Tour Plan
Start/End: Kigali
Status: Private Tour, departs on any day, open all year round
Vehicle used: : 4/4 Land Cruiser
Accommodations: Tented Camp/Lodges
Akagera – 2 Night
Activities: Game viewing, photography, nature walk, sightseeing & birding
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Day 1: Kigali - Transfer to Akagera National Park, Approx. 3 hours
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by our safari guide and leave for Akagera national park. The journey to Akagera takes about 2.30 - 3 hours depending on the stopovers along the way. Enjoy beautiful unwinding landscape en route to the park, feel free to ask the guide for stopovers to capture some photos. Another game drive is after lunch.
Overnight: Akagera Game Lodge/Ruzizi Tented Lodge
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
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Day 2: Akagera - Full day game drive
Have early breakfast then leave for an early morning game drive to catch up with late hunters and early risers. We will be searching for the big mammals like Elephants, Giraffes, Buffaloes, several Antelope species, and recently the re-introduced Lions and Rhinos. The park is a habitat for wildlife and a number of bird species. You will have a picnic lunch. later head for a boat trip on Lake Ihema to watch Hippos and crocodiles in the water or by the shores and meet the buffaloes and elephants wallowing by the water banks Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight: Akagera Game Lodge/Ruzizi Tented Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
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Day 3: Akagera - Transfer back to Kigali. Travel time, approx. 3 hours
After breakfast, you will be transferred back to Kigali. You will arrive in time for lunch and later visit Kigali genocide memorial ground were over 25000 bodies of victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide were buried. This place acts as a museum and an educational center. There is a lot to see and learn about Rwandan history. Later be dropped off at your hotel/airport.
Meals :
Breakfast & Lunch