Explore Rwanda;s big five game on this 3 Days Akagera National park Tour with Gorilla Trek Africa. Akagera National Park has a variety of wildlife and is a habitat for over 500 species of birds, dominated scenically by the labyrinth of swamps and lakes that follow the meandering course of the Akagera River; the most remote source of the Nile, this is archetypal African savannah landscape of tangled acacia woodland interspersed with open grassland. This is where herds of elephant and buffalo emerge from the woodland to drink at the lakes, while lucky visitors might stumble across a leopard, a spotted hyena or even a stray lion. You will also see lots of Hippos, Zebras, Impalas, warthogs, buffalo, and Giraffes among others.
Trip Summary
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali Airport.
Day 2: Game Drive & Boat Trip in Akagera National Park
Day 3: Departure
Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Kigali Airport
Meet our tour guide at Kigali airport holding a placard reading your names; enjoy a 2 hours drive to Akagera national park in Eastern Rwanda, check-in at Akagera Safari lodge. Dinner and overnight the Lodge.
Day 2: Game drive and Boat trip – Akagera National Park
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and start your game drives in an open roofed vehicle. A half day game drive here offers you an opportunity to spot a variety of game including elephants, buffalos, hippos, lions, Masai giraffe, gazelles, impala, baboons, oribi, Butchel’s zebra, topi, bush baby, leopard and bushbuck, etc.
Proceed for a boat trip after lunch on Lake Ihema, for a close encounter with the Crocodiles and Hippos along the river banks, coupled with large concentration of over 525 bird species both migratory and savanna related. Unique species such as Shoe billed stocks and papyrus gonolek can be encountered. Endemics include the jacanas, ibis, sand pipers and herons. Return to your lodge for dinner
Day 3: Departure
After breakfast transfer to Nyamata Genocide memorial site and later return to Kigali International Airport for your flight back home.
End of the tour
Tour Cost Inclusions
Park entrance fees
Accommodation & meals
Full time English speaking guide
Ground Transport
Miscellaneous
Bottled Drinking water
Government Taxes
Tour Cost Exclusions
Alcoholic beverages
Shopping
Tips
Extra activities not in the itinerary
Bookings and payment options
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