3 Day Akagera Wildlife Safari

This is a 3 Day Akagera Wildlife Safari that will take you to Rwanda’s only wildlife safari. It is a great one for visitors interested in a quick classic safari while in Rwanda. This safari includes morning and evening game drives as well as a boat safari on Lake Ihema.

Trip highlights

• Game drives
• A boat safari on Lake Ihema

Day 1: Transfer to Akagera National Park

Today, after breakfast, your guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kigali and transfer you to Akagera National Park. You will get to your lodge in the park in time for check-in and lunch.

In the evening, you will go for your first game drive in the park. Keep an eye out for the various animals that inhabit this area. You will return to the lodge for dinner and spend the night.

Accommodation: Akagera Game Lodge (Mid-range) or Karenge Bush camp (Mid-range)

Day 2: Sunrise game drive in Akagera – Boat ride on Lake Ihema

This morning, you will wake up early and head to the park before sunrise to look out for the early risers. Look out for lions, elephants, buffalo, hyenas, and the different antelopes that graze freely in the park.

Later in the afternoon, after lunch, you will go for a boat safari on Lake Ihema, which will reward you with hippos, crocodiles, and the countless water, swamp, and savannah birds that come here. Some of the birds are the fish eagle, cormorants, and kingfishers, among others. You will return to the boat for dinner and overnight

Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali

Today you will be transferred back to Kigali after breakfast. If you have an outbound flight, your guide will transfer you to Kigali airport.

End of 3 Day Akagera Wildlife Safari