Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks which date back more than 500 million years. It is home to 350 bird species as well as zebra, impala, eland, buffalo, oribi, Defassa waterbuck, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi and reedbuck. Together with 13 other lakes in the area, Lake Mburo forms part of a 50km-long wetland system linked by a swamp. Five of these lakes lie within the park’s borders. Once covered by open savanna, Lake Mburo National Park now contains much woodland as there are no elephants to tame the vegetation. In the western part of the park, the savanna is interspersed with rocky ridges and forested gorges while patches of papyrus swamp and narrow bands of lush riparian woodland line many lakes. The park has about 350 different bird species including the rare Shoebill stork and White-winged Warbler. Trilling Cisticola a drive towards Rwonyo camp may reveal;.Coqui Francolin, Redneckedspurfowl, Black Bellied Bustard, Temminck’s Courser.

Uniqueness

Uganda is ‘The Pearl of Africa’, a name given by Winston Churchill as a result of its rare natural magnificence, freshness, and lively soul. Uganda is the place incredible savannas of Kenya and Tanzania and the huge tropical downpour woods of Congo and Rwanda meet. Uganda has astounding highlights of fascination with 10 national parks facilitating the huge five and primates, 13 game stores with a few timberlands. The greater part of the world’s Gorillas are in Uganda, alongside Chimpanzees and Golden monkeys, the forceful Nile with its source on Lake Victoria in Jinja which is a setting for a portion of the world’s best wilderness rafting. You discover the snow-topped Rwenzori Mountains, the Virunga Volcanoes, and Mount Elgon, all with terrific hiking openings and perfect scenery.