LAKES OF UGANDA
LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK
A compact park at just 370km², Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savannah park. Together with 13 other lakes in the area, Lake Mburo forms an impressive 50km-long wetland system
It’s home to diverse wildlife from zebra and buffalo to Defassa waterbuck, topi and reedbuck, along with eland, impala, oribi, hyena, hippo and leopard. There are also over 350 bird species resident here, including a long list of water birds since there are five lakes within the park borders
LAKE VICTORIA
A compact park at just 370km², Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savannah park. Together with 13 other lakes in the area, Lake Mburo forms an impressive 50km-long wetland system. It’s home to diverse wildlife from zebra and buffalo to Defassa waterbuck, topi and reedbuck, along with eland, impala, oribi, hyena, hippo and leopard. There are also over 350 bird species resident here, including a long list of water birds since there are five lakes within the park borders
LAKE BUNYONYI
Lake Bunyonyi is located just over the border in Uganda and makes a really great place to escape to for a few days or longer. The easiest part for Kigali residents to visit is near Kabale, a small city just 30 minutes from the Katuna border 1.5 hours north of Kigali. The lake is large and there are several parts to explore but we’ll just focus on the Kabale-area section because that’s the part I’ve been to.
LAKE EDWARDS
Lake Edward, Rutanzige or Edward Nyanza is the smallest of the African Great Lakes. It is located in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift, on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, with its northern shore a few kilometres south of the equator.