How Similar is Lake Mburo National Park and Lake Nakuru National Park? Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda and Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya are two parks named after the lakes in them and also some of the most visited parks in the East African region; one because of the flamingos and the other because of the zebras.
So, in this article we break down some of the things that make these two parks similar or different.
Well, as started the parks are named after the lakes so it means the parks have lakes; with Lake Nakuru being in lake Nakuru national park and Lake mburo found in Lake mburo national park. The difference though is lake Nakuru is a saline lake so usually there are no human activities, on the other hand lake mburo fresh water lake with boat rides and some few human activities done with caution because it harbors dangerous creatures like the hippos and crocodiles.
Lake mburo national park in Uganda is located in the western part of the country in Mbarara district. Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya is located in central Kenya in the town or next to the town of Nakuru depending on who you ask. The parks are all constitutional areas with Lake Nakuru National Park considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Lake Mburo National Park Uganda Wildlife Authority protected site.
Lake mburo national park in Uganda is the smallest park in Uganda siting on an area of 188 square kilometers and Lake Nakuru national park in Kenya though not the largest in Kenya is quite big sitting on 260 square kilometers. The interesting bit is that though lake mburo national park is smaller than Lake Nakuru national park, the lake itself lake mburo spans to up 50 sq kilometers in size as Lake Nakuru spans to 40 sq kilometers.
The Vegetation in Lake Mburo National Park is more of acacia woods and busy forests well as Lake Nakuru National Park has the wood bushland and grassland kind of vegetation with a lot of open space.
When we talk about animal species Lake Nakuru is famous for animals like the lions, rhinos, elephants and other as Lake Mburo National Park has zebras, antelopes, impalas, elands and horses. Both parks have water animals the hippos and crocodiles but seen more in Lake mburo because of the fresh waters that also have fish in them. Of course, when we talk about birds Lake Nakuru National Park has more bird species mostly known for the flamingoes but the park has over 4000 bird species.
When you visit these parks you will have activities like game drives, boat rides, nature walks, bird watching, fishing, horseback riding, cycling, community tours, picnics and more activities. In Lake Nakuru national park you have activities like game drives, rhino tracking, bird watching of course, water fall hiking, rock picnics and other activities.
Lake Mburo National Park is the park in Uganda, nearest to the Ugandan capital Kampala, you get to it by road from Kampala about a 2 to 4-hour drive, depending on the traffic you face in the city Centre on your way to the park. Lake Nakuru National Park is a 4-to-5-hour drive from Kenya’s capital Nairobi; it’s a straight drive not quite a hard park to locate.
You can visit any of these parks in the year, definitely the dry seasons are the best and more popular for most safaris, but these parks receive visitors all year round both in the dry season and the wet or rainy season.
