LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK

Located in an extensive wetland, L.Mburo has attractive scenery with interwoven hills and meandering shallow valleys, it is the only park to contain an entire lake. Lake Mburo boasts of herds of Impala, zebra, waterbuck, eland and oribi these inhabit the open plains with a greater concentration of bufallo found in the southern marshes. Mburo has rich flora and acacia woodland, succulent aloes, climbing vines and euphorbia. Magnificent boat rides on the lake are also organized.

Size: 260 sq km

District: Mbarara

Geographical location: Southern section, about 243 km south of Kampala.

Altitude: approx 1,670 m

Physical features: The west of the park are a series of rugged hills overlooking flat-bottomed, open valleys.
Vegetation: Acacia woodland, open grassland and wetland.

Animals: Impala, buffalo, zebra, eland, topi, , duiker, waterbuck, klipspringer, rock hyrax, crocodile and hippo.

Birdlife: A wide variety of water and dry land species include; shoebill stork, the Abyssinian ground hornbill, and the saddlebill stork.

Local People: The people in the area bordering the park are traditional, pastoral Bahima people, known for there famous long horned Ankole cattle. As a visitor enters the park will realize a lot of these animals as they graze near and inside the park.

Visitor facilities: Three campsites, banda’s and 2 luxurious Tented Camp in the park.

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