Akagera National Parks is a back borne of Rwanda Tourism that includes Rwanda Wild life Safaris, game safaris and Boat trip on Lake Iheme
Akagera National Parks Rwanda
The Park also known as Akagera Game Reserve is Rwanda’s famous wild life National Park for game viewing Safaris.
Situated in the north eastern part of the country sharing border with Tanzania and a habitat to 500 bird species that attracts Bird watching safaris in Rwanda.
In 2010, a joint venture with African Parks helped the park to regain it’s glories after it had been re-allocated as farms in 1934.
Akagera Park gets it’s name from Akagera River that flows along its eastern boundary .
This feeds into a labyrinth of lakes of which the largest is Lake Ihema.
Papyrus swamps or the forest fringed lakes, savannah plains and rolling highlands combine together.
The combination makes Akagera National Parks amongst the most scenic of reserves anywhere in Africa.
It has exceptional levels of biodiversity which forms the largest protected wetland in central Africa.
Rwanda’ Akagera is a home to large plains game species as well as species restricted to the papyrus swamps.
Such include the Sitatunga and the sought-after Shoe bill Stork.
More so, the notable plains game include elephant, buffalo, topi, zebra, waterbuck, roan antelope and eland.
Other antelope are duiker, oribi, bohor reedbuck, klipspringer, bush buck and the impala.
Of the primates, there are olive baboons, vervets and the secretive blue monkey that are viewable during the day.
However, the bush babies are viewable at night game drives.
In Akagera National Parks there are larger predators including the king of the jungle the Lion.
These lions were re-introduced to the park in 2015, more so are leopards, hyenas and side-striped jackals.
Plans to reintroduce the black rhino to the park are successful, making Akagera Park the big 5 National park.
What to do in Akagera National Parks
Activities include; Boat Trip on Lake Iheme, Game drive or game viewing, Bird watching and Fishing
Accommodation in this Park
Inside Akagera park is the pricey Ruzizi Tented Lodge and Akagera Game Lodge.
On the other hand, outside the park there’s moderately priced lodges that include the following lodges;
Akagera Rhino Lodge and Akagera Transit lodge, however budget lodge is Urugo Women Eco lodge
Rwanda Wild life Safaris
While Traveling to a thousand hills, you can Book Rwanda wild life Safaris to Akagera National parks with Katona Tours and Travel
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