Akagera National Park Fees

Akagera National Park Fees are the charges that a traveler must pay to allow them to access the park for different activities. Akagera national park is known for its big five animals making it one of the national parks to visit because among all the parks in Rwanda, Akagera national park is the only destination where you can find all the big five animals that is to say the Lion, Rhino, elephant, buffalo and the leopard that can be seen in the park. 

Akagera National Park Fees

Come and be part of the amazing experience in the park where you participate in a number of activities that will make your stay in the park a memorable one. Akagera national park being part of the top 10 tourist destinations in Rwanda, there is a lot it offers in order to fulfill all your desires related to nature.

The following are the activities that you can participate in with their prices to have an interesting time while in the park.

Game drives: Game drives in akagera National park will offer amazing views of the park’s landscape including the different water bodies like Lake Shakani and lake Ihema. you will also have a chance to see a number of animal species like the antelopes, zebras, impalas, you will also have a chance to see the big five animals where you will see the elephants quenching their thirst from the lakes Ihema and Shakani, lions will be seen taking shed under the trees in the park. Interested in participating in the activity,

Akagera National Park Fees for Day game drive

  • Half board with a maximum of 7 people 180 USD
  • Full board 280 USD

Akagera National Park Fees for Night game drive

  • Adults 45USD 
  • Children 30USD

Birding: Akagera national park is a home to over 400 bird species; the park has the favourable conditions for the birdlife where a number of bird species can be seen in the swamps of the park, African fish Eagle, the open billed stork, the egrets, cormorants, Senegal lapwings, African darter, Hamerkop, Caruthers’s cisticola, pied crow, black-headed weaver, fan-tailed widow bird, violet’s black weaver, long-crested Eagle and many more. In the swamps if you are lucky enough you will be able to see the shoe bill stork one of the endangered bird species that can be seen in the park.

Sportfishing: Sportfishing in the park is one of the most amazing and rewarding in areas where sport fishing is carried out, it involves catch and release but you will get to keep a fish as a reward which you can take to your tent cook and enjoy the fruits of your labor. With sport fishing, you will have amazing views of the park, you will also see a number of waterbird species like African fish Eagle, the open billed stork, the egrets, cormorants, Senegal lapwings, African darter which will be an added view to your activity.

Foreigners

  • Adults 25USD 
  • Children 15USD

Boat cruise: Boat cruises in the park will enable you to have a wonderfully relaxing experience while you see a number of attractions including the animal species like the buffaloes in the water elephants quenching their thirst, crocodiles sun-basking among other animal species, you will have a chance to see the sun setting as you sip on your wine which is an amazing adventure that will keep you engaged as you see crocodiles in the water waiting patiently for their next prey, African  king fishers trying so hard to catch fish from the lake which is such a beautiful experience to take part in.

Akagera National Park Fees for Boat cruise include:

Rwandan East African resident

  • Adults 35USD
  • Children 6-12 years US$20

Foreigners

  • Adults 50USD
  • Children6-12 years 30USD

Cultural encounters

While on your Rwanda tour, visiting Akagera national park will give you the best experience as you visit the Humure refugee village which can also be visited during the Rwanda cultural tours where you a chance to see a number of cultural sites and villages. Visiting the Humure refugee village will enable you to understand more about the culture of Rwanda with the different interactions through dance, cultural skit storytelling and a number of activities that will keep you engaged during your community tours

  • Foreign non-residents 30USD 
  • Foreign residents 20USD

Camping

Enjoy your time in the wild by choosing camping options to have the ultimate wild experience as you camp in the wild, there are a number of camping sites in the park that you choose to set your tent in you will have a chance to see a number of spectacular views for instance the lakes  like Shakani and so on.

  • Camping fees per night is 25 USD
Akagera National Park Fees
Akagera National Park Fees

Akagera National Park Fees

East African citizens.

  • Adults 35USD
  • Children 20 USD

Foreigners

  • Adults   50USD
  • Children 30USD

 

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