Is Lake Mburo national park worth visiting?

Is Lake Mburo national park worth visiting?: Lake Mburo national park is the smallest savannah national park often visited due to its highest population of Zebras in the whole of Uganda. It’s a hidden game worth a visit in the southern part of the country with different attractions among which include 68 mammals, 350 bird species, a few primates, and about 7 lakes. Lake Mburo national park is one of the national parks with little or no predators meaning that the area is safe to be explored on foot, horse, or in a safari vehicle.

With over 68 mammals and 350 bird species, lake Mburo national park has main activities game drives and bird watching. The other activity carried out in Lake Mburo national park is a boat cruise which is done by tourists to enjoy the cool breeze of the waters of Lake Mburo the biggest lake inside the national park.

Even though no predators are found in Lake Mburo national park, there are lots of reasons to visit the area as I explain below.

Is Lake Mburo national park worth visiting?

Game drives in Lake Mburo

Lake Mburo national park is home to about 68 mammal species, and 3 primates which are best seen when tourists take part in game drive activities. Game drives in Lake Mburo national park are carried out during day and night hours. The day game drives are done early in the morning and others in the afternoon to see animals that active during day while the night game drives are carried out by tourists who are interested in nocturnal animals.

Game drives in Lake Mburo national park can never make you regret why you visited the park because you get to see different wild animals in different areas of the park which you access using different game tracks. The animals to see in Lake Mburo national park include Burchell’s zebras, cape buffaloes, leopards, bohor reedbucks, hippopotamuses, elands, giant forest hogs, Uganda kobs, defassa waterbucks, spotted hyenas, topis, warthogs, klipspringers, bush pigs, Rothschild’s giraffes, bush pigs, side stripped jackals, sitatungas, olive baboons, and vervet monkeys to mention but a few.

Bird watching

Lake Mburo national park has a total of 350 bird species so far recorded that reside within this park. Bird watching within this park is carried out in different areas where bird lovers know that a high population of bird species can be seen. Bird watching is a guided activity where armed ranger ranges protect the birders and other bird guides from animals that could be dangerous.

Bird watching in Lake Mburo national park gives birders an opportunity to see birds such as Shoebill stork, saddle billed stork, grey crowned crane, African fin foot, papyrus yellow warbler, Abyssinian ground hornbill, brown chested wattled plover, white-winged barbet, great egret, ring-necked dove, greater cormorant, white-tailed pelican, red-shouldered cuckoo shrike, ross turaco, crested barbet, green hood hoopoe, black papyrus gonolek, bare-faced go-away bird.

Red-chested cuckoo, marabou stork, Senegal thick-knee, long tailed cisticola, black crake, black-crowned night heron, red papyrus gonolek, giant kingfisher, woodland kingfisher, emerald spotted wood dove, African scops owl, rufous bellied heron, greater painted snipe, broad-billed roller, African pygmy kingfisher, black headed gonolek, African grey hornbill, blue napped mousebird, long toed lapwing, striped kingfisher to mention but a few.

Nature walks

Nature walks in Lake Mburo national park are the best way to see the different attractions including the hidden ones. Nature walks are guided activities done in different areas of the park with the help of an armed ranger guide. The activity lasts for 2 to 3 hours and by the time tourists are done they will have seen so many of the attractions in the park.

Nature walks in Lake Mburo national park get tourists so close to the wildlife and vegetation in the park. The tourists get near to some of the animals in the park like zebras, antelopes, leopards, and buffaloes, and they also get an opportunity to see different bird species. Tourists should participate in nature walk activities while on a safari in Lake Mburo national park because it’s worth it.

Hire riding

Lake Mburo national park is the only national park in Uganda where tourists can do horse riding.  Horse riding is a guided activity where tourists join horse riders and move around the park. Horse riding allows tourists to go through the park without even following the game tracks and this enables tourists to get so close to the different wildlife and attractions of the park.

Boat cruises

Lake Mburo national park gets its name from Lake Mburo which is the largest water body in the park. On a safari to Lake Mburo national park, tourists can take part in boat cruise activities to enjoy the cool breeze from the lake. Boat cruises are the best way to see water animals and they also give you an opportunity to see animals that graze around the lake shores.

The most appropriate time to go

Lake Mburo national park is open for tourist activities all throughout the year. The national park has got two dry seasons June to September and December to February and two rainy seasons March to May and October to November. The two dry seasons are the best to visit Lake Mburo national park because of the good weather. The nature walk trails/game tracks are dry and easier to go through and the vegetation is short and scattered with good views of the different attractions of the park.

Tourists can still visit Lake Mburo national park in the rainy season from March to May and October to November. This period is good for budget travelers because they get discounted accommodation facilities as well as tour packages. During the rainy season, tourists should know that there is plenty of rainfall in the park which makes the game tracks muddy and slippery and the vegetation is tall with unclear views of attractions.