The 3 Days Akagera National Park Safari takes through Akagera national park famously known for a variety of wildlife including elephants, giraffes, zebras, impalas, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards, lions, rhinos and much more that nature can offer
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera
Have an early morning breakfast at your lodge by 8:00 am, meet your guide, share a short introductory briefing and jump into your safari jeep 4 x 4 with a pop up roof, for game viewing and find your way to Akagera national park which is 3 hour’s drive away. You can have an en route stop over for coffee or to use the washroom as you proceed, reach at the gate, register and proceed to the park reception for logistic clearance. You will later proceed to your lodge for lunch and in afternoon you can opt for game drive or relax at the lodge at Akagera Game Lodge. Meals: Lunch & dinner.
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise
Have your early morning breakfast, you will head straight into the park and start to count your day’s sightings, starting from the southern sector of the park, where you will visit the giraffe loop for game drive, in search for the giraffe, buffaloes, impalas, zebras and more wildlife before we head for lunch at the lodge, relax and wait for afternoon boat cruise at Lake Ihema. The boat cruise rewards you with a great opportunity for watching a number of bird species, crocodiles, hippos, and other wildlife. Later return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Akagera Game Lodge. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner.
Day 2: Full day game drives and return to Kigali
Have an early morning breakfast, meet your guide, share a short briefing of the day programe and jump into your jeep driving north to the Kilala plains, where much wildlife sighting can be done.
On the course of the day’s game drive we shall be looking out for a number of wildlife including elephants, giraffes, zebras, impalas, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards, lions, rhinos and much more the nature can offer, not forgetting a number of bird species, can as well be sighted along. Picnic lunch will be served during the course of the day before we exit the park to find our way out back to Kigali, reaching in the late evening and dropping off at our hotels or airport.
The day safari includes.
- Transportation on a 4 x 4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as planned
- En route picnic lunch
- Service of an English speaking driver guide
- Park entrance fees
- Boat ride on Lake Ihema
- Game drives
- Bottled mineral water
Excluded in the tour
- Personal expenses
- Liquor
- Visas
- Travel insurance
- Air fares
- Tips for the guide
- Activities that deviate from the itinerary