Exploring Akagera National Park: found in North Eastern Rwanda, at the country’s border with Tanzania, Akagera National Park is one of the most visited national parks in the country and this is because the national park is home to numerous attractions.
The national park is dominated by swamps and small lakes with flow in the wake of River Kagera which all act as homes to the numerous wildlife in the national park and these create a remarkable eco-system.
All those who get to have a safari into the Republic of Rwanda would surely want to visit the national park and get to experience the interesting and outstanding sights and its beauty.
While at the national park, sightseers get to experience the greatness that is filled in the national parks starting from the Animals, birds, beautifully displayed scenery, and new cultures all rewarding the destination as a beauty and one of the top most visited destinations in the country.
Akagera National Park is home to a variety of wildlife including some of the big 5. Lions, elephants, buffaloes, and leopards. There are hyenas, zebras, hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, cape elands, impalas, wide-eyed bush-bays, warthogs, oribi, bushbuck, Tsessebe, and sitatungas. There are over 100 elephants in the park today.
In addition to all those the national park is also home to numerous primates; the vervet monkey, the olive baboon, the silver monkey, and some blue monkeys also home to over 750 bird species found in the park and makes Akagera National Park a birdwatcher dream destination.
The national park has thousands of thrilling moments to offer to all those who get to go for and adventure into its premises making excellent safari memories of the republic of Rwanda and they are as below.
Akagera Nature Walks
The national park is known to have many unique and beautiful sights that can only be admired as one gets to have a close look up and this is why most sightseers get involved in nature walks as they get to view the exotic plants, colorful butterfly species, the still water in some of the lakes, the water birds, the smaller animals that you couldn’t see quite well on the game drive making natures walks in Akagera national park excellent safari experiences.
Nocturnal game drives
Now this is specifically carried out during the night session as visitors get to have game drives in the park at night and this activity is quite mind-blowing because there are animals in the park that you might fail to see in the day, but that will be quite up and active in the night and these include; leopards, civets, hyenas, and bush babies plus also some birds are nocturnal too.
Tracking the Big Five
Visitors can also get to track the big fives in the national park with the help of well-trained safari guides who help sightseers spot these remarkable endangered species in the national park these include; lions, leopards, elephants, black rhinos, buffalos, klipspringer, impalas, duckers, topis, Angolan giraffes, maasai giraffes, guereza, aardvark, African wild dog among others.
Boat Safaris
With so many natural water sources; swamps, Lakes and a river it is only right that you go on a boat ride on your visit and this will permit you to marvel at the biggest concentration of Hippos in East Africa, and so many water birds and Elephants too are quite common along the shores of the lake.
Fishing In Akagera Lake Shakani
whether as a sport or for food, you can do some fishing in Lake Shakani, one of the many lakes in the area and visitors can get to catch some of the most common fish in the lake which are tilapia and catfish and as visitors carry out fishing, they might catch sight of or hear hippos further nearby.
For more information about exploring Akagera National Park sightseers can get in contact with Focus East Africa Tours to get booked up for any kind of safari adventure to the national park
