1 Day Akagera National Park Safari

A 1 Day Akagera National Park safari offers the best African safari, a great opportunity to see the Big 5 game and many other mammals in their natural environment. Being a 1 Day trip, expect to leave Kigali early and drive for 2.5 hours to Eastern Rwanda. Enjoy a guided game drive early morning for 2-3 hours. 

A game drive starts as soon as you are done with registration or clearing at the park entry. Common animal sightings -buffaloes, leopards, lions, antelopes, birds and many more. After a game drive, return to enjoy lunch and you will proceed for a boat cruise on Lake Ihema (depending on the time). Or you can enjoy lunch, and get back to explore more wildlife as you exit the park. 

Akagera National Park is a Big 5 game safari destination in Rwanda. It is one of the biggest parks in Central Africa, occupying 1122km² of land area. Established in 1934, Akagera National Park protects all the big 5 game and other wildlife. The park’s diverse wildlife includes the cape buffaloes, cape elands, elephants, waterbucks, topis, klipspringer, roan antelopes, bushbucks, oribis, warthogs, etc. 

The common primates to see in Akagera: bush babies, blue monkeys, vervet monkeys, and olive baboons. The diverse birdlife to expect sighting on a wildlife tour in Akagera National Park: 500 bird species including among others: Augur buzzard, grey crowned cranes, papyrus gonoleks, giant kingfishers, African open bill stork, black-headed weavers, fan-tailed widowbird, African darters;

Other birds include long-crested eagles, squacco, shoebill stork and more. The game viewing trip to Akagera National Park begins and ends in Kigali. 

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