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We loved the dinner around the campfire and breakfast on the water. |
The animals are plentiful. |
You will not be disappointed |
This park offers elephants, giraffes, hippos, lions, impala, baboons, water buffalo and more. |
Sam from Terra Incognita EcoTours proved to be an informed guide through the park, pointing out animals, plants, trees, and birds. |
He gave us a tour through the incredible lansdacape and vistas of the Top of the World. |
We saw very few other people, adding to the pristine nature of our trip! |
It is apro. |
2 hours away from Kigali. |
Main road is good but later is changing rhe african red solid . |
As i know , there are main gates . |
But at the gate , there is no food court either at the gate or in the park . |
Dont forget to take your snacks with you . |
One park guardian will be with you during your trip. |
He shows which way you must go and gives spme informations about animals . |
And if you are lucky , i was , you can see the huge afrivan elephants . |
Nearly from one gate to other takes 5-6 hours . |
Enjoy your safari |
Great park. |
Maybe you don't see as many animals as in other parks but the landscape are magnificent. |
Overnight in the camp site under the stars the best experience to recharge your batteries. |
We end up this time with a journey of about 30 Girafes... amazing... |
We saw plenty of animals on our visit, the welcome centre is worth a visit. |
Interesting talk by one of the rangers, who was really helpful during our tour. |
We've stayed at the tents rizizi for 3 nights, and it was unbeleivable very nice! |
Didn't except it very nice as it was! |
All the stuff was helpful and speak good english; the food was just w@oouuw ridiculous yuummy! |
Drove around and we've seen alot of Game! |
But desapointed didn't see any elephant or giraffe; hopefully next time! |
I will definitively going there again! |
It is a must |
A few hour drive from Kigali. |
Best to take a 4x4 as the roads in the park are rough. |
On the morning we visited saw giraffe, zebra, hippos. |
crocs, and other small animals. |
Review by my nine year old: I have been to Akagera many times [I live in Rwanda] but I am going to write about my most recent visit. |
The last time i went to Akagera was for my brother's 7th birthday in February with 2 other families with kids. |
We stayed in Karenge Bush Camp, which is like a luxury campsite with beds in the tents and a outside shower and bathroom with views of Lake Ihema. |
We went on many game drives and saw many animals like zebras, vervet monkeys, giraffes, hippos, buffalos, warthogs, antelopes and other animals but no snakes, elephants or lions. |
We didn't see any elephants all weekend, but luckily, just as we where driving out of the park we saw a large family of elephants drinking and playing in the water, including adults and young elephants! |
I would recommend Akagera as a really nice place to visit for almost anyone (not people who are scared of animals). |
I was lucky enough to join another group who were renting a car/driver for the day (this made it very low cost compared to a tour). |
Saw many different animals while driving through. |
Baboons, an elephant, giraffes, zebras, hippos, water buffalo, a leopard, spider monkeys, etc. |
It's a great little day trip! |
I have been on many safaris over the last 20 years, and seen some incredible sights. |
Akagera is Rwanda's one National Park with Savanna type animals. |
I heard it had been halved in size in the last 20 years. |
The park has been under new management from South Africa to improve the infrastructure, staff training and lodges. |
I looked forward to a day out of the city, but was planning on not being impressed. |
However, reflecting on our 8-9 hours in the park in one day, I have to admit it was a remarkable experience. |
The park has numerous ecosystems including high hills, numerous lakes, forests and open flood plains that were dry this time of the year. |
The picnic/camping areas were very well organized and surrounded by an electric fence. |
My first thoughts were what an amazing boy scout camping experience this could be. |
The animals we saw included many of the species I have seen other African Parks, but in reality, I saw more diversity in antelope species than I have in any other single park in such a short time. |
The most numerous animals were Impala, Zebra, Waterbuck and Giraffe, but the number of Eland and Topi were impressive. |
I had never seen so many in one day. |
We also saw Hippos, Bushbuck, a Roan Antelope, Duiker and my first Oribi. |
