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I absolutely loved this place! |
My college class went to this park and wow, what an amazing site! |
If you want to see an abundance of wild animals, this is the place to go. |
We saw elephants, giraffes, crocodiles, hippos, zebras, water buffalo, water buck, gazelles, impalas, and so much more. |
Jasmyn S. |
Akagera was an incredible place to visit. |
After visiting all of the National parks in Rwanda, including the recently created Gishwati National park, this was the best place to go for a fun trip with minimal hiking or strenuous activity. |
Taking a car around the Savanna was a amazing experience and seeing the elephants, hippos and zebras along with dozens of other species was unforgettable. |
If you are going to visit Akagera I would advise you to try to see some of the behind-the-scenes aspects of how the park is managed. |
I'd recommend going to Akagera to support the growing ecotourism industry if you live in or around Rwanda and even if you are as far away as the U.S. or Europe. |
Zebras, antelopes, elephants, hippos, monkeys galore. |
Not the vast numbers of the Serengeti, but many animals all over, as you ride your own car or the park's guided tour vehicles (US$350/day for a party of six, half-days also available). |
We stayed at Ruzizi Tented Camp, lakeside and loads of fun. |
Sounds of the bush all night around you, very good food included, and totally safe. |
I was amazed at the wide variety of animals that were seen in the park. |
I saw many of the animals that are traditionally associated with an African safari. |
However, I also saw animals that I did not expect to see, like monkeys. |
When we were out on the safari our vehicle was the only one that was seen all day. |
I was also able to take some of the best shots of elephants I have ever taken in my life. |
While in the park I was also able to take a boat tour of Lake Tanganyika. |
While on the boat I had the opportunity to see elephants and hippos. |
Seeing the lake ecosystems in the park was a very unique experience. |
I would recommend that anyone visiting Rwanda visit Akagera National Park. |
I spent two nights in Akagera National Park at the Game Lodge. |
We started off our three day excursion with a night safari. |
We went in a group of 7 people in a safari truck. |
It was about 5:30pm when we started our trip. |
We first saw a couple of bushback and after those initial animals, it was very quiet. |
It was very serene. |
Once it got dark, I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me, but there was a looming storm in the distance. |
So every once in a while a crack of lightning would light up our way. |
The only other source of light we had was the light the tracker had to try and find animals. |
It sounds kind of scary, but I felt very safe the entire time. |
We eventually saw a serval stalking a rabbit and even two elephants towards the end! |
The next day we went on a long day safari. |
We saw a ton of animals! |
There were herds of zebra on the road that we were driving on! |
We saw tons of giraffe and even a small herd of elephants! |
Our tracker knew a lot about the animals and where we could go to see specific ones. |
The next day we went on a boat tour. |
We saw some hippos. |
The guide was careful not to get to close to them and once they were starting to feel a little threatened, we backed off. |
We even saw a crocodile jump up and eat a bird! |
That's the circle of life for you. |
Overall, it was an amazing experience. |
Akagera is not commercialized and very natural. |
It didn't feel like the animals were placed anywhere and they responded as wild animals would. |
This is the real safari that anyone wanting to go to Africa should go on! |
I was absolutely amazed at the density of animals on the safari. |
I probably went about five minutes maximum without seeing any zebra, buffalo, or giraffe. |
After talking with the warden, he checked to see where the lions and elephants were, and to our luck the elephants were nearby. |
The ranger that went with us was kind and extremely knowledgable. |
The next morning I went on a boat tour of Lake Tanganyika and saw a herd of hippos. |
The guide/boat driver kept us a safe distance from them. |
We also rode around a small island covered in forest and densely populated with birds, and a few crocodiles. |
The weather was great and it was a relaxing and interesting way to start the day. |
I had heard that this park was not the best place to see animals but that is wrong. |
Saw all of the big animals except the newly introduced lions. |
Only regret is that we could not spend the night. |
Two days would have been better. |
A young guide (Maddie sp? |
who is part of a group trained to be free lance guides was knowledgeable and had great eyes finding mammals and birds. |
These young people are paid by tips only which go to the cooperative of twenty and shared. |
This was not explained clearly to us. |
Well worth a generous tip! |
Be sure to get a park guide book (about 4$). |
It is well done and beautiful. |
A great souvenir. |
Ok where to start we went all the way from kigali it took 3 hrs to reach there with nice view all around with the banana trees and maize fields also the rice fields we saw on our way the inyange factory for water juice and milk and then we reached the park paid our tkts and went on first tour were u can just breathe and smell oxygen like never before we saw animals lots of antelopes, birds, butterflies and baboons we were also lucky to see a huge gang of elephants the. |
We went to the game lodge to have lunch i expected it to be not nice but they surprised me friendly stuff and actually nice good and then we went for our second tour more or less the same and we reserved our boat tour which is a must we saw crocodiles hepos And eagles the view was amazing and air was unbelievable we went back to our lodge baboons was all around and was nice just make sure to close well ur windows and balconies |
This park was small but has just about everything, and the best part is we didn't even see any other tourists while we were there. |
On our safari we were the only bus on the trail, and the animals were everywhere, and they were so close to the bus! |
It was so amazing, an beautiful. |
The park seems new and very well kept. |
The staff was so friendly and really cared about making sure you had an amazing experience and saw all of the animals possible. |
In addition to a day safari I would recommend a night safari as well. |
You may not see a ton of animals on the night safari but when you do see them it is stunning. |
We saw african elephants in the middle of the night and it was much more exciting than seeing an elephant in the day. |
Also the boat tour on the lake was something you cannot miss. |
I loved this park, I would definitely recommend. |
The park is on the smaller side and very beautiful with quite few tourists. |
The freelance guides are very good at what they do and I should highly recommend the boat ride on Lake Ihema since it's very nice, especially if you want to spot birds. |
I traveled to all 4 National Parks in Rwanda (which I would recommend). |
Akagera is different from the other three because it is Savannah terrain. |
There is so much to explore in Akagera. |
We went on a safari, boating, and a night drive and each came with the viewing of amazing animals. |
A few included zebras, elephants, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles, mongoose, and the list could go on and on. |
There was not a lack of animals to be seen. |
I would highly recommend going. |
In this beautiful place we had the chance to have the best guide (a great guy in-loved in Nature, unfortunately couldn't remember his name). |
We didn't had the chance to meet the giraffes and the elephants, anyway it was an amazing experience to observe the Rwandan savanna. |
I was impressed to see and hear about the hippos life, to see and hear a lot of birds species, to meet baboons etc. |
Strongly recommend to take a guide! |
Went to Rwanda over Christmas and visited the Akagera National Park for two days loved it and saw many animals including elephants, giraffes, zebras and may more all up close. |
Guides very knowledgeable and speek English. |
We hired a car with a driver some of the time booked through a great guy called Frank Benoit in Rwanda. |
goldenrwanda.com. |
Could not fault his helpfulness and will be planning to go back..Jon |
Akagera National Park is one of the most beautiful places I've every seen. |
Animals were visible in abundance and the guides were very knowledgeable and friendly. |
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