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From Kigali: 12 Hour Custom Day trip for game Drive in Akagera NP

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Description

-This 1 Day Akagera National Park short tour is a trip taking you to experience an African exceptional tour exploring the land of Thousand Hills in Rwanda’s wildlife destination. -This 1 day trip will give you a classic African safari outlook of Rwanda – the land of “a thousand Hills.” Akagera National Park is a mixture of Savannah and forested areas giving you varied sights of Rwanda. On your trip look out for mostly the big mammals. -This is the tour you will not find anywhere else because it gives multiple choice of activities to be done in one.

Tour Options

Standard Option
  • Shared Service Air conditioned Car Pickup included

Itinerary

1st option: Full Game Drive Today early morning we leave Kigali at about 5 am for a day trip to Akagera national park, which is about 2.5 hours away from Kigali. Akagera national park is majorly a Savannah park with Elephants, Zebras, Giraffes, Buffaloes, and recently introduced Lions. We shall take a long game drive in search of these mammals. The game drive can last about 7 hours depending on the animal sightings and interest. 2nd option: The Boat Trips and Short Game drive Today early morning we leave Kigali at about 5 am for a day trip to Akagera national park, which is about 2.5 hours away from Kigali and check in we will hurry up to Akagera Game Lodge to grab our packed Lunch and we will continue to Ihema lake for morning Boat trip to enjoy the park from water level that is surrounded by the crocodiles, hippos as well as birds. This boat safari with in Akagera Park along Lake Ihema where you will see many hippos and crocodiles. Aftrer the boat trip and we will make rwady for next game drive. Later We will drive on your way out of the park arriving in Kigali later that evening.

Highlights

Airport drop off (if it's on same day).
Professional guidance service
Lunch & Bottled Water in car.
Hotel pickup and drop-off service
Any other assistance related to this tour.
Transportation in 4x4 Car (Air-conditioned).

What's included

Included
Airport drop off (if it's on same day).
Professional guidance service
Lunch & Bottled Water in car.
Hotel pickup and drop-off service
Any other assistance related to this tour.
Transportation in 4x4 Car (Air-conditioned).
Not included
National Park fee and Taxes

Pickup Locations & Times

2000 Hotel is a starting point of our tour but if you would like us to offer you a pick-up service from where you will be. Please mention it with your location in booking form or you call us to inform us about your location any time before tour kick off.

Traveller Ratings

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Important Information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult

Reviews(10)

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mattnO5732AG
August 4, 2023
Beautiful country, beautiful animals, beautiful people

Where to start- not only is this company legit and trustworthy, they go above and beyond to accommodate every wish and need you have. They made everything EASY! The guides were beyond friendly- they were knowledgeable, fun, and (most importantly) good, good people. They treated me like family and went out of their way to ensure my comfort, safety, and enjoyment. I’m glad and grateful to have found them and will be back in Rwanda—and next time I come, I know exactly who to contact to plan for an amazing experience. Thank you, thank you, thank you! P.s. if you get Mugisha or Muhamed as your guide, consider yourself extremely lucky and please, please treat them well!

Operator response

Thank you for taking time to review our tour and we really appreciate your trust to us and your message show that you did trust us in vain, but we delivered to our promise...it is really our joy to you give your feedback and we hope time spent together will be steppingstone to build your future you are hoping to live in may alright God we serve grant you that.

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LaujithG
May 2, 2023
Amazing Leo & Yves

We had an excellent trip to Akagara Game Drive. Yves was our guide, and he was absolutely amazing. He was very knowledgeable and helpful. We were picked up on time from Kigali and we did a full-day trip through the park. Akagara is stunningly beautiful, and we saw Hippos, crocodiles, giraffes, baboons, zebras, antelopes, elephants etc. Yves took us back to an area where the lions usually hang out. Unfortunately, we were not able to see them. Yves was a great and responsible guide, and he is very knowledgeable too. Last but not least, a big shout to Leo, the trip organizer without his help we could not complete this trip. Thank you both Leo and Yves for your warm help

Operator response

amazing to see your review Laujith, we really appreciate your time to review us we know you are a busy person, but you manage to do that and i hope you are well with your family and we hope to see you again soon.

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emilylO8652WO
November 11, 2022
Amazing trip to Akagera National Park

We took a day trip from Kigali for a safari at Akagera National Park. Our guide, Augustin, was early to pick us up at our hotel. He was kind, professional, and very knowledgeable! It was a lengthy trip, however we had the opportunity to see every animal you could ever expect to see on a safari. It was an incredible experience and we would highly recommend Augustin as a guide and 1000 Hills as a tour company.

