Best time to visit Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park can be visited all year round, though the best time to visit is during the dry season, also known as the peak season, in the months of June to September and December to February. During the dry season, there is less rainfall in the park; therefore, game drives and hiking trails will be dry and passable, which makes game drives and hiking easy and comfortable. Animals will also gather around the water bodies and salt links, which makes wildlife viewing easy.
Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest savannah national park located in the western part of Uganda along the highway from Kampala to Mbarara. Lake Mburo national park is a home of incredible wildlife species including buffaloes, leopards, hyenas, zebras, elands, impalas, waterbucks, reedbucks, bush pigs, warthogs, topis, giraffes and variety of bird species like Black-throated Barbet, Mosque Swallow, Ruppells Starling, Black-bellied Bustard, Bare-faced Go away bird, Southern ground hornbill among others.
Lake Mburo National Park can also be visited in the wet/rainy season in the months of March to May and October to November because during this period the park becomes green with beautiful scenery due to rainfall. During the rainy season, there are usually few tourists in the park; therefore, you will be able to enjoy the park with fewer crowds, and some luxury clients offer discounts to clients, hence favoring the budget travelers.
Activities in Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park offers a number of safari activities that clients can engage in during the Uganda wildlife safari, including
Game drives
Game drive is one of the major activities in Lake Mburo national park where you will enjoy the park in a safari vehicle, follow different game drive tracks where you will be able to view different animals like giraffes, buffaloes, waterbucks, impalas, elands, oribi, topi, bushbucks, warthogs, hippos, zebras, leopards, hyenas, reedbucks among others.
Lake Mburo national park also offers night game drives where you will be able to spot nocturnal animals which become active at night for example leopards, hyenas, genet, bush pigs, white tailed mongoose among others.
Bird watching
Lake Mburo National Park is home to over 315 bird species, including forest, aquatic, and migratory birds, which makes it one of the best birding areas in Uganda. During bird watching, you will be able to spot different bird species like Mosque Swallow, Blue-headed Coucal, African Finfoot, Papyrus Gonolek, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Greater Painted Snipe, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Carruthers Cisticola, African Fish Eagle, White Backed Heron among others
Boat cruise
A boat cruise is one of the amazing activities in Lake Mburo National Park that shouldn’t be missed during your safari. Boat cruise in the park is done in schedules for example in the morning and in the afternoon and gives you an opportunity to view hippos and Nile crocodiles in water, animals like buffaloes, antelopes drinking water along the shores and aquatic bird species.
Nature walk
Lake Mburo national park offers an interesting guided nature walk where you will get up-close and personal with different wildlife species like giraffes, zebras, waterbucks, impalas, reptiles like snakes, lizards, spot and listen to sweet sounds of bird species singing in tree branches, view colorful butterflies, take beautiful pictures among others.
Lake Mburo national park offers other activities like sport fishing where tourists will be able to catch and release different fish types like tilapia, lung fish, mud fish among others, cultural tours where clients will be able to interact with the local people, cycling where you will be able to explore the park on a bike, horseback riding where you will be able tour the park of a horse back among others.
Where to stay in Lake Mburo National Park
There are a number of accommodation facilities ranging from budget, midrange and luxury in Lake Mburo national park where travelers can stay during the safari including Mihingo lodge, Kigambira safari lodge, Kigarama wilderness lodge, Eagles nest camp Lake Mburo, Rwakobo rock lodge, Leopard rest camp, arcadia lodge Lake Mburo, Hyena hill lodge, Lake Mburo safari lodge, Mpogo lodge among others.
How to get to Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo national park can be accessed by road transport means where tourists will drive from Kampala/ Entebbe using the Kampala Mbarara highway to the park through Nshara gate or Sanga Trading Center which takes about 3 to 4 hours’ drive in a 4WD safari vehicle.
Lake Mburo national park can also be accessed by air transport means where you will book a domestic flight from Entebbe airport to Mabrara airstrip which takes about an hour and later connect to the park.
Lake Mburo national park is an incredible destination that can be visited anytime throughout the year and can be combined with gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park, chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national park and other destinations. You can reach out to us at Achieve Global Safaris for more information about the best time to visit Lake Mburo National Park or visit our website for various safari packages.
