Akagera National Park
Akagera National Park is covers an area of 1,122 km2 along the border with Tanzania. The Park comprises of Savannah, Montane and Swamp which inhabit various wildlife animals wandering around their natural vegetation habitat. The park was named after River Kagera that flows along the Eastern boundary feeding into Lake Ihema and other candid lakes. The complex system of lakes and linking papyrus swamps which add up to form third of the park.
Activities in Akagera National Park
Game Drives
Game Drives in Akagera National Park are the most prominent safari activity carried out in the park as you transfer along the tracks watching wildlife animals wander around their natural habitat. The wildlife animals you watch include; hyenas, zebras, hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, cape elands, impalas, wide eyed bush-bays, warthogs, oribi, bush buck, Tsessebe ,sittatungas. Bird watching
Akagera National Park is perfect for Birders from around the world looking to watch birds fly in the air and these include; raptors, papyrus gonolek, shoe bill stocks, migrant birds such as the lesser kestrel and the great sniper, the Zambian arnot chat, suaza shrike and the long tailed cistola, and many other colorful birds.
Nature walks
Akagera National Park is awesome for hiking and Nature walks as you transfer along different trails in the park watching wildlife, exotic plants, colorful butterfly species, the still water in some if the lakes, the water birds, the smaller animals. Nature walks are peaceful and a very good opportunity to appreciate nature at a much slower and easier pace.
Nocturnal game drives
Game drives in the park are fun, game drives in the park at night are even more exciting. There is always a sense of mystery about the night and nocturnal game drives capture that quite effusively. 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 so much easier to see. Animals such as leopards, civets, hyenas, and bush babies might be much easier to see during the night. Some birds are nocturnal too.
Boat rides
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 to Akagera national park. Be sure to go on a boat ride on Lake Ihema and you will see schools of Hippo beneath the water and many water birds. Elephants too are quite common along the shores of the lake.
Fishing
Fishing is very exciting to do in Akagera national Park at lake Shakani. Most common fish caught in the lake are tilapia and cat fish. As you do your fishing, you might catch sight of or hear hippos further nearby. You carry your own fishing equipment or hire this to enable you fish a lot of the fish an experience so interesting.