3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari in Rwanda

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Genocide memorial visit-Transfer to Akagera National Park

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to Kigali for a visit to the Gisozi genocide memorial site. Here, you will listen to the stories of the 1994 survivors, of one of the most horrific disasters the world has ever known. Later you will transfer to Akagera National Park having your first stopover in Nyakarambi village whereby you will see the local women make fine looking Imigongo paintings using cow dung. You will proceed with your journey to the park, check in your accommodation, have lunch and then set off to Lake Ihema for a boat ride. While here, you will come across different water bird species as well as different aquatic animals. Later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation 

• Mid-range – Akagera Game Lodge
• Luxury – Ruzizi Tented Lodge

Meals and Drinks

• Full board

Day 2: Morning game drive-Evening game drive

You will have an early breakfast before setting out for a 2-3 hours’ game drive to look out for the early risers as they such for food. You will head back to the lodge for lunch and later have another opportunity of an evening game drive guide with an armed ranger and looking out for animals that you might have missed out in the morning drive. Among the commonly seen animals here include; the elephants, zebras, topis, oribis, waterbucks, bush bucks, giraffes, elands and primates such as baboons. You will later return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation 

• Mid-range – Akagera Game Lodge
• Luxury – Ruzizi Tented Lodge

Meals and Drinks

• Full board

Day 3: Final game drive-Transfer to Kigali

This is the final day of our safari and you will enjoy one more game drive looking out for the early risers before returning to Kigali where you will catch your departure flight.

End of the Tour

Activities

• • Game drives

  • Boat cruise
    

     

Number of Days

3 Days / 2 Nights

Included

• All Park entry fees
• Chimpanzee tracking permit
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation including fuel
• All activities (included in the itinerary)
• All accommodation (included in the itinerary)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip/Airport transfer
• Bottled Drinking water

Excluded

• International flights
• Personal items
• Meals
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips to porters and driver/ guide
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
• Visit to Ethnographic museum

Birding

With over 750 bird species in the park, the place is purely a birders paradise and a dream destination. Birders who normally visit this park find it more interesting with its vast birdlife. These range from the water to forest, savannah as well as migratory bird species. Besides, many of them are endemic to the park plus extremely rare and threatened species like the shoebill stork, Papyrus gonolek, the flycatcher, etc.

Nature walks

The park basically has various scenic sights that can be well appreciated up close. With guided nature walks, you are a given a chance to view different things closely compared to when having a game drive. While on a guided nature walk, an opportunity is granted to see exotic plants, colorful butterfly species, the still water in some lakes, water birds, smaller animals, etc.

Fishing in Lake Shakani 

For those who may wish to do fishing for sport or for food, Lake Shakani gives you a pleasure. There are also some fishing tournaments that take place in the park every now and then and you could participate if there is one going at that time of the visit.

How to get to Nyungwe forest

Nyungwe forest National Park is located in South Western Rwanda close to Lake Kivu and Democratic Republic of Congo, with Burundi border in the South. It is also located near Cyangungu town, about 225 km and a 4-5-hour drive from Kigali. Note that, you can either drive to the park from Kigali, or fly there.