Top Things To Do In Lake Mburo National Park

Top Things To Do In Lake Mburo National Park

Top Things To Do In Lake Mburo National Park: Lake Mburo National Park is an attractive safari destination that offers tourists various safari opportunities during a Uganda safari. The park offers tourists majorly the wildlife safari, where the travelers spot the various wildlife, including the animal species like the zebras, impalas, eland, buffalo, hyenas, hippos, and lions, among others, without forgetting the large numbers of bird species.

Lake Mburo National Park is located in the western part of Uganda in Kiruhura District. The park was established in 1933 as a hunting area, but the land was later designated a game reserve in 1963. It was later upgraded to a national park in 1983 to protect the diverse range of animal and bird species.

Top things to do in Lake Mburo National Park.

Game drives

Lake Mburo National Park is a safari destination that offers the tourists the best views of the wildlife. And this activity is best done in the park through the game drives. The Park offers various phases for game drives: morning, afternoon, and night. The park is a home to an abundant number of animal species that are over 68 mammal species, including 350 bird species. Game drives in the park take a period of 2 to 3 hours.

Morning game drive.

The morning game drive in Lake Mburo National Park is the best option. This is the most rewarding game drive in the park when the animal species are active and more circulated in the park. This takes place very early in the morning, from 6:00 am or 6:30 am, when you are in the open-roof 4WD with the presence of the park guide. During the morning game drive, that’s when the tourists spot animal species as they are roaring in the open savannah grassland in the park, and animal species can be seen along the waterhole, like Lake Mburo, where you can spot the crocodiles, hippos and various numbers of animal species.

During the game drive the tourists can get the chance to spot bird species like the blue-breasted kingfisher, African scoops owl, shoebill, Tabora cisticola, red-faced barbet, yellow-rumped tinkerbird, and others.

Afternoon game drive.

An afternoon game drive takes place during the period after lunch, from 2:00 pm. Though the afternoon game drive is not as rewarding as the morning game drive. That’s the period when most of the animal species can be in their hidden places. However, tourists can still spot other animal species around the water sources in the park as they drink water.

Night game drive.

Lake Mburo National Park is the best Uganda safari destination where the tourists can spot the nocturnal wildlife species in the park. The activity starts after taking dinner in the open safari 4WD vehicle with the help of a spotlight and a very professional guide that will help you spot the nocturnal animal species, like hyenas, leopards, bush babies, and others.

Horseback riding safaris

Lake Mburo National Park offers horseback riding safaris to tourists; the activity can be booked at Mihingo Lodge, which is located in the park. Horseback riding safari is the perfect way for the tourists to get closer and witness for themselves the wildlife in the park like the zebras, impalas, and elephants, among others, that makes your safari the most fascinating one, with the guidance of the park ranger. This becomes magical and depends on the traveler’s choice of the time the activity is going to take while in the hidden treasure of the park.

Fishing

Lake Mburo National Park is one of the unique safari destinations that offers fishing safaris to tourists. The fishing trip in the park takes place along Lake Mburo, which has attractive fish species like tilapia, catfish, tigerfish, angara, barbell, and others. The activity is best done in the Mazinga spotting area. Though you are advised to carry your own equipment and access permits from the Uganda Wildlife Authority for the safari activity.

Boat cruise

A boat cruise is among the most safari activities done in Lake Mburo National Park along Lake Mburo, where you can be having the clear views of aquatic wildlife, which include hippos and crocodiles, and among other animal species along the lake shores as they are drinking water like zebras, impalas, buffaloes, and others, without forgetting the aquatic bird species like the pelicans, kingfishers, rare African finfoot, cormorants and many others.

Birdwatching

Lake Mburo National Park is a birding destination that boasts a large number of animal species. This makes the park the perfect place for the bird lovers. During bird watching the tourists can be able to spot the bird species, including shoebill stork, hairy-breasted barbet, bare-faced go-away bird, Carruthers’s cisticola, southern ground hornbill and many others.

Community walks

Community walks are so interesting and exciting, accompanied by the park ranger to visit the Bahima people’s culture, where you can enjoy the local traditions by listening to their traditional songs, learning how to make ghee, milking the cattle, and a lot more.