The park established in 1983 is only 260 sq. km being the smallest of Uganda’s savanna National Parks located in the Ankole region, west of Uganda. Its mosaic habitat, dry hillside, rocky outcrops, thick bushes thickets, open and wooded savanna forests, lakes and swamps are home to a surprising diversity of plants and animals. The Lake Mburo National Park is named after the lake which falls in this territory.
It’s a very special place every part of it is alive with; variety, interest and color contains an extensive area of wetland one of the only two such habitats to be included within a National Park in Uganda.
It harbors several species of mammals; Zebras, Impala, Buffaloes, and birds. Comprising bill storks which are found nowhere else in the country. Its sculptured landscape with rolling grassy hills and idyllic lake shore has a varied mosaic of habitats forest galleries, seasonal and permanent swamps and rich acacia wood valleys which all support a wealth of wildlife. With our Uganda safaris and tours, you can see more of these attractions.
Being near the equator, the rainfall pattern is bimodal, with the long rains occurring from February to June, and the short rains from September to December.
