Rwanda Akagera National Park Eastern Rwanda Tour, Rwanda’s Akagera National Park is located two and half hour’s drive from Kigali the Capital City of Rwanda to in the Eastern region near Kimbugu city, Kagera park was first established as a national park in 1934 and its size is at approximately 1085 KM², Akagera is also 1600m-1800m above sea level.
This park gets its name from the Akagere River which flows along its eastern boundary and feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema, this river Akagera is one of the main attraction in this park, from Kigali capital city of Rwanda can easily access it by car and the road is very good, for the budget travelers like backpackers can easily take a bus from Kigali capital city of Rwanda or other public means like taxi’s and it will still take about two and half hour drive which is the same as someone in the private car.
Akagera national park is also one of from Kigali capital city of Rwanda and Africa oldest National parks, as a protect area it has different types of animals like Elephants, Zebras, Buffaloes, white rhino, Giraffes, Antelopes, bush babies, Waterbuck, and many others which will make your game drive very interesting and its vegetation is Savannah, mountains and many swamps, Akagera is also a paradise for dose who love birds it has over 526 species recorded in this area, one of the activities that should be not missed while in Akagera is boat cruise which rewards visitors with seeing natural at Close range including water-loving birds and animals like Hippos, Buffaloes, crocodiles, elephants and others, boat cruise at Lake Ihema is the best and for Photographers and filming crews it is just excellent, contact us for detailed itinerary and cost to visit this park.
