The 4 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Culture Safari combines time in Kigali with a wildlife experience in Akagera National Park. The journey gives you a chance to discover Rwanda through its history and culture before heading into the countryside for game drives, wildlife viewing and a boat safari.
Rather than focusing on wildlife alone, this safari brings together two very different sides of Rwanda. You begin in Kigali, where you can learn more about the country and experience its modern city life, then continue to Akagera for open landscapes, lakes and wildlife.
Begin your 4 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Culture Safari in Kigali. After meeting your guide, start exploring the city and discover some of the places that help explain Rwanda’s history and identity.
Visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial and spend time learning about the country’s past and the events that shaped modern Rwanda. Continue through different parts of the city, taking in the streets, neighbourhoods and everyday life of the capital.
Depending on your arrival time, you can also visit a local market, explore Rwanda’s arts and crafts or enjoy time in one of Kigali’s lively areas before ending the day.
Leave Kigali and travel towards Akagera National Park in eastern Rwanda. The journey takes you from the capital into the countryside, where the scenery gradually opens up as you approach the park.
After arriving in Akagera, begin your introduction to the park with an afternoon game drive, depending on the timing of your arrival. Travel through the savannah and woodland areas while looking for wildlife and enjoying the changing landscape.
The afternoon gives you your first taste of the park before a full day of wildlife exploration on the following day.
Spend the main wildlife day of your 4 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Culture Safari exploring Akagera National Park.
Start with an early morning game drive and follow the park’s tracks in search of wildlife. As you move through different habitats, look out for animals and birds while taking in the open plains, woodland and wetland scenery.
Later, experience the park from the water on a boat safari on Lake Ihema. The slower pace of the boat allows you to watch the shoreline and look for animals around the lake while enjoying another perspective of Akagera’s landscape.
After the boat experience, continue exploring the area or return for some time to relax before the final day of the safari.
Begin the final day with another opportunity to experience Akagera National Park. Depending on your departure time, enjoy a morning game drive and make the most of your remaining time in the park.
Leave Akagera and begin the journey back to Kigali. The route takes you back through the Rwandan countryside before reaching the capital, where your 4 Days Rwanda Wildlife and Culture Safari comes to an end.