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The Akagera Game Lodge welcomes budget safari holidaymakers to experience the varied landscapes of the stunningly beautiful Akagera National Park. Strategically perched on an elevated ridge facing Lake Ihema, the motel like safari resort’s height offers sweeping views of the lush landscape all around you.

Rolling savannah covered with golden grass, dense lakeside forests, papyrus reed covered swamplands abounding with birds and terrestrial wildlife, these are the wild sights you can look forward to. When you arrive, you will be welcomed into an outdated reception, aesthetically adorned with Rwandan art and sculpture. The upper floor, accessible via a winding stairway, opens out an unpretentious bar and lounge area where you can spend time playing bao game.

Outside you will find two circular swimming pools. Spend time on your relaxing wilderness tour, sprawled in comfortable daybeds beside the pool as you watch kids playing in the separate wading pool. Or, enjoy a few rounds of tennis on the tennis court. Akagera Game Lodge offers a selection of 64 rooms, suites, and cottages in different specifications including interlinked rooms for use for families with children on a wildlife safari vacation in northeastern Rwanda.

Choose from the Standard Rooms, Double Rooms, Twin Bed Rooms and Family Room that are housed in double storied structures. Floor to ceiling doors, mosquito netting, a writing desk, chairs, TV and private balcony or patio together make the rooms modestly comfortable.

Some of the rooms face the Akagera savannah while others face Lake Inema. You could also choose from the two suites including the Junior Suite that include a comfortable lounge, dining area and bedroom with a king-sized bed. Also, the lodge offers two rondavel cottages created out of stone and thatch for the roofs with two floors. Each of them has a kitchenette and dining area. But, while one of them has three bedrooms, the other has two bedrooms.

The lodge also has Deluxe Rooms available. Dine on adequate meals served to you in the lodge's restaurant that extends out to a deck where you can order al fresco cuisine as you watch the antics of baboons on the lodge grounds. You might even be able to spot hippos wallowing in the lake or crocodiles sunning themselves on the banks.

Travel around the reserve for a closer look at the diverse variety of wildlife that Akagera Park is well known for. AfricanMecca Safaris will provide you an expert guide and a well-equipped safari vehicle. On your game drives and you might be able to spot some of the Big Five of Africa, the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, and buffalo. As your guide talks to you about the dedicated work conservationists like African Park are doing, he will point to you some of the astounding over 500 bird species that thrive here.

On your birding safari, look for the quirky shoebill, fish eagles, cormorants, herons, crowned cranes, gonolek and marabou storks to name a few. You can also spot herbivores like the rare swamp denizen, sitatunga, impala, giraffe, zebra, oribi, hippos and many others. Go on a walking safari in the bush to spot more birds and smaller animals, insects and the fascinating flora. Or go on a boat cruise on the lake, perhaps with some fishing gear to catch fish and cook it over an open campfire, another memorable activity of your trip in Akagera National Park.

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What We Like About Akagera Game Lodge

  1. An easily accessible location that can be reached with a two-hour drive from Kigali, Rwanda’s capital.
  2. Located inside the park boundary just within the southern entrance making game drives very convenient.
  3. The lodge offers child-friendly accommodation to family vacationers with interconnecting rooms, a distinct kids’ wading pool, and play area. On your request, high chairs and cribs are also provided.
  4. Strategic location on a ridge above Lake Inema offers superb vistas of the surrounding landscape.
  5. Value accommodation, so room prices are on the lower side.

Things To Note When Staying At Akagera Game Lodge

  1. Includes a conference hall that touring guests looking for an authentic safari experience can find disquieting.
  2. On fully booked nights, it caters to a large number of visitors (over 120 guests in 64 rooms) and thus misses out on the quiet, discerning experience in Akagera.
  3. Service and standards are variable. There is much need for improvement to maintain consistency.
  4. Outdated lodge rooms and common areas. Need for refurbishment.
  5. Lack of competition of other accommodations in the park has not led to an improvement of standards.
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When staying at Akagera Game Lodge in Rwanda, we recommend combining it with a gorilla and primate safari to Volcanoes (Parc National de Volcans), Nyungwe and a city tour of Kigali. You may optionally extend out to other wilderness areas of Gishwati-Mukura ending with a beach vacation at Lake Kivu or even extending out to the exotic spice island of Zanzibar or Lamu, or even Mombasa.

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