As part of the support by the United States Agency of International Aid-Tourism for Biodiversity programme activities in Lake Mburo, US Forest Service team: Logan Wild, a civil engineer and Barth Ham berg, a landscape architect, spent two days (From January 29 to 31) at the lake mapping new trail networks within Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda’s most accessible park.

The new network includes new and extension of existing networks drawn with the support of the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) field staff and USAID/Uganda-Tourism and Biodiversity programme in Lake Mburo.

Kigarama hill trail covering six kilometers will be on offer for the intending visitors who want to feel like conquerors by going up the highest elevated landscape on a Uganda safari through Lake Mburo National Park. The trail takes from the highest point to the lowest point of Mburo National Park. The  lakeside trail with four kilometers will expose visitors to wild beauties such as birds and aquatic animals that live within the park.

In addition, the park visitor interpretation centre or Mburo trail will give visitors a choice of nature walk and wildlife encounters.

“The expanded trail network is one of the efforts to increase visitor experience and product diversification,” says Rwamwiri, adding that this will increase visitor stay.