Lake Mburo National Park Community Benefits – Lake Mburo Safaris – Horse riding.
Lake Mburo Community Benefits. 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.
This 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 its links with the nearby villages surrounding Uganda National Park.
Local communities used to use National parks directly for hunting, gathering firewood, herbs, and 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 gazetted.
Concerning Lake Mburo National Park, the situation was not different. Originally communally 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 gazetted.
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 was poisoned to extinction, which led to a desire for people to sit and talk about wit ith 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 the capital city Kampala, it is around 4 hours’ trip via the stunning countryside of Uganda, adorned with roadside 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 Himba 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.
