Akagera Group Safari: Day Trip from Kigali
Travelling solo or as a couple? Join Rwanda’s only scheduled group safari to Akagera and share the vehicle, the guide and the cost.
You book, others book, and the safari is confirmed once two people have joined. After that it’s guaranteed to run. A maximum of seven travellers share each pop-up roof 4x4, so everyone gets a window. We pick you up from your Kigali hotel at 5:30 AM, spend the full day in Akagera National Park with a guide who knows where to look, and have you back in Kigali by about 7:30 PM. Lunch and water are included.
It confirms faster and runs more often than our weekend SafariShare, which needs four people. Some guests leave with travel friends; others just enjoy the quiet. Both are fine. Want the vehicle to yourselves? See the Akagera private safari.
Reading the booking calendar
- Green: you’re first. The safari confirms when a second person books.
- Yellow: someone has already booked, so your booking confirms instantly.
- Orange: sold out.
Akagera day trip itinerary
- 1
05:30 · Pick-up from your Kigali hotel
Your driver-guide collects you in a pop-up roof 4x4 with GPS and a fridge.
- 2
07:15 · Imigongo Art Centre
Coffee, snacks and restrooms at the home of Rwanda’s geometric cow-dung art.
- 3
08:10 · Akagera National Park entrance
Skip the queue, quick briefing, then into the park.
- 4
08:30 · Southern lakes game drive
Lakes and savannah: giraffes, zebras, hippos and several kinds of antelope.
- 5
13:00 · Lunch at Lake Mihindi
Lunch overlooking the lake near the Tanzanian border. Vegetarian option available.
- 6
14:00 · Northern plains game drive
Open grassland with elephants and buffalo, and a chance of lions.
- 7
17:30 · Imigongo Art Centre
Coffee and a stretch on the drive back.
- 8
19:00 · Back in Kigali
Drop-off at your hotel by about 7:30 PM.
Times are approximate and depend on traffic and wildlife sightings.
What's included
- Return transport from Kigali with hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Akagera National Park entrance fees
- Full-day game drive
- Pop-up roof 4x4 with GPS and fridge
- English/French-speaking driver-guide and tracker
- Insurance, including Akagera emergency air evacuation
- Maps, binoculars, sunscreen and insect repellent
- Lunch at Lake Mihindi (vegetarian option)
- Unlimited bottled water
Not included
- Drinks other than water (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
Know before you go
- Bring your passport and any required visas or permits
- Comfortable shoes, a light rain jacket, hat and sunglasses
- Neutral-coloured long sleeves help with sun and insects
- Small backpack, refillable bottle and any personal medication
- Pick-up is within Kigali city limits and along set routes
- Children are welcome with an adult
- Deposits are non-refundable
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