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1-Day Akagera Private Safari from Kigali

From US$300 per personDuration: Full dayStarts: 5:30 AMMin. age: All agesType: Private: just your groupPick-up: Your hotel in Kigali

Private safari vehicle in Akagera National Park

Wildlife on a private Akagera safari from Kigali

Akagera National Park landscape on a private game drive

See all of Akagera in one day, from the southern lakes to the northern savannah, with a vehicle and guide just for your group.

Akagera is Rwanda’s Big Five park, two hours east of Kigali. This private safari runs the full length of the park: hippos, crocodiles and over 500 bird species around Lake Ihema and Lake Mihindi in the morning, then the open northern plains for lions, buffalo, elephants and giraffes in the afternoon.

Travelling on your own date, with children, or just want the pace to suit you? This is the one. For a lower price on a shared vehicle, see the Akagera group safari.

Akagera private safari itinerary

1
05:30 · Depart Kigali
Hotel pick-up and a two-hour drive east, with a coffee stop at the Imigongo Art Centre.
2
07:30 · Southern entrance
Ranger briefing while your driver handles the formalities.
3
08:00 · Southern lakes & wetlands
Hippos and Nile crocodiles on Lake Ihema, papyrus swamps full of birds, and elephants near the water. Shoebills are sometimes seen.
4
13:00 · Lunch at Mihindi Café
Lakeside lunch on Lake Mihindi, watching for hippos and waterbirds.
5
Afternoon · Northern savannah
Big Five country: lion prides, buffalo herds, zebra, giraffe, topi, oribi and eland. Leopards are rare but possible.
6
16:00 · Imigongo Art Centre
Leave by the northern gate, then coffee and Rwanda’s geometric cow-dung art on the way home.
7
Evening · Back in Kigali
Drop-off at your hotel.