The 3 Days Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari is the perfect package for touring the breathtaking savanna park in Eastern Rwanda, which borders Tanzania. The 1,200 square kilometre Akagera National Park was established in 1934. The name of the national park was inspired by the Akagera River, which runs through its heart. The park also contains a number of lakes, such as Lake Ihema, Gishanju, Rwanyakizinga, Shakani, and Lake Mihindi. Because the park is home to the Big Five, it’s the best place to see game. Numerous wild animals, including giraffes, hippos, lions, elephants, zebras, topis, leopards, serval cats, wild dogs, hyenas, water-bucks, warthogs, Cape Elands, oribis, and wildebeest, are likely to be sighted. The three-day Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari includes game drives that give you a chance to observe a range of exotic species that live in this Savannah park! Additionally, there are more than 480 bird species in the park, 100 of which are unique to the nation and several African nations.
Detailed Itinerary.
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park
After picking you up from the airport or your Kigali hotel, our driver guide will take you to Akagera National Park. Travel to the country’s eastern area by car through the stunning city of Kigali. If time permits, you will visit the Nyakarambi traditional hamlet, where guests are instructed on how to utilise local cow dung to smear and cement homes. After meeting and chatting with the locals who will be present, head to the park. It takes about three hours to drive from Kigali to Akagera National Park.
Day 2: Morning Game Drive – Afternoon Boat Cruise
Get up early and make your way to the park for the early morning game drive. The main focus of the experience is game viewing, where visitors may observe various wild creatures hunting, grazing, and browsing in this park. Lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, zebras, impalas, gazelles, buffalos, topis, elephants, Cape Elands, duikers, warthogs, rhinos, and wildebeest are just a few of the many animals that can be seen there. You’ll head back to the lodge for refreshments and a late breakfast. While you wait for lunch, unwind at the resort. Drive to Lake Ihema, which is situated in the southern region of Akagera National Park, in the afternoon to take a boat trip. The shores of Ihema, Rwanda’s second-largest lake, are home to a wide diversity of aquatic animals and birds. African Open Bill Stork, Bateleur, African Fish Eagle, Booted Eagle, Shoebill, Crested Barbet, Sooty Falcon, Squacco Heron, papyrus Gonolek, Western Reef Heron, and Yellow Bellied Eremomela are just a some of the birds you will observe while on your boat ride at Lake Ihema. You can also get fantastic views of aquatic creatures like crocodiles and hippos while on the cruise.
Day 3: Departure.
Check out after breakfast and make your way to Kigali, where you may take a city tour depending on your flight time, seeing the presidential palace, the Kimironko markets, the Kigali Convention Centre, the Inema Art Gallery, and the sites of the genocide, among other places, before heading to the airport for your flight home.
End of the 3 Days Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari.
The 3 Days Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari includes;
- Airport Transfers.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle.
- Park Entrance Fees.
- Services of an English-speaking tour guide.
- Game Drive in Akagera.
- Boat Cruise on Lake Ihema.
- Accommodation and Meals as per the itinerary.
- Bottled water in the car.
- Tour guide allowances.
- Relevant Government Taxes.
However, the tour cost excludes; Visa Fees, International air fare, souvenirs, personal shopping bills, personal travel insurance, items of personal nature such as cigarettes, laundry, telephone bills etc.