The game drive to Rurama Loop in to the Akagera National Park is super exciting to encounter lots of animals in this wildlife reserve. Drive down this Rurama Loop to the escarpment and to the Lake shore road, turning left at -9-. Continue along the lake shore road and turn right at -10- on to Rurama Loop Road.
The drive through the Rurama Loop takes 1hr, this is a 20 Km stretch, while on the Lake shores sighting of the bushbucks, impala and warthogs are commonly seen. Passing through the ruins of an old research house in Akagera National Park which reputedly became a weekend retreat for President Habiyarimana in the early 1990s. Book Now
Warthogs Grazing along Rurama Loop
The Rurama Loop connects to -12- that leads you to Lake Shakani also a beautiful Lake like Lake Ihema in Akagera National Park. Shakani is a picturesque little Lake and a good site for spot fishing activity in Rwanda. A small shelter exists which is an ideal stop for a picnic for lunch amidst your wildlife safari in Akagera National Park. You will return via -11- back, along the Lake Shore road.
Akagera National Park with its forest fringed lakes which are surrounded by animals, birds, trees, papyrus swamps, savannah plains and rolling highlands combine to make Akagera amongst the most scenic biodiversity reserve anywhere in Africa. Just two hours from Kigali Rwanda’s capital city, Akagera National Park covers an area of approximately 1,100 km² encompassing a unique and picturesque park, with rich diversity in wildlife and environments.
Akagera National Park founded in 1934, it is the country’s largest National Park. The park is home to leopard, hyena, jackal and giraffe, large herds of buffalo, impala, zebra and several antelope species. Elephants often congregate around the lakes that are inhabited by more than 800 hippos as well as crocodiles.
Akagera National Park combines well with Nyungwe Forest National Park and the Volcanoes National Park to offer a great safari element as it is home to many large plains game species as well as species restricted to the papyrus swamps such as the Sitatunga and the sought-after Shoebill Stork. Notable plains game include elephant, buffalo, topi, zebra, waterbuck, roan antelope and eland. Other antelope are duiker, oribi, bohor reedbuck, klipspringer, bushbuck and impala. Of the primates, olive baboons, vervets and the secretive blue monkey are seen during the day, with bush babies often seen on night drives.