4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari will ensure you have an amazing time in the home of the big five animals Akagera national park where they will get to see a number of attractions during the different activities you will get to participate in during your 4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari. During the activity, you will get to see a number of bird species like Caruthers’s cisticola, pied crow, black-headed weaver, fan-tailed widow bird, violet’s black weaver, long-crested Eagle the African fish Eagle during the boat cruise on lake Ihema, the big five animals namely the lions, leopards, buffalos, rhinos and the elephants during the morning and evening game drives in the park which will offer amazing experiences in the park. The Kigali city tour where you will get to know more about the country and the way Rwandans carry put their daily activities which will give you the opportunity of not only having memorable wildlife safaris in the country but also Rwanda cultural tours for memorable 4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari.

4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

Highlights of the 4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

  • Day 1: Transfer to Akagera national park and Ihema Boat Cruise. 

  • Day 2: Early morning game drive and evening game drive 

  • Day 3: Early morning game drives and cultural tour 

  • Day 4: Kigali city tour and departure

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Akagera national park and Ihema Boat Cruise. 

  • Transfer to Akagera: On day one of your 4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari You will be met by your guide a representative of our tour company who will pick you at a location of your choice in Kigali city welcome you to Rwanda the land of 1000 hills which will be evident during your transfer to akagera national park. Your guide will offer to give you a briefing session where you will get to know about the rules and regulations to follow to have an amazing and safe time when you visit Rwanda. During your transfer, you will get to see a number of attractions on the way to the park like a number of coffee plantations and tea plantations you will have a stopover for lunch and after transfer to Akagera National Park which will offer an amazing experience during your Rwanda tour. 
  • Boat Cruise: On reaching Akagera National Park, you will participate in the afternoon boat cruise on Lake Ihema where you will get to see a number of animal species like hippopotamuses, Crocodiles and you will also get to see rewarding experiences while you watch the sunset and a number of bird species catching prey like the African kingfisher, cormorants, spoonbills, you will also get to see a the endangered shoebills stork along the swamps later on you will transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
  • Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Accommodation: Step Town Motel

Day 2: Early morning game drive and evening game drive 

  • Game Drive Safari: On day two of your 4 days Akagera National Park safari after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to Akagera National Park and participate in the early morning game drives where you will get to see a number of early risers in the park like the impalas, zebras, rhinos, buffalos grazing in the plains of the park, you will also get to see a number of predators in the park like the hyenas, lions, and leopards trying to catch prey for their morning meal after your rewarding activity, you will transfer to your hotel for lunch and relaxation and later in the evening you will transfer back to the park to participate in the evening game drive in the activity. After lunch and relaxation, you will transfer back to the park to participate in the evening game drives where you will get to see a number of animal species you should have missed seeing during the early morning game drives. 
  • Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Accommodation: Ruzizi tented lodge

Day 3: Early morning game drives and cultural tours

  • Game Drive Experience: On day 3 of your 4 days akagera national park safari, you will be picked by your guide who will transfer you to Akagera National Park to have the last chance seeing the animals in the park like the early risers, all the big five animals the lion and leopards trying to catch prey in the buffalos along the water sources, rhinos grazing in the plains. Other early risers in the park include the zebras, impalas, topis among other attractions in the park. Later on you will transfer to transfer the Humure refugee village where you will get to know more about the culture of the people like the traditional honey harvesting process, you be taught on how to prepare milk, ghee making, be taught traditional methods of farming among other interesting features in the park.
  • Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  • Accommodation: Ruzizi tented lodge
4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari
4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

Day 4: Kigali city tour and departure

  • Kigali city tour: On day four of your 4 days Akagera Wildlife Safari, After an early morning breakfast in the park, your guide will transfer you to Kigali city and take part in the Kigali city tour, on reaching Kigali city you will have lunch and after you will participate in the Kigali city tour where you will visit Rwanda’s larges market Kimironko market where you will get to see how Rwandans carry out their daily activities you can also buy souvenirs to take back at home, you will also visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial museum where you will get to know more about the Rwanda genocide and the events that led to the unfortunate event in the country.
  • Departure: At the end of your tour, you will be dropped off at a location of your choice in  Kigali city. 
  • Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch

End of the 4 Days Akagera Wildlife Safari

Trip inclusions

  • Airport Pick up and drop off
  • 4X4 Safari 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.

Trip exclusions 

  • 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.
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