3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari: Book yourself this Rwanda wildlife safari taking you to see the game of Akagera national park on a game drive and a boat cruise. This package also accommodates the bird lovers as Akagera has a recorded number of 500 plus birds that you can spot on your Rwanda safari. This safari package can be booked any time of the year on any day and starts and ends in Kigali Rwanda.

3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

Trip highlights of the 3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

  • Day 1: Drive to Akagera for Ihema boat cruise
  • Day 2: Game drive and community cultural experience
  • Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali Rwanda

Trip description

Day 1: Drive to Akagera national park for Ihema boat cruise

After receiving your COVID-19 test results and you are ready to start your 3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari, your driver guide will be waiting to brief you about the next few days of your safari. You will board the safari vehicle and set out to your first stopover at the Kigali Genocide memorial grounds and the Kimironko market for your Kigali city tour. 

Have lunch in Kigali and drive to Akagera national park in time to check in at the gate before it is closed. You drive further inside the park to connect to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Hotel options in Akagera national park

  • Akagera Game lodge for budget
  • Karenge bush camp for midrange
  • Rusizi tented camp for luxury

Day 2: Game drive and community cultural experience

Have an early breakfast and connect with your driver guide to start your 5 hour game drive. You may opt to carry packed lunch boxes or return to the hotel for lunch. You will drive around the Akagera national park searching for the game like the lions, giraffes, elephants, rhinos and the smaller animals like the kobs, bush backs. 

Enjoy your lunch and later in the evening return to the park to Lake Ihema for the boat trip. Get to see the water animals of Akagera national park like the crocodiles, the hippos basking and later return to your hotel for dinner and overnight at the hotel as the night before.

Day 3: Transfer back to Kigali Rwanda

You will exit the Akagera national park headed back to Kigali after breakfast. If your flight is much later in the day, you may have a brief game drive to get to see the game you may have missed out on the day before. Drive to Kigali for drop off. You may also go for a second Kigali city tour on this day as it is complimentary.

End of the 3 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

Trip quote inclusive of

  • Safari vehicle with fuel
  • English speaking driver guide
  • Accommodation for all nights
  • Meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
  • Activities described in the itinerary
  • Bottled water enroute

Trip quote exclusive of 

  • Extra activities
  • Flights
  • Personal needs like phone service, laundry, porters
  • PCR Covid-19 tests

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