3 Days Safari In Akagera National Park

3 days safari in Akagera national park is an interesting safari that takes you to the only savannah park in Rwanda where game drives are done at any time of the year. The safari takes you to the northeastern part of the country in Akagera which was gazetted in 1934. Akagera national park is one of the places you need to visit on your safari to Rwanda because you will get an opportunity to have a game drive that will expose you to over 8000 large mammals that have been so far recorded in the park.

3 Days safari In Akagera National Park ca be extended to other destinations such as Nyungwe forest national park for chimpanzee tracking and Volcanoes national park for a life time mountain gorilla trekking tour.

3 Days Safari In Akagera National Park highlights

Day 1: Arrival, Kigali city tour, and transfer to Akagera national park

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 3: Game drive and return to Kigali

Day 1: Arrival, Kigali city tour, and transfer to Akagera national park

On the first day of your 3 days Akagera national park safari, you will be picked up by our English-speaking guide who will greet you and then brief you about the safari. After the briefing, you will go for the Kigali city tour before heading to Akagera national park. During the city tour, you will visit different interesting places such as Kigali Memorial Centre where you will get to know more about the Rwanda genocide of 1994, markets such as Kirimonko, and different art places like Inema Art Centre.

After the Kigali city tour, you will have lunch at any restaurant nearby after which drive to Akagera national park that is about 106 km from the city. On your way to Akagera national park, you will pass through different rolling hills, plantations and you will pass by different smiling local people. On arriving at Akagera national park, you will go straight to your booked accommodation facility where you will check-in, have an evening relaxing, get dinner, and have an overnight stay.

Meal plan

Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation 

Magashi Camp – luxury, Ruzizi Tented Camp – mid-range, Mutumba Campsite – budget

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

On the second day of your 3 days safari in Akagera national park, you will wake up to a morning breakfast after which meet your safari driver who will take you out to the park for a game drive. Game drives in Akagera national park are mostly done in the southern circuit of the park and waking up early in the morning for this amazing activity will help you to see the nocturnal animals because they go back to their hiding places.

During the morning game drive in Akagera national park, you will get to explore the beautiful scenery of the park and you will have opportunities of seeing different park animals such as rhinos, giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, topis, cape elands, roan antelopes, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards, oribis, hyenas, and klipspringers among others. You will return back to the lodge for lunch and relaxation.

After having a small relaxation and delicious lunch, you will meet your driver-guide and he will drive you to Lake Ihema for an afternoon boat cruise. While on a boat cruise on Lake Ihema Akagera national park, you will encounter different water animals such as crocodiles, hippos, and different birds species such as sunbirds, shoebill stork, flycatchers, African harrier hawk, white-tailed blue monard, weavers, herons, and egrets among others. Once the boat cruise is done you will go back to the lodge and have an evening relaxing or decide to have a simple nature walk around the lodge. Later you will have dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal plan

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Accommodation

Magashi Camp – luxury, Ruzizi Tented Camp – mid-range, Mutumba Campsite – budget

Day 3: Game drive and return to Kigali

On the last day of your 3 days safari in Akagera national park, you will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and then meet your driver guide who will take you for the last game drive in the park. this time around you will have game drives in the northern sector of the park so that you see animals including those you might have missed out on the previous day.

During your last game drive, you are likely to see animals such as lions, rhinos, giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, topis, roan antelopes, warthogs, waterbucks, leopards, oribis, klipspringer, cape elands, impalas, giraffes, and hyenas to mention but a few. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge, check out, and start on your journey back to Kigali with an en-route lunch. on arrival in Kigali, your driver-guide will drop you at your hotel or Kigali international airport for your flight back home.

Meal plan

Breakfast and Lunch

Tour includes

• Boat cruise
• Park entrance fees
• Kigali city tour
• Transport
• Service of the English-speaking guide
• Accommodation
• Drinking water and meals indicated in the itinerary

Tour excludes 

• International tickets
• Visas
• Personal insurance
• Tips
• Personal expenses
• Porter fee