Map of Akagera National park
Map of Akagera National park : Akagera National Park is among the most amazing national parks in Rwanda that you can visit to make your safari experience in Rwanda quite memorable. The park is known for having the big five animals in Rwanda which are among the most anticipated attractions that travellers interested in the Rwanda safari after the mountain gorillas that can be seen when you participate in gorilla trekking in Rwanda to understand more about the mountain gorillas in Africa.
While you visit Akagera national park, you will get to participate in a number of tourism activities to make your safari quite memorable and among the different tourism activities that you should not miss out on during your activities in Akagera national park include the boat cruise in Akagera National park where you will get to see a number of attractions like the water birds catching their prey from the waterbody for instance the king fishers White-breasted Cormorants, Pied Kingfishers, Osprey, Double-tooth Barbet, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Familiar Chat, Brown-throated Wattle-eye and Spot-flanked Barbet and many other bird species in the park.
You can participate in birding in Akagera national park and get to watch a number of attractions like numerous bird species like; African Darter, African Wattled Lapwing, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Common Squacco Heron, Crowned Lap wing, White-breasted Cormorants, Pied Kingfishers, Osprey, Double-tooth Barbet, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Familiar Chat, Brown-throated Wattle-eye and Spot-flanked Barbet, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Great Egret the endangered shoe bill stork which is among the most eye-catching bird that makes a sound of a machine which makes it quite fascinating, for the travellers interested in watching numerous bird species. You can also participate in the game drives in Akagera national park which will give you the opportunity to access a number of herbivores grazing within the plain like the rhinos, you will get to watch the gazelles, bush pigs, oribi and many other attractions that you will get to see when you participate in the different activities in Akagera National Park that make the activity quite rewarding.
How to get to Akagera national park.
Akagera national park is located in the north eastern part of Rwanda which is about 110 kilometres away from Kigali city, the capital city of Rwanda which will take you approximately 2-3 hours. While accessing the park, you will get through Kiyonza gate in the south and the Nyungwe gate is only used for exit. While travelling to Akagera national park, as you use road transport, you will get to watch a number of rewarding attractions on the way to park like the tea estates on the rolling hills in Rwanda, you will get to watch how the natives go about their day to day lives, you will get to watch how they carry out their daily activities, you will get to watch how they carry out their like small scale farming of coffee and tea.
As you make your way to the park, get ready for murram roads that you should not worry about which is the same when you get to the park because of the need to maintain an eco-friendly environment. When you get to the park, you will be mesmerised by the beauty of the park filled with a number of water bodies, vast savannah, with a number of animals species like the rhinos, oribi, bushbucks, gazelles, ellands, grazing in the plains to make your Rwanda safari experience is quite rewarding. With Akagera national park here is a map that will help you make your way to the park for an amazing experience.
