5 Days Queen Elizabeth And Lake Mburo National Park

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The area of the park extends from Lake George in the northeast to Lake Edward in the southwest, and includes the Kazinga Channel that connects the two lakes.    The park is named after Queen Elizabeth II it is home to 95 species of mammal and over 500 species of birds. The area around Ishasha in Rukungiri District is famous for its tree-climbing lions, whose males sport black manes, a feature unique to the lions in this area.

The park is also famous for its volcanic features, comprising volcanic cones and deep craters, many with crater lakes such as Lake Katwe, from which salt is extracted.

Set against the backdrop of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, the park’s magnificent vistas include dozens of enormous craters carved dramatically into rolling green hills, panoramic views of the Kazinga Channel with its banks lined with hippos, buffalo and elephants, and the endless Ishasha plains

Measuring 260 square kilometer, Lake Mburo national park is the smallest of Uganda’s savanna national parks. Its is conveniently located along Kampala- Mbarara high way kiruhura district.in spite of its small size, lake mburo national park is a Uganda’s safaris gem.it is Uganda’s prominent safaris destination for great sightings of zebras, the gigantic Elands , Topis, buffalos and impalas.

Its landscape of grassy rolling hills and beautiful lake shores contains a combination of mosaic habitats, dry hillsides, rocky outcrops, bushes, thickets, open and wooden savanna forest, swamps and lakes. These support an impressive diversity of plates, animals and bird spices.

There are 68 spices of mammals that include zebras, roan antelopes, leopards, hyenas, jackals, elands, buffalos, crocodiles and impalas. 350 spices of birds have recorded of which 5 spices are found only in Budongo forest, and papyrus swamp birds, sessional swamp birds, woodland birds, grassland birds and forest birds.

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