Lake Mburo National Park Community Benefits – Lake Mburo Safaris – Horse riding.
Uganda Wildlife authorities have kept their promise to provide some money or income back-off to the nearby Ugandan towns around National Parks. Three areas around Lake Mburo National Park of Isingiro, Mbarara, and Kiruhura have received more than two hundred and fifty million Uganda shillings, according to The Weekly observer.
These money will be used for initiatives chosen by local governments in these areas, including building healthy centers, road and many others as judged necessary. Uganda Wildlife Authority launched the income sharing scheme in order to strengthen her links with the nearby villages surrounding Uganda National Park.
Local communities used to use National parks directly for hunting, gathering firewood, herbs, honey among others but lost out on all these direct benefits something that drove a conflict between protected areas and the local communities around before they were gazzetted.
With regard to Lake Mburo National Park, the situation was not different. Originally communalally owned, the hea pastoralists utilized this area—which subsequently became a National Park—for grazing their Ankole long-horned cattle; however, their access to the park was blocked when it was gazzatted.
This culminated in a major confrontation between the hima and the park officials that ended in the death of every lion in Lake Mburo National Park. All pride of lions were poisoned to extinction, which led to a desire for people to sit and talk about with the nearby national parks.
From these conversations, it was decided that the local people most particularly impacted by the establishment of these National Parks should get a set proportion from gate collecting. Since then, this has been carried out as one of the plans to enhance parks and neighborhoods.
Among other creatures, lake Mburo National Park is well-known for its zebras and impalas. One may have a safari walk in the wild or a wildlife drive in addition to a boat tour on the lake. Popular for birdwatching is also Lake Mburo National Park; some resorts, like Mihingo, provide horseback riding as well.
Mihingo Lodge, Mantana Tented Camp, Rwakobo Rock, Arcadia Cottages, Lake Mburo Safari Lodge, Rwonyo Camp and many more such lodges dotting Lake Mburo National Park.
Of all the National Parks around Kampala, Lake Mburo National Park is the closest. From Capital City Kampala, it is around 4 hours’ trip via the stunning country side of Uganda adorned with road side shops offering fresh vegetables and fruits, drums like those at Mpambire royal drum manufacturers.
You also have a chance to stop over near the equator for basic experiments and pictures. If time allows, you might pause and enjoy the experience with the hima grazing their Ankole long horned cattle.
For all those visiting Uganda for gorillas who have some additional time, we advise spending at least one night in Lake Mburo National Park to experience this lovely national park as well as break the lengthy travel from Kampala to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
