2 Days 1 Night Akagera Trip

YOUR SATISFACTION MATTER!

DAY 1: CITY TOUR & TRANSFER TO AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK 

After breakfast, you will begin your day at the Kigali Genocide Memorial, paying tribute to history and campaign against genocide. Then you will head to CAGA museum at parliament after you will have your lunch.

In the afternoon, you will begin your journey to Akagera National Park, northeast of Kigali on the border with Tanzania. The journey to Rwanda’s biggest national park – which spans 1,122km² – takes about two and half hours.

Your visit to Akagera National Park starts with a sunset boat ride on Lake Ihema, the country’s second-biggest freshwater lake after Lake Kivu. Lake Ihema is a birder’s paradise; here you’ll be fascinated by sightings of water birds such as cormorants, fish eagles, African jacana, papyrus gonolek and kingfishers. But the highlights are usually sightings of the monstrous elephants grazing by the lakeside, crocodiles enjoying the morning sun, and hippos playing in water. Enjoy a glass of champagne as the sun sets over the lake.

DAY 2: FULL GAME DRIVE

Today you will wake up as early as 6:00 am and go on safari. The park was named after the river that runs along Rwanda’s eastern edge and it’s the country’s counterpart to the famous savannah reserves of Tanzania and Kenya farther afield. It’s a stunningly beautiful park, boasting more than 10 freshwater lakes and more than 8000 animal and 500 bird species respectively.

Today’s game drive will reward you with an authentic African Big Five safari experience in a less touristy destination where lions and rhinos returned in 2015 and 2017 respectively. Some of the park’s most famous residents include Lions, Elephants, Rhinos, and Zebras, Leopards, Hyenas, Buffalos, Giraffes, Monkeys, Hippos, bush Pigs, Warthogs, Baboons, Crocodiles, Leopards and Antelopes.

You will have a stopover for lunch inside the park at one of the picnics, after you will continue the game drive.

Later return to Kigali