Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem in Uganda. It is 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’s a home to 350 bird species. As well as zebras, impalas, elands, buffalo’s, 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, this supports the healthy population of Buffalo’s, Warthog, bush pig and hippopotamus. 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. This makes it a birders paradise!
Lake Mburo Birding
The large variety of habitats in Lake Mburo National Park supports over 350 bird species. Including rare, but regularly seen species like African finfoot and white-backed heron. If you are able to call the papyrus gonolek using a recorded bird call, it will come to the edge of the papyrus. If you are lucky you might see a shoebill. And in the rainy season, the grey crowned cranes breed. And raise their fluffy chicks in the swampy areas of the valleys.
Lake Mburo is also home to a huge number of African fish eagles. There is a large variety of Savannah and water birds. Including some spectacular species like Narina trogon, Ross’s turaco, African green-pigeon and the bare-faced go-away-bird.
It is probably the best place to view acacia-associated birds. Rwonyo is a good zone to see the mosque swallow, black bellied bustard, bare-faced-go away bird and Ruppell’s starling. Plus, the southern ground hornbill and black throated barbet.
Due to it’s location, it makes a great stopover when getting to the southern Uganda parks. Either to or returning back to Entebbe.
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