3 Days Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari, Price
The cost of this three-day wildlife safari in Akagera National Park. With the option of game drives, Akagera Safari provides the greatest animal viewing in Rwanda’s sole savannah park for three days. The only savannah park in Rwanda where game drives are permitted is Akagera National Park, which is situated to the country’s east.
The “Big Five” of African wildlife—elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, and rhinos—can be found in the park. It’s Rwanda’s top wildlife safari destination for seeing animals in the beautiful environment. Although there aren’t many wildlife parks in Rwanda, Akagera is a popular destination for wildlife game drives.
In terms of wildlife, Akagera Park has significantly contributed to the growth of Rwanda’s tourist sector. The quickest way takes around two and a half hours to get to the park from Kigali, while the Akagera road takes about three hours.
The park is renowned as the most picturesque in Africa and is made up of savannah grasslands, papyrus swamps, undulating plains, and lakes surrounded by forests. This three-day Akagera National Park safari includes a boat safari on Lake Ihema in addition to two game drives. During these Rwanda safari activities, lions, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, hippos, and rhinos are among the large creatures that may be seen.
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park and have an evening boat cruise on Lake Ihema.
A Rwanda safari guide will meet you at the airport or at a hotel in Kigali on the first day of your trip. You are met and greeted before being taken to Akagera National Park, which takes around two and a half hours.
You get there in time for lunch, eat, and then unwind while you wait for a boat trip. Hippos and crocodiles may be seen in the water during the Lake Ihema boat excursion. The lake’s borders are home to wildlife such as buffaloes and elephants. Following the boat ride, you check in, have supper, and spend the night in a reserved lodging facility.
Day 2: Game drive in Akagera National Park
Akagera National Park game driveAfter breakfast in the morning, you go on a game drive over the picturesque savannah plains for around four hours, depending on your interests and animal sightings. The big five game—buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, lions, and leopards—are among the creatures that are visible.
Giraffes, zebras, hyenas, cape bushbuck, topis, oribis, roan antelopes, duikers, impala, cape eland, and many more are among the other animal species. You go back to the hotel after the game drive and unwind in the evening.
Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali International Airport for departure
After breakfast in the morning, you are driven back to Kigali International Airport in preparation for your flight out. You may have time to do artisan shopping in Kigali city, depending on when you leave.