Akagera National Park Safari Experience

Akagera National Park Safari Experience : Akagera National Park is gorgeous and known as the only savannah national park in Rwanda. The park is situated at the eastern part of the country, where it has got beautiful landscapes, attractive wildlife, vegetation that makes the park to be the most special one in Rwanda. Most of the tourists visit Rwanda to explore the beautiful wonders that are found in Akagera National Park. Tourists experience the cool breeze climate and well cultivated hills, African savannah terrain, scattered with open grasslands, lakes, swamps and among others in the park.

Akagera national park being attractive even it originates it name from the river that passes through the park, the park has got the scenic views generated by the open savannah plains, charming hills, lakes, tress, the hippos and crocodiles and among many others these are such great that gives serene environment to everyone who visits the park.

Akagera national park is a wildlife haven that consists the diverse animals and bird species. The animal species in the park includes the most incredible big five animal species that includes the lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards, rhinos these are great animal species that gives the tourists the best wildlife safari experience in the park. Other animal species to be seen in the park includes the zebras, impalas, oribi, bushbucks, giraffes, leopards, hyenas, Bush pigs, Black tailed mongoose, Reedbuck, oribi, eland antelope, waterbuck, and antelopes and among others, Lake Ihema inside Akagera national park provides the tourists with sighting of the hippos, crocodiles.

 Tourists as well spot the most beautiful bird species that are over 520 bird species in Akagera national park that includes the grand fish eagle, papyrus Gonolek, and shoebill stork and among others. The bird lovers spot the amazing water bird species in the park and among others.

Activities done in Akagera National Park.

Being the only typical savannah safari destination in Rwanda . Akagera national Park has many activities that tourists carry out on Rwanda safaris as these are such impressive and gives the tourists best during their stay in the park.

Game drives.

Game drives is where the tourists get exposed to Akagera National park in the open roof 4×4 land cruiser with the help of the well experienced and professional guide, this is where the tourists get surprised with the sighting of various animal species that surrounds the park as they take pictures of various animals in the park. There is nothing that feels magical like spotting Rwanda’s big five animal species in Akagera National Park this makes your wildlife safari super by encountering you with the big five animal species lions, elephants, rhinos, buffalos, leopards.

Not only the big five animal species the tourists can spot other animal species that includes the zebras, baboons, monkeys, antelopes, crocodiles, hippos and many others.

Bird watching.

Akagera National Park is a birding paradise with the most beautiful and attractive bird species, the destination means a lot to the bird lovers. AKagera National Park has over 520 bird species with the most special and rare threatened papyrus gonolek, the shoebill stork, herons, jacanas, hawk, sandpipers and others, the park also refers the bird lovers to the water bird species hence making the park the best destination for wildlife safaris in Rwanda.

Nature walks.

Guided nature walks in Akagera National Park is the best opportunity to which the tourist get exposed to the entire national park where the vehicles cannot reach thus using the foot. The guide helps to take the tourists through the nature walks in various parts of the park like the forest while following the trails in the park, the nature walks are very educative, attractive and well refreshing as the tourists keeps on spotting many attractions in the park like the beautiful flora and fauna in the park.

Fishing.

Tourists are also offered with fishing safari activity in Akagera National Park. During fishing activity the participants can fish and get various fish species like the cat fish, tilapia fish especially at the shores of the Lake Shakani, while fishing its such meaning at the shores you will keep hearing hippo snorts, and enjoying various sounds of the bird species and thy give you the meaning of the wilderness.

Boat cruises.

Boat cruise is the most fascinating safari activity in Akagera National Park that makes the tourists to feel excited, during the boat cruise you can well get involved to view most of the wildlife like boat cruise on Lake Ihema, there are large concentration of the schools of hippos as well as crocodiles, chances of spotting other animal species like the elephants are high while taking a bath and drinking water which is great. During boat cruise the tourists can also enjoy sighting the water bird species which makes the wildlife so attractive in Akagera National Park.

Night game drives.

Akagera national park provides the tourists with the night game drives, this is experiencing of the game during the late night while with the experienced guides and the spotlights, this is the  amazing time where the tourists can get the chance of observing the animals that are difficult to be spotted during the morning or evening game drive, on a night game drive the tourists can spot the nocturnal animal species like hyenas, civets, leopards and among other animal species and if you are keen you may end up being surprised by spotting the nocturnal bird species.

Akagera national park is the stunning in Rwanda with the beautiful wildlife safari that is largely visited, when you successfully indicate it in your safari itinerary on a Rwanda safari, this can be well combined and do it together with gorilla trekking in Volcanoes National park if you contact and inquire with lakeside tours and travel limited.