2-Days Akagera Game Drive with a Boat Ride.

Wildlife Day

Experience the safari resort with mesmerizing Akagera landscape views and a fulfilling wildlife game drive to encounter the Big 5, 500+ bird species & the boat ride to see crocodile, hippo and more..

Join us for this life changing experience. It is a good decision to go with our tour guides who are in the park daily. You will be taken to the best spots with beautiful sceneries and mammals’ territories. Thanks to our huge network with guides and park rangers, during the game drive we communicate to maximize the opportunities to spots animals. Along the game driver, you’ll learn about the wildlife and get to know interesting stories about how these beautiful creatures live. Feel free to ask your cool guide anything that arouses your curiosity.

Akagera national park is home to Rwanda’s big five mammals, more than 500 birds species and several other wildlife species including the Rhinos, Lions, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Zebras, Elephants, antelopes, impalas, Hippos, and so much more which will give you the best photographic safari moments.

Itinerary and Packing List

Pick up

You will be picked up from your residence early at 9 AM, then take on the journey to Kayonza district in the Eastern province of Rwanda.

Heading to Akagera

The 2.5-hour journey to Akagera National Park will reward you with planned en-route stopovers along the route mesmerized by the beautiful landscaping views of Rwanda’s beautiful nature and scenery. Feel free to ask your driver-guide questions about the wonderful scenery and even request photographic stopovers along the way.

Day 1

Arriving at the park reception:

while the guide will be organizing the entrance permit, you will receive briefing about the safari and learn about the park history

Check-in at your safari accommodation:

Have a delicious lunch prepared to the standard of your taste. Relax at the hotel and enjoy the infinity swimming pool with the view of lake ihema and akagera savannah landscapes.

Optional Sunset Boat ride:

Embark on a game drive in the southern part of the Akagera National Park and later transferred to the Ihema lake for the spectacular boat ride with haven sunset views of the lake and the aquatic mammals viewing such us hippos, crocodiles, elephants and species of birds.

Spend a restful night in the safari lodge with nature setting and sleep early to prepare for the next big day of enchanting game drive.

Day 2

Your second and last day of the tour will start early in the morning. Have breakfast and leave for a safari game drive in Akagera National Park. We shall be expectant to see the big five safari game such as Lions, Rhinos, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Antelopes, leopard, Baboons, among others. Akagera National park is a varied habitat for wildlife species in Rwanda and a birders haven with more than 500 bird species in the park.

After the game drive which takes up to 6 hours depending on your schedule, you will have your picnic lunch and then exit the park through the northern gate to start the journey back to Kigali.

Packing List

– Passports for entrance permit
– Dress in neutral colors.
– optional: Camera, Binocular

What’s included in Day Trip Akagera National Park Tour Park entrance fees
Private Safari vehicle
Service of a professional English-speaking driver guide
Bottled Drinking water & refreshments
Game drive

SAFARI EXCLUSIONS
Visa
Tips
Porter fees
Flights/airfares
Telephone