hill where the interpretation center is located. While here you can orient yourself and read more about the park history, biodiversity and other resource including the scenic beauty. This is also a starting point when going for nature trail walk.
ACTIVITIES
Game drives
The park has a number of tourist tracks that are used when viewing wildlife. Impala track exposes the visitor the visitor to a diverse species of animals. Named after the track, impala is the commonest species viewed along this track although one may not miss to sight a number of waterbucks, warthogs, topis and zebras.
Buffaloes
Other tracks include zebra and warukiri tracks where harems of burchell’s zebra (Equus burchelli) are common along with other species like bushbucks, oribi and reedbucks. The zebra track leads one to the junction to Ruroko track, a drive through wetlands basin and thick acacia scrub and woodland, with commonly oliv trees and ephorbia species. The kopjes are home elusive klipspringers that believe the rock offers the best habitat.
The Kazuma track takes you through wooded grassland where you cannot miss black-bellied bustards often patrolling the area. For visitors to experience a real exposure of lake Mburo national park, one must climb kazuma hill, which is high enough to enable them see, what they could have missed. The five lakes within the park and the rolling hills become more visible and attractive. Its better seen than read or heard.
Hippos at the lake
Kigambira loop takes you through a wooded country with scattered thicket, while here look out for bushbucks and bush duikers. The lakeside track is specially designed to facilitate viewing of aquatic and other water- loving plants and animals. The park has a diversity of water birds, woodland birds that can be sighted along these tracks.
Rubanga forest
This forest offers a variety conducive habitat.