The only elephant we saw was an old bull who was eating Acacia trees, and kind of hiding from us, despite being about 75 to 100 feet away. |
A highlight was a leopard sighting in plain view in the last hour in the park. |
He was standing on top of a rock watching us, and we were all watching him, but did not get very good photos. |
I would certainly go again! |
Akagera National park is the tour you should not miss when planning to visit a country of thousand hills. |
It has a very nice view, the savannah vegetation, all the mammal animals are available in the park at a very big number of them including the lions,elephants,zebras,giraffes, hippos and so on. |
Akagera also has crocodiles,birds. |
The guides at Akagera National park are professionals they really make your holiday a different one. |
Plus the accommodations are available inside the park for a night Rest. |
This is the place to visit!! |
Drove from south to north through Akagera National Park. |
Spent roughly 6 hours meandering through incredible beauty while encountering hundreds of beautiful animals (girafes, zebras, water bucks, hippos, elephants, crocodiles, etc). |
Had an incredible guide by the name of Justice whose knowledge and personality were great additions to the experience. |
I've been to this park twice and both times had great guides and saw a lot of animals. |
The second I stayed at Akagera Lodge (not to be confused with Rusizi Tented Lodge) inside the park. |
This is much cheaper than the tented lodge and gives you the chance to be picked up by your guide in the morning for your game drive. |
There are no toilets once you leave the welcome center, so not recommended for people who can't squat or use a bush! |
Always bringing friends visiting Rwanda first time in this park to see the wonders inside touring for almost six hours wherein we saw lots of animals..family of baboons, monkeys, impalas,buffalos, hippos, giraffes, wild bush pig and just recently this month an herd of elephants ( more than twenty of them) and lions.. We are lucky to see all of those that time..So when in Rwanda try to visit the park and its habitat a bit scary at first but a nice adventure and experience. |
Visited as part of a week long trip to Rwanda. |
Did a day trip from Kigali, arranged with Frank Benoit of Golben Tours: frankbenoitk@goldenrwanda.com I would recommend Frank if you are visiting Rwanda, he was professional and on time, which was a requirement for an early start to Akagera! |
My interest was more in the bird life and Sarah Hall at Akagera arranged a guide with superior knowledge of the many bids of this park when I had contacted her in advance: sarahh@african-parks.org As well as the many and varied species of bird, the mammals are great also, a heavy leant to the antelope but the chance of Lion/Elephant etc. |
Another plus point was the feeling of having the place all to yourself, it felt like my own private park. |
We saw 2 other vehicles in 8 hours. |
I would highly recommend this park and the entire experience. |
I shall be returning and will certainly spend more than one day. |
I would suggest taking a guide, their knowledge will really enhance your experience and they're extremely reasonable as us the whole park. |
You may think of Rwanda as less than what it truly is. |
Many people will choose Kenya over Rwanda for the pure tourism. |
Akagera is one of the main reasons I would recommend Rwanda, it is a very high quality resort compared to many of the other places in Africa. |
It was an amazing experience to go on the safari, and you will not regret it. |
One warning i would say is to watch out for baboons because they can get really close to you at the resort. |
Otherwise it was overall an amazing experience. |
The national park is quite small but very interesting. |
If you have some time to spare in Rwanda it is worth a visit. |
Now they have 7 lions there and the antelopes are plentiful. |
It is not like Kenya or Uganda or Tanzania but we had a lot of pleasure with the game watching. |
We saw a leopard and a Hippo out of the water as highlights. |
Elephants from far away and plenty of antelopes. |
This was my first safari. |
We saw elephants with in the first minute of driving trough the gate. |
The whole experience was super special, getting to see the animals in their natural habitat is something rare and this experience reminded me of how precious these animals are to us. |
Our guide was fantastic, full of knowledge and very friendly. |
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