Distance from Kigali to Akagera Park

Distance from Kigali to Akagera Park is about 2 ½ hour drive from Rwanda’s capital, Kigali in the North Eastern the region bordering Tanzania of Rwanda approximately 105.2 km away from Kigali. The distance from Kigali to Akagera National Park offers you beautiful green scenery along the way since the country is hilly areas as it marked land of thousand hills. By helicopter flight to Akagera, this takes only 25 minutes from Kigali International airport.Book Now

Solitary Buffalo in Akagera Park

Akagera National Park can be accessed by air through using Akagera Aviation which offers you charter helicopter transfers to the Park. The Distance from Kigali to Akagera National Park by air takes about 22 minutes.

Akagera National Park lies in low-lying the area in Savannah plains which has favored the presence of wildlife species including the Big Five which has been recent re introductions of a lion and black rhino. Among other mammals including elephant, giraffe, topi, zebra, water-buck, buffalo, roan antelope and eland while other antelopes include duiker, oribi, bohor reed-buck, klipspringer, bush-buck, impala, and bush-babies are seen during the night drives, of which primates such as Olive baboons, Vervets and the secretive blue monkeys are observed during the day.

The Park is a paradise for bird lovers which offer you unique opportunity to see notable bird species Shoebill, Caruthers Cisticola, White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Canary, Red-faced Barbet, Bennett’s Woodpecker, and home to waters bird species over East Africa.

Travelers can do 1 Day Akagera National Park due to this short distance from Kigali to Akagera National Park, during your visit you can participate in such activities including game drive, bird watching, fishing along Lake Shakani, the fascinating boat cruise along Lake Ihema and culture visit and among other activities.

Best time to visit Akagera National Park

The best time to do activities in Akagera National Park is during the dry season of June, July, August, and September as along dry season and December, January, and mid-February as the short dry season, this makes the best time to visit Akagera National Park. You’ll have little chance of rain and some of the best wildlife spotting opportunities. Visitors can also take a gorilla excursion in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park in Musanze which is can also be accessed in 2 ½ hour drive from Kigali by departing Kigali at 0400am ensure guests are at the park headquarters read for a Rwanda gorilla trek.