1 Day Akagera National Park Safari
per person
1-Day Akagera National Park tour takes you from Kigali City to Rwanda’s pristine wilderness, a haven for wildlife species including the majestic big five mammals: Lion, Rhino, Leopard, Elephant, and Buffalo. This protected area serves as the only Rwanda’s savanna park situated in the Kayonza District of the Eastern Part of the country. The park is close to Rwanda’s capital Kigali and will offer you chance to observe other wildlife species including giraffes, hippos, topis, warthogs, Jackson hartebeest and other antelopes. Meaning, it can offer you the best experience within the shortest time while spotting a diverse range of mammals in their wilderness.
The park has a unique biodiversity, including savanna, marshes, forests, hills, lakes, and rivers, making it a true habitat for a wide range of wildlife species. Despite the civil unrest of 1994, large numbers of people used the park as an escape route during the genocide. Many of them settled in the park, and eventually, many animals were hunted down, and others were poisoned. Some animals, especially the big five, had reached extinction, but the new reign government was determined to rebuild the park as part of its wider transformation changes in the country.
The government, as of now, has restored several animal species, including the big five mammals such as the rhinos, lions, and others that had reached extinction. This means that it’s now obvious to spot several wildlife species such as impalas, Zebras, Elands, topis, kobs, bushbucks, and others. More still, the government has also encouraged and boasted community tourism to allow the communities around the park to benefit from tourism. Visitors, especially nature lovers and birdwatchers, will enjoy the stunning beauty of nature in its pure form and also spot several wildlife species, including water, forest, savannah, and migratory birds.
Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Pickup from Kigali and transfer to Akagera National Park – Game Drive – Afternoon boat ride – Transfer back to Kigali.
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali International Airport-Transfer to Volcanoes National Park
1-day Akagera National Park Tour will start at 5:00am and will take 2:30 hours to access the park. After your breakfast, our safari driver will pick you up from your lodge, hotel, or from a specific place. You will have a briefing with your driver guide before embarking on your amazing tour through Rwanda’s countryside. You will get there by 9:00am, and after registration, your guide will take you through the vast savanna, woodlands, marshes, and water bodies in search of hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, elephants, giraffes, zebras, Olive baboons, mongoose, and several primates, among others and others. The game drive may take about 4 hours with a picnic lunch, or you get to the lodge, where most travellers get their lunch from.
After your lunch, you will have a boat cruise excursion at Lake Ihema, which will introduce you to species like crocodiles, hippos, water birds, including saddle-billed stork, plovers, kingfishers, hawks, plovers, ibis, sandpipers, and several other aquatic species. This is the park’s largest lake and is found in the southern sector of the park. This 90 square kilometers lake feeds other water bodies both within and out side the park. The eastern shores of the lake are vital in defining the border edges between Rwanda and the Republic of Tanzania. The boat cruise on Lake Ihema takes about 2 hours, and after retiring and preparing to begin your return journey to Kigali City. However, reaching may be late in the evening at your hotel, lodge, or area of resident.
1 Day Akagera National Park Safari Includes and Excludes
Inclusions:
- A game drive
- Boat cruise on Lake Ihema
- Park entrance
- Transportation to and from Akagera National Park in an air-conditioned 4X4 vehicle with a pop-up roof
- A private English-speaking guide
- Lunch and bottled drinking water throughout the tour
- Park entrance fees
- All activities mentioned in the itinerary
- Pickup and drop-off in Kigali
- Government taxes
Excludes
- Air tickets and Visa
- Tips for the Guides
- Alcoholic drinks and cigarettes
- Medical Insurance
- Accommodation the night before the safari and after the tour.