Akagera National Park Wildlife Safaris into Akagera National Park, Central Africa’s largest protected wetland, the last remaining refuge for savannah-adapted species in Rwanda, and the country’s only Big Five Park is impressive. Its rolling highlands, vast plains, and swamp-fringed lakes contain incredible biodiversity and rare species like the shoebill stork.
Rwanda has three main wildlife destinations, Volcanoes National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park and Akagera National Park, each of which host a quite different fauna from the others. Loyal Tours & Safaris one of the most trusted Tour and Safari Companies in Easter Africa offers you the opportunity to see the Big Five, one of the most astonishing experiences on a safari.
Akagera National Park Wildlife Safaris will take you to the home of the Big Five. Following lion and rhino reintroductions, Akagera officially became a ‘Big Five’ park in May 2017. It now boasts lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo, as well as zebra, giraffe, and hundreds of birds species. Wildlife populations are thriving due to effective law enforcement and successful conflict-mitigation with surrounding communities; and poaching within the park has reached an all-time low.
Akagera National Park Wildlife safaris started even before the reintroduction of lions, the park’s only large predators included leopards and spotted hyenas. A founder population of seven lions was reintroduced in 2015 after being hunted out in the 1990s. Two additional males were translocated to the park in 2017 to increase genetic diversity and the park’s lion population has since tripled in size. Small predators are also abundant: serval, side-striped jackal, and several mongoose and viverrid species are thriving.
Of the primate family, olive baboons and vervet monkeys are common sights in Akagera. Far rarer is the secretive blue monkey that, until a few years ago, was believed to be extinct in Akagera. Of the herbivores, elephant, rhino, giraffe, and hippopotamus are the largest mammals found in the park. They join several naturally-occurring large plains game species, including buffalo, topi, zebra, defassa waterbuck, the secretive roan antelope, and the statuesque eland. Smaller herbivores include duiker, oribi, bohor reedbuck, klipspringer, bushbuck, and impala. 2017 saw the historic return of 18 Eastern black rhinoceros to Akagera and Rwanda after a 10-year absence. The first calves were born in 2018, and five black rhinos translocated from European zoos in June 2019 promise to boost genetic diversity.
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Game Drives; the park offers game drives early in the morning as well as in the afternoon. These drives will offer you an opportunity, to see the various wildlife animals in Akagera’s natural habitats. Led by a professional guide, you will set out for a drive along the various park tracks in a Safari vehicle. The animals you will see on Rwanda Safari include: some spotted hyenas, elephants, Burchall’s zebras, various antelopes, buffaloes and giraffes, lions and the sitatunga are also present in the park however these are rarely seen.
Best time to visit, Akagera National Park can be visited anytime of the year but the best time to visit Akagera National Park is during the long dry season (June – September) is the warmest time of year, and the park can become dry and dusty. However, the long dry season is an excellent time for game-viewing since grasses are short; and animals remain spread throughout the park due to abundant water in lakes along Akagera’s eastern boundary.
Where to stay, Loyal Tours & Safaris know that good accommodation is part of what makes a safari enjoyable and memorable. Sleeping within the park is possible, at various lodges, a bush camp in the north at select periods, or camping in specific sites. Accommodation facilities include Akagera game lodge, Ruzizi tented lodge and campsites amongst others.
How to get there, Akagera national park can be accessed either by road or by air. By road, the park is located in the north Eastern region of Rwanda about 110 kn from Kigali the capital of Rwanda, which is about a 2 ½ hour drive. By air, visitors may use charter flight. Akagera Aviation offers charter helicopter transfers to Akagera National Park and takes only 22 minutes.
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