1 Day Akagera Wildlife Safari
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Safari Highlights
1 Day Akagera safari takes you to explore the one and only Rwanda’s Savannah park where you can see the big five animals including: (Lions, African Bush Elephants, Leopards, Cape Buffalos, Rhinoceros), amongst other mammals, reptiles, and different bird species. This is a short trip designed for travellers with limited time, allowing you to do a wildlife safari and return back to Kigali on the same day.
Akagera National Park
Akagera National Park located is located Eastern Rwanda along the border with Tanzania. Akagera National park covers a vast area of about 1122sq.kms encompassing diverse habitats including the wildlife, Savannahs, Woodlands, Wetlands, and a complex network of lakes including Lake Ihema the second largest lake in Rwanda, here is what you are expected to see while on 1 day Akagera safari: African Bush Elephants, Herds of Cape Buffalos, Maasai Giraffes, Lions, Hippos, Zebras, Water bucks, Leopards, Bush bucks, Rhinos, Kobs, among others and different bird species.
Detailed itinerary
1 Day Akagera Wildlife Safari Game Drive
In the early morning you will have your breakfast and later on you will be met by your Safari driver guide at your accommodation for briefing about your 1 day Akagera safari, what its all about and what you should expect to see during this safari, and then start heading to Akagera National Park which is about 2-3 hours drive from Kigali city.
Arrive at Akagera National Park and start a safari game drive, enjoying the stunning views of beautiful savannah landscapes, vegetations, lakes of Akagera National park, and also encountering the wildlife including : African Bush Elephants, Herds of Cape Buffalos, Maasai Giraffes, Lions, Hippos, Zebras, Water bucks, Leopards, Bush bucks, Rhinos, Kobs, and different bird species, around midday you will have a picnic lunch in the middle of the park.
After your picnic lunch, you will continue your game drive searching for the animals you could not see during the morning game drive and then later on in the late afternoon you will exit the park and drive back to Kigali, your driver guide will drop you to your accommodation or your chosen location in Kigali, marking the end of 1 day Akagera Wildlife Safari.