1 Day Game drive Akagera National Park and Boat Safari

Akagera National Park is the only Savannah Game park in Rwanda lying in the north east of Rwanda.
Short Trips 1 Days

Tour highlights

  1. 5:00am-7:00am = Home pickup and drive to Akagera national park
  2. 7:20am-8:00am = Breakfast at Akagera game lodge and game drive
  3. 1:00pm-1:45pm = Lunch break
  4. 2:00pm-5:00pm = Afternoon boat safari and transfer to Kigali

5:00am: Home pick up and drive to Akagera National game park.

Akagera National Park lies in eastern Rwanda, hugging the border with Tanzania. It’s characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain shelters wildlife including zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. In the southern part of the park, vast Lake Ihema is home to hippos and crocodile. The Park is closer to a town called Kibungu the perfect starting point for tourist activities in the park.Today early morning we leave Kigali at about 5 am for a day trip to Akagera national park, which is about 2hrs and a half away from Kigali. Akagera national park is majorly a Savannah park with Elephants, Zebras, Giraffes, Buffaloes, and recently introduced Lions.

Elephants in Akagera

7:00am – 8:30am: Breakfast at Akagera game lodge

After our breakfast at, we shall take a game drive in search of mammal species including Lions, Elephants, Giraffes, Hippos, Kobs, Zebras, Bushbucks, Waterbucks and many more. The game drive can last about 4 hours depending on the animal sightings and interest. There after we shall have a lunch break for an hour.


Akagera game lodge    

2:00pm – 5:00pm: Afternoon boat safari and transfer back to Kigali.

After lunch we shall have boat safari on Lake Ihema. Here to you will be able to see different mammals like the hippos and crocodiles basking on the shore of the lake and for the bird lovers you will be able to identify different types of the 500 bird species, There after we shall drive out of the park back to Kigali.

boat safari

Included in the package

  • Ground transport
  • Bottled water
  • Breakfast and lunch
  • Park entrance fees
  • Game drive
  • Service of an English-speaking driver guide
  • boat safari fee

Excluded in the package

  • Tips to porters and driver/ guide
  • Personal Insurance

What to carry

  • Sun hut
  • Sunglasses
  • Sweater