• One Full Day Game Drive with an opportunity to encounter 1^st hand the African Big 5 Resident in Rwanda’s only Savannah National Park-Akagera National Park

What to Expect;

Rwanda has only 1 Savannah National Park. This 1,122 sq. Km Mass of Land is the Largest and only one with Wetland adapted species in the Great Lakes Region. It is Home to Africa’s Big 5 Including The large African Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Rhinos, Buffaloes as well as the other smaller Species like Antelopes and Zebras. Akagera NP is also home to amazing aquatic Life like the Large Nile Crocodiles, Hippos as well as Aquatic Birds like African Fish Eagles and Pied King Fishers. For the Bird Lovers, the Park is home to more than 550 Bird Species making it a truly Birding Paradise.

Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park

Your Guide will pick you up early in the morning from your Hotel in Kigali and by 5am proceed to drive to Akagera NP in Eastern Rwanda. The Drive takes about 2.5hrs and you will have a short coffee stopover at Imigongo Café before proceeding to the Park, Check in then start a 7 hour Long Drive along Dirt Roads through thick Acacia Vegetation, Swampy Patches, gentle Montane slopes and flat Savannah Grassland Plains where we usually have our Packed Lunch from. On a good Day, One could easily see all the Big 5 or a few but with all the scenic beauty and Wildlife Servings Akagera NP has to offer, it’s always truly an amazing spectacle. We will drive from the Southern Gates of the Park to the Northern Gate where we will exit the Park later in the evening then begin the 3 Hour Drive back to Kigali where your Guide will drop you off at the Airport or your Hotel marking the end of the Trip. 

Drive Time: 12 hrs including Game Drive

Meal Plan: Packed Lunch

Activities: Akagera NP Game Drive + Transfer back to Kigali

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Some Information

1 Day: Duration

4/10: Physicality

Akagera NP- Rwanda: Location

3+: Age