Akagera National Park

Kayonza district, eastern Rwanda

Mid-range
nature

Central Africa’s Big Five comeback story: lions reintroduced in 2015, rhinos in 2017, now roaming lakes-and-papyrus country beside the Akagera River. Boat safaris on Lake Ihema, giraffe-dotted plains and a park you can genuinely cover in two days from Kigali.

Country: Rwanda
Area: Kayonza district, eastern Rwanda
Category: nature · Mid-range
Location: -1.8754, 30.7189 — opens OpenStreetMap (needs signal)

Photos

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Akagera National Park — photograph 2 — Fikiri-jenly, via Wikimedia Commons

Akagera National Park — photograph 3 — UWIMPUHWE Va, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

Akagera National Park — photograph 4 — Charlene Du Toit, via Pexels

Akagera National Park — photograph 5 — Charl Durand, via Pexels

Akagera National Park — photograph 6 — Eastland Adventures, via Pexels

Akagera National Park — photograph 7 — Collines Omondi, via Pexels