Kibale Forest National Park

Kibale

Covering an area of 370 sq kilometers, Lake Mburo is one of the largest five lakes that are nearby wetlands. The park is situated between the towns of Masaka and Mbarara in Uganda. Lake Mburo National Park is the only place in Uganda where impalas, antelopes, as well as elands can be spotted. Other wildlife in the park include zebras, hippopotami, warthogs, elands, buffaloes, jackals, and leopards. The park boasts over 300 bird species. They include Abyssinian ground hornbill, African finfoot, African scops owl, Bare-faced go-away bird, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Blue-headed Coucal, Brown-chested Lapwing, Carruther’s Cisticola, Greater painted snipe, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Mosque swallow, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus yellow warbler, Red-faced Barbet (NE), Shoebill, Tabora Cisticola, White-winged Warbler, Yellow-rumped tinker bird e.t.c

Uniqueness

• Though this is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks, Lake Mburo is a very special and exciting place in its very own right.
• The national park gets its name from Lake Mburo which is found within its borders.
• The national park is illustrated by gentle sloped, rolling hills that are characteristic of the Ankole region in which the park is found and vast and beautiful papyrus swamps that border the shores of lake Mburo.
• Lake Mburo mainly has a savannah type of vegetation with Acacia and Euphorbia trees dotting the entire expanse of the park, though some patches have taller mixed woodland and rocky ridges.