Lake Mburo National Park is the closest national park to Kampala. It’s an amazing savannah forest, ringed by lakes, shortened green hills, and scattered by shorter golden savannah grasses. Lake Mburo National Park has a fantastic scenic view off the beaten path, which exposes the hidden remnants of nature. This Uganda’s smallest savannah park has a propensity to overdeliver, frequently written in the itinerary to break up the trip to western Uganda.
Lake Mburo National Park features various landscapes that are flat and rolling, with lakes, rocky outcrops, acacia shrubs, swampy vegetation, and plain grassland. Impalas, elands, and klipspringers make up the park’s distinctive biota, which is exceptional. Swamps and savanna scenery are identical to Tanzania’s savannah scenic mode. About 69 mammal species, including the big three (lions, leopards, and buffalos), are among the wildlife species. Other animals include hippopotamuses, crocodiles, antelope species, zebras, and giraffes. The park is recognized for housing the largest number of impalas, zebras, common elands, and giraffes, as well as the highest likelihood of seeing lions and leopards, with over 300 bird species, reptiles, and aquatic life.
Things to do at Lake Mburo National Park
Game drives
One of the best things to do in Lake Mburo National Park is go on a game drive. In a comfortable pop-up safari vehicle with a knowledgeable driver guide who is familiar with various game tracks. Among the game-driving tracks in Lake Mburo are the Kazuma track, Kigambira loop track, Lakeside track, Ruroko track, and Zebra track, among others. Driving through these amazing tracks, guests are able to explosively enjoy the Savannah Plains and the dwellers. Expect to see a variety of creatures during the game drives, which are often conducted very early in the morning and late in the day, including elands, zebras, warthogs, buffaloes, oribi, topi, waterbucks, impalas, bushbucks, and giraffes.
Boat cruise
Boat tours are yet another fantastic activity that guests can partake in while on a safari at Lake Mburo National Park. There are two scheduled boat trips during the day at Lake Mburo National Park. The morning program, which begins around 9:00 a.m., and the afternoon schedule, which begins around 2:00 p.m. Each boat tour lasts for two to three hours. You can see hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water, as well as buffalo, waterbucks, and warthogs drinking along the shoreline, as well as a variety of water birds, including kingfishers, herons, cormorants, and fish eagles. Additionally, you will be able to see the fishermen getting ready to go night fishing.
Horseback riding
Off the vehicle engines, explore this perfect nature in a silent style. The horseback riding adventure is privately arranged by the upmarket lodge Mihingo Safari Lodge and is tailor-made to suit tourists’ interests in terms of price and duration. The horseback riding safari activity can last for one to three hours. As well, a night horseback riding safari can be arranged, which can be accompanied by wild camping and meals.
Sport fishing
This rare adventure is well done at Lake Mburo; it offers an intriguing sport fishing activity that is done in the Mazinga region. You can catch a variety of fish species while sport fishing in Lake Mburo National Park, including tilapia, lungfish, catfish, tiger fish, barbell, and angara fish, among others. Visitors who want to go sport fishing must carry their own fishing gear and reserve sport fishing licenses from the Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Wild Biking
One of the few protected sites in Uganda, Lake Mburo National Park, allows tourists to experience an exciting cycling safari in which they can ride bicycles around the park. It takes around an hour to cycle across Lake Mburo National Park, and riders will be guided by park rangers who are knowledgeable about the many trails to choose from. You will see a variety of creatures throughout the bicycle safari, including zebras, buffalo, bushbucks, eagles, and several bird species.