Adventure Gorilla Safaris

Day 1: Kigali to Akagera National Park (approx. 2+ hour drive)

Following breakfast at your hotel, your guide will collect you at 7:00 am for the roughly 2.5-hour drive to Akagera (travel time may vary depending on stops). Feel free to pause along the way to photograph the scenery. Once you arrive at the park, you’ll head straight into a short game drive before checking into your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, set out on a boat cruise across Lake Ihema, where you can spot hippos and crocodiles in the water, along with elephants and buffalo cooling off near the shoreline. Afterward, return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Accommodation options:

• Midrange: Akagera Game Lodge
• Luxury: Ruzizi Tented Lodge

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 2: Full-Day Game Drive & Return to Kigali

After an early breakfast, set off on a morning game drive in search of Akagera’s headline wildlife — elephants, giraffes, buffalo, various antelope, plus the park’s reintroduced lions and rhinos. With more than 500 recorded bird species, Akagera is also a top destination for birdwatchers. You’ll bring a packed lunch along for this roughly 5-hour drive, which winds along the scenic lakeshore where wildlife sightings are often at their best. Once the game drive wraps up, you’ll begin the journey back to Kigali, with drop-off at either your hotel or the airport in time for an afternoon flight.

Meals: Breakfast + Picnic Lunch

From $846 per person (based on 2 travellers)

Included in the package:

• 4×4 safari vehicle transport
• Accommodation with listed meals
• Lunch en route
• Lake Ihema boat cruise
• English-speaking driver-guide
• Park entrance fees
• Bottled water
• Game drives throughout the safari
• Airport pickup and transfer

Not included:

• Flights
• Beverages
• Visa fees
• Laundry
• Phone charges
• Tips for local guides
• Porter fees (for trekking)
• Personal travel insurance
• Personal purchases