3 days Akagera safari is one of the best Rwanda budget wildlife safari designed for you to immerse yourself in the vast Akagera National Park. This package includes a game drive for you to see several wildlife species including zebras, lions, spotted hyenas, leopards, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, birds and boat cruise where you will catch a glimpse at hippos, crocodiles among others.
Akagera National Park is found in Northeastern Rwanda at the border with Tanzania, approximately 2-3 hours’ drive from Kigali. This 1122sq.kms protected area was established in 1934 and features as the only savanna grassland park in Rwanda. Your journey to Akagera National Park will begin and end in Kigali.
What you should expect on your 3 days Akagera safari
- Game drive
- Boat cruise along Lake Ihema
- Travel in a 4×4 drive safari
- Accommodation and meal
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide
Brief itinerary of the 3 days Akagera safari
Day 1: Drive from Kigali to Akagera National Park
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise along Lake Ihema
Day 3: Game drive and drive back to Kigali
Detailed itinerary of your 3 days Akagera safari
Day 1: Travel to Akagera National Park
Your 3 days Akagera safari will begin with an early morning breakfast and later, meet our company representative who will brief you and then set off on a 2-3 hours’ journey to Akagera National Park. At Nyakarambi Village, you will have a stopover to view the way Imigongo Cow Dung paintings were made by the Kakira Women Co-operative. After, enjoy your lunch and connect to Akagera National Park. In the afternoon, you will have a quick game drive which will reward you with astonishing sights at diverse wildlife species, especially warthogs, antelopes, buffaloes, rhinos, elephants, giraffes, leopards, birds, lions, leopards.
Travel time: 2-3 hours
Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
Accommodation options at Akagera National Park
Luxury: Ruzizi Tented Camp/Magashi Tented Camp
Midrange: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Dereva Hotel
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise in Akagera National Park
Today after breakfast, you will have a normal game drive via the Northern side of Akagera National Park. While here, you have higher chances of catching a glimpse at diverse savanna dwellers especially the African elephants, buffaloes, lions, rhinos, buffaloes, leopards as well as giraffes, zebras, birds, antelopes (including elands, roan antelopes, bush bucks, water bucks). Your wildlife safari experience will take about 2-3 hours and after, drive back to your safari lodge to enjoy lunch and have some rest.
In the afternoon, you have a boat cruise via Lake Ihema. This is the most exciting and rewarding water sport experience that gets you a chance to spot out a huge concentration of hippos, basking crocodiles, water birds and not to forget elephants, waterbucks that roam along the lake shores. This water sport also covers about 2-3 hours or more and after, you will get back to the lodge to relax, dine and spend a night.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation choices
Luxury: Ruzizi Tented Camp/Magashi Tented Camp
Midrange: Akagera Game Lodge
Budget: Dereva Hotel
Day 3: Game drive and return to Kigali
Following an early morning breakfast, check out from your safari lodge and later, end your 3 days Akagera safari with a morning game drive. This is for you to catch up with the early morning risers and also wildlife species that you missed to see the previous day including the African lions, bush elephants, buffaloes, leopards, rhinos, antelopes, birds. Later, drive back to Kigali and this will mark the end of your Rwanda wildlife safari in Akagera National Park.
End of your 3 days Akagera safari
3 days Akagera safari includes
- Game drive
- Boat/Launch cruise
- Travel in a comfortable 4×4 drive safari vehicle
- Relevant government taxes
- Service of an English-speaking driver guide
- Bottled water
- All activities in the travel plan except the optional ones
- Accommodation for the two nights and meals
- Park entry fees
3 days Akagera safari excludes
- Insurance
- Airfares
- Cigarettes
- Laundry services
- Tips to staff
- Extra activities