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Trip · Akagera National Park

Akagera Big Five drive

Dawn game drive in a pop-top Land Cruiser, an afternoon boat on Lake Ihema, and a night in the park.

Akagera Big Five drive
2 days
Kigali → Akagera → Kigali
from $640
Per person, indicative
Starts
Kigali, or a lodge at the southern gate
Akagera
Destination

Two days in Rwanda's savannah park, built around the hours when the animals are moving.

How it runs

We deliver you (or the car) to a lodge at Akagera's southern gate the afternoon before. Day one starts at the gate at dawn for a long game drive north through the plains, lunch at a lodge, then an afternoon boat on Lake Ihema for hippos and waterbirds. Day two is a second drive at first light, then the two-and-a-half-hour tarmac road back to Kigali — or onward to the northern gate for a one-way traverse.

What we handle

The pop-top Land Cruiser, your driver-guide, park entry, the boat and the lodge, all on one quote. Akagera is the one park where we recommend our own safari vehicle and guide rather than a self-drive car.

The vehicle

This trip runs in the Safari Land Cruiser.

Purpose-built for game drives: a pop-up roof so everyone can stand and photograph, a cool box for the long dawn drives across Akagera, and two spare tyres because the eastern tracks earn them. Comes with a driver-guide; the rate covers the vehicle, driver, their meals and lodging.

Vehicle details
Safari Land Cruiser
Pop-up roof

Safari Land Cruiser

Open roof for game drives in Akagera, cool box and two spare tyres. Driver-guide included.

  • 7 seats
  • Pop-up roof
  • Cool box
  • Driver-guide included
  • 4x4
$250 / day, driver included
Reserve
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Good to know

Good to know before you book a trip

Can you arrange permits and lodges too?

Yes. We book gorilla and chimp permits, park fees and lodges at the operator rate, so the car, the permit and the room arrive as one written quote.

How do I pay, and how much to reserve?

30% holds the vehicle and lets us buy permits the same day. Pay by card, mobile money or bank transfer. No payment is taken online through the site.

Can I take a self-drive car into the national parks?

Volcanoes, Nyungwe and Lake Kivu are fine for self-drive in any of our 4x4s. For Akagera game drives we provide our own safari Land Cruiser with a driver-guide, which is what the park tracks and the sightings deserve — ask us before planning a self-drive game drive.

Are permits and park fees included in tour prices?

Tour prices are per person and include the permit or park fee, the vehicle with a driver-guide and the nights shown. Meals, tips and international flights are not included. We list every line on the written quote.

More trips

Pair it with another park.

The same car and driver-guide carry you across the whole route — most itineraries combine two parks with a night on Lake Kivu between.

Akagera Big Five drive

Send your dates. We reply the same day.

Permit availability checked, lodge held, vehicle and driver-guide confirmed — on one written quote.

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