Lake Mburo National Park is located in Kiruhura District in the Western Region of Uganda, about 30 km (19 mi) east of Mbarara and about 240 km (150 mi) by road west of Kampala.

Lake Mburo National Park is  located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks, which date back more than 500 million years.

 It’s a home to 350 bird species including the spectacular papyrus Gonolek,Saddle Billed Stalk, Greater painted Snipe, Black – Bellied bustard, Barefaced go – away bird and the Blue-Headed Coucal..

Many typical safari animals are resident, but not elephant or rhino, while lion are very sporadic visitors. Leopard are sometimes spotted on night drives. Highlights in the park include impala (not found in any other Ugandan park), eland, the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe and Burchell’s zebra (which is only found here and in Kidepo Valley). Other animals regularly seen are oribi and warthog. Hundreds of hippo are found in the lake Mburo and around the park head quarters at Rwonyo.