Take on a guided game drives in Akagera National Park and you will love it: Visitors get on an African safari experience in beautiful Akagera. From Kigali Rwanda’s capital and Akagera National Park is approximately 110 km by road leaving a smooth tarmac road and join the 28 km on dirt road to the park headquarter.
It is ideal and highly recommended to use a 4×4 Safari vehicle while taking on a Guided Game Drives. For self-drive safaris, safari vehicles are available for hire, there is one 7-seater game viewing vehicle which can be hired out for full day, all which includes the vehicle + driver + guide and gas to Akagera National Park. Park guides are available for hire from the park reception and will join visitors on their self-drives. The park guides are on a first come, first serve basis and so booking them is not necessary, unless for special groups such as school trips. Maps for self-drives are available at the reception upon arrival. An information Center to assist with activities is also available and can advise clients on which routes will be best for them.Book Now
African Elephants in Akagera National Park
Start a guided game drives heading to the northern gate that takes around 6 hours but take into consideration a few sighting stops on route. Lions are predominantly in the areas of Mutumba, Mihindi, Mohana and Kilala. On a luck day, you will encounter these king of the jungle on any of the loops. Remember luck and timing play a significant role in big 5 sightings. You win some, you lose some. Mihindi loop is also known to be a track to find Elephants and Hippos but more towards the other side of the lake.
Also another tip being on a guided game drives from Mutumba Hills to Kitabili is a terrible road and needs your complete attention. There’s also tsetse flies galore here, so having A/C in your vehicle is ideal. Akagera National Park on a whole is beautiful and scenic with hills, flats, grass, bush, many different vegetation colours. Animals including the Africa Elephants, Lions, Cape Buffaloes, Leopards, Palin Zebras, Masai Giraffes, Hippos, Black rhinos, Roan, Klipsringer, Defassa Waterbuck, Eland, Topis, Impalas, Common Duikers, Bohor Reedbucks, Warthogs, Genet, Nile Crocodiles, porcupine, Baboon, Bush pigs among others can be spotted on a guided game drives in Akagera National Park
Black Rhino in Akagera National Park
Another great highlight in the Park is the boat safari on Lake Ihema, this lasts for 2 and a half hours. You will have the opportunity to see a good a number of aquatic life including the hippos with a good number of Nile crocodiles and countless species of birdlife.
Entrance fee to Akagera National Park is US$ 40.00 per head and a guide will cost you US$ 40.00 for a full day and US$ 25.00 for half day. Rwanda is such a blessed country where visitors can do game safari drives and at the same time track mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. Those interested in Chimpanzee safaris in Rwanda, Nyungwe Forest National Park is ideal and taking a canopy walk experience