2-Day Akagera National Park Wildlife Safari, Rwanda

After breakfast at your hotel, your guide picks you up for the 2.5-hour drive to Akagera National Park, with scenic views of Rwanda's hills en route. On arrival, a brief game drive before checking in at your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, a boat trip on Lake Ihema provides close encounters with hippo pods and Nile crocodiles in the water and along the banks, alongside buffalo and elephant near the shore and a wide variety of waterbirds across the lake. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Distance: Approximately 2.5 hours from Kigali to Akagera

Activity: Afternoon game drive; Lake Ihema boat safari

Accommodation: Lodge in Akagera National Park

Meals: Half Board

After an early breakfast, depart on a morning game drive through Akagera's open savannah and woodland habitats. The early morning hours are the most productive for predator sightings — lions and leopards are most active at dawn and dusk. The park also supports recently reintroduced black rhinos, large elephant herds, giraffes, zebras, various antelope species, and an outstanding diversity of birdlife with over 500 recorded species. A packed lunch is carried for the game drive, which continues for approximately six hours before departing along the lake route back to Kigali. Drop-off at your hotel or Kigali International Airport.

Distance: Game drives within Akagera; approximately 2.5 hours drive back to Kigali

Activity: Early morning and full-day game drive; return to Kigali

Accommodation: N/A – return to Kigali

Meals: Half Board

Extend your trip

For a 4-day Akagera experience including a hot air balloon safari, see our 4-day Akagera safari. Combine Akagera with gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National Park for a fuller Rwanda itinerary.