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After having your relaxed breakfast at your hotel/residence in Kigali, you'll check out and embark on a transfer to Akagera National Park Home of the Big Five. On the way, you'll enjoy the landscapes and the hills of Rwanda. On the en-route game drive, you can expect to see some animals such as elephants, giraffes, lions, great plains, and landscape views as you drive to the lodge/camp. You'll arrive and check in with lunch at the lodge. The afternoon will be spent at leisure plus enjoying lodge amenities. In the evening, you'll embark on a night game drive where you are rewarded with several wildlife in a calm nature. This evening you'll have a chance to see nocturnal wildlife species that are not easy to see during day time. You'll enjoy the drives. Later, you'll retire and drive back to the lodge for dinner and rest.
Akagera is also known as one of the most scenic savannahs in East Africa. After your breakfast, you'll have your packed lunch boxes. You will start the day with the morning boat cruise on Lake Ihema where you are rewarded with great views, several hippos, crocodiles, and bird species. You'll continue to visit the giraffe area in the south and the lakes road up towards Birengero. Akagera National Park is home to elephants, lions, buffalos, giraffes, zebras, antelopes and many more. You'll have a stopover for a packed lunch at the picnic area. You'll retire and drive straight back to the hotel/lodge. You'll arrive at the hotel/lodge, refresh, relax with dinner, and rest.
You'll wake up to a relaxed breakfast. You'll have your last drives around the park. Today you have an opportunity to view what you may have missed the previous days. You'll check out with a drive back to Kigali. You'll have an en route last-minute souvenir shopping, then drive to Kigali International Airport for your outbound flight back home (evening departure). See you when you visit next.
This tour is 100% sustainable. We encourage our travelers to minimize their carbon footprint by choosing eco-friendly practices.
Cancellations made more than 60 days before departure qualify for an 80% refund of the deposit paid. Cancellations made between 30 and 59 days before departure qualify for a 50% refund of the deposit. Cancellations made less than 30 days before departure are non-refundable. Gorilla and Chimpanzee permits are non-refundable once purchased. Guests are advised to purchase comprehensive travel insurance for unforeseen circumstances.
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