Easter at Lake Mburo

We spent Easter weekend in Lake Mburo National Park. It is a lovely park, the only one with a complete lake within its boundaries. The tents had en-suite shower etc. and when we wanted a shower Apollo came with a jerry can of hot water which he tipped into a bucket and hoisted it above the tent! There was a open thatched dining/sitting area where they served three meals a day not to mention the odd beer or glass of wine!

We went on a number of game drives and although the park does not have any lion or elephant we saw many different antelope.

These are Topi.

The park also has Impala. Other places we have visited have Uganda Kob but in this park they have impala (Kampala is named after them).

Here is a picture of my favourites,

Waterbuck.

We also saw lots of warthogs, zebra, bushbuck and hippos in the lake. The weather was very un-ugandan! It was so cold and windy on the Saturday evening that the boat trip to look for crocodiles was cut very short. The lake was so choppy the people in the front of the boat were soaked! Then on Sunday we had booked a guided walk in the bush but it rained all day!! We had to go in the car!

These dung beetles were amazing! Two lovely metallic green beetles about the size of the end of your thumb co-operating to roll this ball of dung! Well I thought it was pretty clever, anyway!!

It was a lovely weekend.