Take part in this 3 Days Akagera national park safari where you will explore the best of Rwanda wildlife through a game drive, boat cruise and hot air ballooning safari. Discover amazing mammals like elephants, zebras, Masai giraffes, lions, buffalos, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles and many more.
Explore other unique sites in Kigali city like Gisozi genocide memorial grounds, Kimironko market and different museums. This is therefore, a big five safari in Rwanda that will take you to the only national park with big five animals.
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Akagera national park
Be picked up from the airport in Kigali Rwanda and take a short city tour around where you will visit two major places and these are the Kigali genocide memorial ground where you will witness people who perished during the 1994 Rwanda genocide war and visit the local markets like Kimironko or Kigali central market to see fresh foodstuffs sold here together with craft shops.
Head to Akagera national park renowned to host the big five animals and the only savannah national park in Rwanda. Spend an overnight at the booked hotel.
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise.
Take an early morning game drive to explore the best of Akagera National Park while encounter animals like lions, leopards, elephants, rhinos, Masai giraffes and zebras and countless antelopes. You will also have a look at some bird species including the rare shoebill stork. The overall experience has different stopovers and good viewing points with beautiful scenery stretching to Lake Ihema.
In the afternoon, take on a boat cruise experience which takes about 2 hours while on Lake Ihema. This experience introduces you to the water-dwelling mammals and birds such as hippos and crocodiles and other land mammals like elephants, buffalos and antelopes that come along the banks of lake Ihema to quench their thirst. Thereafter, head back to the lodge and this will be the end of day 2.
Day 3: Hot air balloon safari and transfer to Kigali.
Begin the day with a hot air balloon experience after breakfast which will take about 2 hours flying in the basket. The pilot will take you to the best areas that reward with unequalled 360 views of the entire park. After this adventure, transfer to Kigali city and be dropped at the Kigali International Airport.
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