Which District Is Lake Mburo National Park? Lake Mburo National park is one of the smallest national park covering a total surface area of 260 square kilometers located in Kiruhura district, it situated near the presidents home, one can take a drive of about 99 kilometers, and it takes a 2-hour’s drive. This national park is situated approximately 240 kilometers from Kampala city and about 30 kilometers from Mbarara town, which is famously known to be the biggest town found within the western region in Uganda. More so, Lake Mburo National park crosses over four districts such as; Lyantonde, Mbarara and Isingiro North.
Lake Mburo National park is a good destination where one can opt to go while planning to go to while on an adventurous safari and it was first gazette as game reserve in 1933 and later established as a national park in 1963. In addition, this area was fully occupied by the Banyankole pastoralists who were famously known to be cattle keepers who are Bahima. More so, this national park is surrounded with dense forests which help on the formation of the rainfall that provides water which also act as a good natural habitat for the wildlife species. it is also surrounded with acacia trees, valleys, grass lands and it also has both permanent swamps and seasonal where papyrus grows which local people use to make materials such as; mats, baskets which they sell to improve on the governments economy and their wellbeing.
Accommodation facilities in Lake Mburo National Park.
Lake Mburo National park has a variety of many accommodation facilities however, these facilities are categorized differently such as; they range from luxury, budget, mid-range lodges. For example; some of the budget lodges include; Rwonyo Rest camp, Eagles Nest lodge. And the mid- range lodges include; Mantana Tented camp, Arcadia cootages, Rwakobo Rock lodge and for those for luxury lodges can always opt to choose to have their stay at safari lodges like; Mihingo safari lodge and Lake Mburo safari lodge. And many others, however, the advantage of staying at either of any of these lodges is that they all offer the best services to their guests such as; a 24 hour room service which helps guests to be attended to in case they are in need of anything, a 24 hour security whereby all these lodges ensure the security of their guests as top key, laundry and ironing services, free parking for those guests who come driving their own cars and free breakfast which is always served within the rooms, a swimming pool where guests with good swimming skills can also go to swim and cool off their hot long day and a restaurant which serves guests with delicious meals that are either both international and local which individuals an opportunity to eat whatever they would prefer to eat and many others.
Things to do in Lake Mburo National park.
Tourists who opt to travel to Lake Mburo national park while on their adventurous safari in Uganda are always blessed with great opportunities to engage in different interesting activities where they get to learn new experiences and create remarkable memories. Therefore some of these activities such as; boat cruise where tourists get to have a great time while on water and also get chances to spot many animal species in water such as; hippos, crocodiles and over look at bird species in the sky, game drives which are usually done in different sessions such as; in the morning and in the evening. Sport fishing where they get to catch many different fish species such as; cat fish, community visits and cultural encounters where the tourists get to interact with the local people like the Bahima and Banyakole and get to learn more about their history through listening to their stories and culture by observing their daily lifestyles, watch how they prepare their local meals, learn how to speak their languages and watch their interesting traditional dance performances among others and these individuals are famously known for raring Ankole cattle’s. More so, tourists can also visit the Igongo cultural centre where they more chances to learn more about the western Uganda culture and many others.
Tourists exploring in Lake mburo National park can also participate in other activities like; guided nature walks, hiking, horse riding, bird watching where tourists most especially get excited to see bird species like; African fin foot, crested crane, rare shoebill stork, pelican, heron among others, wildlife viewing because this park is a home to many animal species that tourists can be able to sight see while they tour around the park such as; zebras, buffalos, deffasa, leopards, hyenas, reed back, Oribi, bush bucks and many others which makes their safari a successful one.
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