page_title: Rubondo Island National Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Rubondo Island National Park / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of a sign post that describes Rubondo Island National Park's history and characteristics
context_page_description: Rubondo Island National Park is one of two Tanzanian National Parks located on an island in Lake Victoria. The island attracts a small number of visitors each year, mainly game fishermen and bird enthusiasts.
context_section_description: Rubondo Island became a game reserve in 1965, to provide a sanctuary for animals. Rubondo Island was gazetted as a national park in 1977. Today Rubondo is uninhabited. Consequently, 80% of the island remains forested today. The 400 “fisher folk” of the Zinza tribe, who lived on the island and maintained banana plantations, were resettled on neighbouring islands and onto the mainland by the government in the late 1960s. As a rule the court passed sentences of six weeks imprisonment for unauthorised landings on the island and six months for attempted poaching.
caption: Welcome to Rubondo Island National Park
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