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Operator response

Thank you so much Emily for trusting us , we really enjoyed your time with us and it requires deep love for other people to sacrifice your valuable time to share your experience with others and it's really big contribution to future trip planning. May the Lord Almighty blesses you and strengths in everything you do and I hope we will meet again.

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Joseph6073
November 9, 2022
Wonderful experience

Claude was our guide and was absolutely amazing! He was very knowledgeable and accommodating. He picked us up in Kigali and we did a full day trip through the park. Akagara is stunningly beautiful. We saw zebras, elephants, giraffes, hippos and many more. Claude even took us back to an area where the lions usually hang out and we were able to see them. Two big lions in the open. Incredible experience and I highly recommend. Bathrooms are a couple of hours between stops so use them before starting. Food was decent at the halfway mark.

Operator response

thank you for your great review and your honesty

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eldriz1989
July 24, 2022
Amazing!

Akagera is well worth it. Our guide, Augustine, picked us up at 4 am and we set off to the park. After the normal checks we were on the Ahema lake boat trip by 7 am. We were able to see hippos and elephants from the boat, the guide was an expert on how to find the animals. After, we continued on game drive with Augustine. We saw Buffalo, giraffes, zebras, and many others. Augustine was very accomodating and was knowledgeable of the park and animals. He had already organized lunch for us in the park. Things were seamless and well coordinated. We came back at 7 30 to Kigali. Do not miss the boat ride!

Operator response

Thank you so much Andres for trusting us , we really enjoyed your time with us and it requires deep love for other people to sacrifice your valuable to share your experience with others and it's really big contribution to future tip planning. May the Lord Almighty blesses you and strengths in everything you do and I hope we will meet again.

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nalpha12
August 30, 2019
Great experience

We had great experience,we've seen most of animals, thanks to 1000 Hills Safaris,good guide, excellent service. We really enjoyer!

Operator response

Thank you so much for great testimonial.

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566juergenp
August 2, 2019
Akagera Nationalpark

Great trip! Excellent service. Saw a lot of animals. Good driver. A must do for every visit to Ruanda.

Operator response

Thank you so much for your great review. it's our joy to see you express yourself about your trip and it fuels our enthusiasm

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schinery
July 29, 2019
Great day out with plenty of wildlife to see

Really enjoyed the trip to Akagera national park, especially seeing Elephants, Hippos and Crocodiles in the wild. Not to mention Zebra, Giraffes and Baboons to name some more. Our driver was friendly and knowledgeable about the wildlife, and found plenty of great locations to see all the wildlife going on around you. One thing to note, make sure you’re prepared for some “African Massages” as some of the roads to the and in the park are a tad bumpy. Overall would throughly recommend...

Operator response

Thank you so much for your great review. It really fuels our enthusiasm if we receive such feelings from our customer and all credits goes to you and colleagues. You were great customers. Sure I will miss you.

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109alexs
July 29, 2019
So many animals, such a great day!

We had an excellent day today with Eve and 1000 hills! We were picked up on time and grabbed our packed lunch - one of us was vegetarian and this was no problem to accommodate. One we got to the park and started driving we saw so many of the animals - and more wonderful , many babies. I think we saw : crocodiles, hippos, giraffe, baboons, zebras, antelope and possibly the most exciting was a herd of elephants playing eating and playing by the waters edge. We didn’t see lions or rhinos but there are still only a few having been recently re-introduced and their numbers are still building. It really was such a wonderful day. Eve was a great responsible driver who was concerned both for our comfort and safety- and also the animals. Before the visit we had lots of communication from 1000 hills so we felt confident about the pick up time and what to expect. AMAZING!

Operator response

Thank you so much for your great review. It really fuels our enthusiasm if we receive such feelings from our customer and all credits goes to you and colleagues. You were great customers. Sure I will miss you.

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N3771
July 3, 2019
1000 Hills Tours and Travel.

I’ll just start by saying I had the most funny and interesting tour guides! Mr Placide and Augustine. This was a last minute booking btw and 1000 hills tours and travels came through for me in the most amazing way! I had VIP treatment and learnt so much about Rwanda from Placide and Augustine. Definitely planning a proper tour with them next time. Thank you guys for an amazing day! Check them out.

Operator response

Nelly you are still our favorite customer for years, we really appreciate your great review and time we spent together was a truly a blessing to us whole as team and Augustin and Placide still talking about you after these years. I wish all best in life.

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