Game Drives in Akagera National Park

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Game Drives in Akagera National Park

Game Drives in Akagera National Park are the main safari activity that travelers engage in when they visit the park to explore the wildlife. Akagera national park is famous for the big 5 animals that can be seen within the park at any Game drives in the park are one of the most rewarding activities that can be participated in to ensure that you have an amazing time while in the park where you will see a number of different animal, plant, bird and butterfly species within the park.

There are a number of activities that are carried out in the park for instance birding, nature walks, boat cruise, sport fishing, cultural encounters among other activities that will enable you to have an amazing experience in the park as you get the chance to see the different species in the park. But among the different activities in the park, the game drives will enable you have a bigger range of the park where you will see a number of different animal species because you will drive all around the park which is not the case for some of the different activities that incline you to one area, for instance, the boat cruise.

There are different game drives that can be carried out in the park which include the morning game drive, evening game drive and the nocturnal game drives that will ensure you have an amazing experience while you see a number of game animals as explained below;

Morning game drive

During the morning game drives in the park, you will have a chance to see a number of early risers within the park that are usually seen in the savannah grasslands in the park. 

During the morning game drives, you will get the chance to see a number of herbivores in the park can be seen for instance the zebras, impalas, topis, bushbucks, elephants, rhinos, giraffes among other herbivores in the park during the morning game drives you will also have the chance to see a number of bird species during the drives near the swamps lake like Lake Ihema, lake Shakani, where you will see different bird species like African fish Eagle, the open billed stork, the egrets, cormorants, Senegal lapwings, African darter, Hammerkop, Caruthers’s cisticola, pied crow, black-headed weaver, fan-tailed widow bird, violet’s black weaver, long-crested Eagle, like Pockefellers’s sunbird, Chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori Batis, strange weaver, red-throated alethe.

You will also be able to see the shoe bill stork at the swamps in the park; you will also see the crocodiles among other species. It is also important to note that during the morning game drives, it is hard to see a number of carnivores especially the hunters like the lions, leopard and many more. The morning game drives in the park take place in two shifts the first one begins at 7:00 am and the second one begins at 9:00 am to ensure that you do not miss out on the amazing adventure where you will get to see a number of amazing attractions within the park. Depending on your need to know the game animals you can choose to hire a guide well conversant about the area at only 25USD for a half-day drive or 40 USD for a full day.

Nocturnal game drives

During the nocturnal game drives, you will get the chance to see a number of  that you missed seeing during the morning game drives because some of the animal species go into hiding or rest during the morning  since they spend their nights hunting for prey. The nocturnal games drives have two shifts like the morning game drives in order to allow a number of tourists to participate in the amazing adventure of watching the park coming to life when it gets dark.

Game Drives in Akagera National Park
Game Drives in Akagera National Park

During the nocturnal game drives, you will see a number of carnivores in the park especially the big cats like lions and the leopards catching their prey for dinner other animals that can be seen are the impalas, topis, bushbucks which are mainly the target prey for the big cats.

 Interesting about the drives, they are carried out at night when the animals are resting and here you can see many animals in the park s compared to the morning game drives and with the help of a spotlight, you are able to see clearly the animals in the park. If you’re interested in hiring a well conversant guide in the park to give you more information about the animal species at only a small fee of  40usd.