ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY WELCOMES BABY RHINO

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary the only rhino sanctuary in Uganda celebrates the birth of a new male calf. According to Rhino Fund Uganda, the new born baby rhino was born by Nandi rhino that was donated by the Disney Animal Kingdom in Florida and this marks Nandi’s 4^th birth since she was introduced into the sanctuary.

BABY RHINO

It is exciting news to every conservationist or nature lover on Uganda safari as this adds on the population of these rare species yet to be re-introduced into Uganda safari parks soonest. The birth of baby rhino now makes Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary a home to 31 rhinos.

The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is nestled in Nakasongola along Kampala-Gulu highway about 176kms from Kampala and it inhabited the white and black rhinos that got extinct in the 1980s due to poaching. This was also fueled by the political instability in the 1970s and 1980s which saw gunmen and state inspired poaching in the conservation areas parks inclusive.

Things later returned after President Yoweri Museveni came into power. Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) was founded in 1996 after merging the Uganda National Park and Game Department. This has played a great role and poaching has reduced something that has contributed greatly to currently the increasing population of wildlife in the parks and other conservation areas.

The Rhino Fund Uganda was founded in the 1990s purposely to restore rhinos back to the wild. To meet the set goal, 2 rhinos were introduced into Uganda Wildlife Education Centre and Rhino Fund Uganda earlier in 2000. Today, the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary serves as breeding ground for rhinos yet to be re-introduced into the wild to boast wildlife safari experiences of visitors on Uganda safaris.

While on Uganda safari tour to Murchison Falls National Park, a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking is worth your time, money and trip holiday to Africa. You also stand a chance to see other mammals, birds and other species while on rhino tracking experience in this beautiful sanctuary. To enhance your experience further, it is possible for you to also engage in bird watching to identify the shoebill stork, nature walks both day and night walk.