Rubondo Island National Park

Rubondo Island National Park

Welcome To Rubondo Island National Park

The Rubondo Island National Park is the main island that is a National Park in Tanzania. It is tucked in an edge of Lake Victoria, the world's second biggest lake, an inland ocean rambling between Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. With around twelve little islets, Rubondo Island secures valuable fish reproducing grounds.

Rubondo Island is about 31km long, with a width that changes from 3 to 10k kilometers. The little zone of the island gives an astounding assortment of environments extending from savannah and open forest to thick timberland and papyrus swamps. Rubondo Island interestingly gives a stunning scene of a backwoods shelter with the unwinding peacefulness of sandy shore shorelines.

The park contains special widely varied vegetation. One of its real attractions is the sitatunga(type of pronghorn), which is indigenous to Rubondo Island and found in no other park in Tanzania. Different indigenous species are bushbuck, vervet monkey, hippo, genet feline, spotnecked otter and bog mongoose.

The island is likewise rich in birdlife with more than 200 types of indigenous and transient feathered creatures located around the island. Reptiles, for example, crocodiles and screen reptiles are also commonly spotted.

How To Getting There

How To Getting There

Prior waterways was the main method of transportation achieving this island park, anyway ongoing improvement in tourism foundation, it is currently effectively open than any time in recent memory. It tends to be come to either by flights or water crafts.

Air Way

Air Way

Flight:

Rubondo can be effectively gotten to via plane from Tanzania terrain. Planned flights work from numerous areas in Tanzania to the park, including Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Arusha and furthermore the Serengeti. From Serengeti, it is 40 minutes of flight time.

Water Way

Water Way

Boat Ride:

Boat is the most ideal approach to reach Rubondo. You can ride a pontoon from Kasenda or from Nkome. It takes about thirty minutes to reach Rubondo from Kasenda while from Nkome it takes around two hours to achieve the park.

Best Time to Visit

Best Time to Visit

The best time to visit Rubondo National Park is amid the dry season, from June to October.

You can additionally visit it amid the wet season, from November to March when the blossoms are in full sprout and migratory birds likewise land amid this period at the island park.

Activities To Do

Activities To Do

The sensational island national park of Rubondo offers a huge amount of exercises for the couple of tourists that make it to the park. Some of them are recorded underneath:

  • Game drives
  • Chimp trekking
  • Wildlife photography
  • Boating
  • Bird watching
  • Camping
  • Fishing
  • Swimming
  • Snorkelling

What to See

Rubondo Island National Park is best known for its tranquillity and sublime lakeshore scenery. Apart from its pristine landscapes, it is known for its varied wildlife and birding.

Elephants, giraffes, black and white colobus, and chimpanzees were long ago introduced alongside the island’s native hippo, bushbuck and sitatunga which can be spotted during game drives.

More than 400 bird species are found on the Island park including parrots, cuckoo, sunbirds, hammerkops, egrets to name a few along with different colours butterflies which create a kaleidoscope effect in the forest.

Rubondo Island National Park is best known for its serenity and heavenly lakeshore landscape. Aside from its perfect scenes, it is known for its changed wildlife and birding.

Elephants, giraffes, black and white colobus monkeys, and chimpanzees were long back presented close by the island's local hippo, bushbuck and sitatunga which can be spotted amid amusement drives.

In excess of 400 bird species are found on the Island park including parrots, cuckoo, sunbirds, hammerkops, egrets to give some examples alongside various hues butterflies which make a kaleidoscope impact in the woodland.

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Elephant

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Giraffe

Hippo

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