3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari
This 3-day Akagera wildlife safari will take you to Akagera National Park, which is located in northeastern Rwanda, offering a game drive where you will be able to view various wildlife animals, including the elephants, leopards, Cape bushbucks, topi, zebra, giraffes, roan antelopes, lions, Oribi, buffaloes, impala, elands, waterbucks, duikers, klipspringers, warthogs, and various bird species, among others.
You will also engage in a boat cruise on Lake Ihema, where you will be able to view large concentrations of crocodiles and hippos in water, elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, waterbucks along the water banks, water birds like herons, papyrus goliathes, fish, eagles, and malachite kingfishers, among others.
Highlights
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Akagera National Park
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise
Day 3: Kigali city tour and departure
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park
Depending on the time of arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be welcomed by our driver guide, who will brief you about your safari and then start the journey to Akagera National Park. The journey to the park takes about 2 to 3 hours’ drive and on your way you will have great views of the landscapes, rolling hills, local people, and beautiful scenery, among others.
Upon arrival you will continue to the lodge check in and have lunch.
After lunch you will go for an evening game drive in the savannah vegetation and during the game drive you can look out for animals like giraffes, elands, elephants, lions, buffaloes, warthogs, zebras, topi, impalas, bushbucks, baboons, vervet monkeys, waterbucks, oribis, roan antelopes, and reedbucks, among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise
Game drive: After an early breakfast, you will meet up with your driver guide and go for another game drive where you will look out for the animals that you might have missed the previous day. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Boat cruise: After lunch you will go for an afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema, which starts at around 3:30 pm and takes about 2 hours. Lake Ihema is the biggest lake in Akagera National Park, harboring large concentrations of hippos, crocodiles and bird species.
Therefore, during the boat cruise on the lake, you will get an opportunity to view crocodiles and hippos in water, elephants, warthogs, buffaloes, waterbucks, and other animals drinking water along the banks, and water birds such as papyrus goliath, shoebill stork, malachite kingfisher, African fish eagle, open-billed stork, herons, and egrets, among others. After the exciting boat cruise you will meet up with your driver guide and transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Kigali city tour and departure
Kigali City Tour: Have a relaxed breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kigali for a city tour. During the city tour you will visit the Nyamata memorial site, which is one of Rwanda’s six national genocide sites. The memorial site houses mass graves of the people who were killed during the 1994 genocide, where some of the victims were killed inside the church.
From the Nyamata memorial site, you will also visit the Kimironko local market, where you will interact with the market vendors selling fruits, vegetables, handmade crafts like mats, baskets, and sandals, among others.
After the city tour you will have lunch in one of the hotels and then transfer to Kigali International Airport, where your driver guide will drop you off for your next flight.
End of 3 days Akagera wildlife safari
Includes
- Park entrance fee
- Boat cruise
- Kigali city tour
- Services of an English-speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Pick up and drop off
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled water
Excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
