Akagera Wildlife & Balloon Safari
- Day 1: Airport pick-up – Kigali
- Day 2: Kigali city tour – Akagera National Park – Boat trip
- Day 3: Akagera National Park – Game drives
- Day 4: Hot Air Balloon safari and departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Airport pick-up – Kigali
On arrival at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda, your safari driver guide will pick you up and drive you to a hotel in Kigali city where you will spend your first day and night in Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills.
Day 2: Kigali city tour – Akagera National Park – Boat trip
After breakfast at your hotel, you will visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, art and craft centers, museums, and other places of interest in Kigali city on a half-day city tour. After the tour, you will drive to Akagera National Park.
On reaching the park in the afternoon, you will have a short wildlife viewing moment as you drive to your safari lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will go for a boat cruise on Lake Ihema, expecting to see crocodiles and hippos submerged in water, and other animals at the shores of the lake grazing, drinking water, or cooling their bodies. You will also see a number of water birds.
Day 3: Akagera National Park – Game drives
On this full-day game viewing expedition in Akagera National Park, expect to encounter elephants, buffaloes, zebras, leopards, lions, hyenas, giraffes, rhinos, antelopes, among other animals and birds. You can choose to go for a guided nature walk later in the day. Overnight at your safari lodge.
Day 4: Hot Air Balloon safari and departure
Enjoy an hour flight in a hot air balloon over Akagera National Park to experience the park, its habitats, landscapes, and animals from a different angle. On landing, you will have a bush breakfast. Drive back to your safari lodge for check-out and exit the park. Enjoy an enroute game drive as you head back to Kigali for a drop-off at the airport for your flight back home or a flight to your next destination.
