We normally take Sundays off to rest but this past Sunday we took a trip to the nearest national park, Lake Mburo. Scott, Peter, and I (Marisa) along with Ben, a volunteer at the clinic, left Ddegeya at 6:00am to get to Lake Mburo in time for prime animal viewing. As we drove in we saw several animals from our car including zebra, impala and warthogs.
We started off with a walking tour of the grassland and swamp area. We were a bit nervous since our guide carried a large gun, but we were eager to get close to the animals. At first we didn't see any animals on our walk and we all regretted leaving the car. As we got further into the park we saw herds of zebra, impala, bushbuck, waterbuck, warthogs, eland, buffalo, and many birds. This park is home to a few leopards and lions, but we did not see any. We got great views of many of the herd animals. We learned that for some species, like buffalo, only one male lives with a group of females. There were many lonely males throughout the park that our guide told us were aggressive because they were embarrassed to live alone.
After our walking tour we went on a boat ride on Lake Mburo. We saw many hippos and birds. During the trip hippos would pop out of the water and surprise us. They are graceful in water despite their size. Our guide had excellent eyesight and spotted several crocodiles but not all of us were lucky enough to see them. We were lucky to see some rare birds including the fin foot.
We had a late breakfast at the lakeside restaurant and enjoyed the peaceful view. Sadly, we could not go on some of the game drive tracks because our driver did not have a jeep. Fortunately we saw most of the species that live in Lake Mburo.
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