The BurigiChato National Park, traces its origin back to 1970’s when it had acquired the status of a National Game Reserve.Covering more than 2,200 square kilometer, the park is now ranking the third among National Parks in Tanzania after Ruaha and Serengeti National Parks in terms of the size. BurigiChato National Parkcomprises the grassland areas of the African Savannah. This iconic destination is set among the pictorial beauty of the lakes and river side which is delight for the eyes of the tourist. It has abundance and varieties of wildlife ranging from carnivores, herbivores to rare species of birds and is a must visit as part of the Tanzania Safari Tours.
BurigiChato National Park Location
Located close to the border of Lake Victoria and border of Rwanda, this national park is surrounded by the wondrous waters of the kagera River and Lake Burigi. BurigiChato National Park Locationis thriving all year round and tourists are keen to see the wondrous beauty of the place.
How To Get There At BurigiChatoNational Park
To get to the national park you can take a flight to Mwanza or Kagera region (Bukoba) to Chato airport. From there you can take a cab drive to burigi national park which will take us like 5 hours drive to the park. Reaching the place is relatively easily and various public and private transports are easily available.
BurigiChato National Park Animals
This national park has a wide collection of wildlife and from them BurigiChato National Park Animalsare elephant, buffaloes, antelopes, lions, leopards, zebras, giraffes, chimpanzees, gorillas and chimpanzees. There are some rare species of birds are also found in the Burigi-Biharamulo, Kimisi, Ibanda and Rumanyika National Park and some of them are fish eagles, papyrus ganolek, and bizarre shoebill stork.
What To Expect In BurigiChatoNational Park
While at BurigiChato National Park expect to see a numerous number of natural landscape and magnificent mountainous sceneries. You will also be able to spot varieties of wildlife, the preserved ecological systems and amazing lakes.
What To Do In BurigiChatoNational Park
There are different activities to do in BurigiChato national park. Some of them are:
- Game drive wildlife Safari
- Walking safari
- Canoeing in lake Burigi
- Photographic safari
- honeymoon safari
- hiking
- cultural safari
