This 4 days Akagera national park safari with birding will give you the best of the national park that is a number of different wildlife species from the carnivores when you participate in the boat cruise in Akagera national park where you will enjoy the boat rides in the wild as you enjoy the sunset, the game drives to help you watch a number of different animal species in the wild animals in the wild, you will also get the opportunity to participate in birding in Akagera national park.
Highlights of your safari
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera national park and Ihema Boat Cruise.
Day 2: Full Day Bird Watching Tour
Day 3: Early morning game drive and evening game drive
Day 4: Early morning game drive and Kigali city tour
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Transfer to Akagera national park and Ihema Boat Cruise.
You will be met by your driver guide at your agreed location in Kigali to transfer to Akagera national park the home to the big five animals in Rwanda where you will arrive in time to embark on the late afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema where you will see game like hippopotamuses, Crocodiles and many bird species that live around the lake and the surrounding swamps, during your boat cruise, you will get to watch a number of water birds in the park to make your safari experience quite memorable and the notable bird species that can be seen include the King fishers catching fish from the lake, you will get to see the endangered shoe bill stork and many other rewarding tourist attractions. After the rewarding attraction, head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Full Day Bird Watching Tour
After morning breakfast, you will embark on your full day bird watching in Akagera National Park which is always impressed by what they find, mostly the many bird species that range from water to forest and also savannah as well as the migratory bird species and many of these are endemic to the park, and are so rare like the papyrus Gonolek which is found in the papyrus swamps. In afternoon, you will have boat trip along Lake Ihema, this give you the opportunity to get close to the plentiful water birds including numerous African fish eagles, marabou stork, crowned cranes, open-billed stork, cormorants, herons and egrets. If you are lucky you may even get to see the elusive shoebill stork.
Day 3: Early morning game drive and evening game drive
Rise up early and go for a game drive with great anticipation of seeing the different animals which rise early to graze and predators like the lions, hyenas, leopards and many more looking for their early morning kill. After the game drive, return to connect with your driver guide and drive back to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you spend the rest of your afternoon relaxing as you await the evening game drive at your lodge and later in the evening you will meet up with your guide and embark on an evening game drive in the park. Get to watch wildlife animals as they return to their dens for the night. Later drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Early morning game drive and Kigali city tour
Rise up early and go for a game drive with great anticipation of seeing the different animals like the herbivores, the big five animals in Rwanda which rise early to graze and predators looking for their early morning kill. After the game drive, return to connect with your driver guide to embark on your transfer back to Kigali. If you didn’t have a city tour on the first day, you may have it on this day before you are dropped off in Kigali or at the airport as you may advise.
End of Tour.
QUOTATION INCLUDES:
- Airport Pick up and drop off
- All activities as indicated in the itinerary
- vehicle and fuel
- Full time English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals as indicated in the itinerary.
- Bottled drinking water while on safari.
Not included:
- Air tickets.
- Visa fees
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry, beverages or meals not indicated in the itinerary, Portage and wait staff gratuity
