4 Days Birding Rwanda

As soon as you land in Kigali, our Safaris tour guide will pick you up and welcome you. You will then immediately begin bird watching because Rwanda is home to some of the country’s most welcoming biodiversity. After that, you’ll be driven to the hotel or lodge to check in.

Today, you’ll travel to Akagera National Park, which is located approximately five hours from Kigali City. Later in the afternoon, you’ll go on a game drive where you might see elephants, zebras, giraffes, impalas, topis, bush bucks, eland, warthogs, baboons, mongooses, hippos, crocodiles, and different kinds of birds.

You will start your full day of bird watching in Akagera National Park after breakfast, and you’ll be amazed by all what you see. Mainly the numerous bird species that inhabit the park, including many that are endemic to it and extremely rare, like the papyrus gonolex, which lives in papyrus swamps and range from water to forest, savannah, and more. You will take a boat ride along Lake Ihema in the afternoon, giving you the chance to get up close to a variety of water birds, such as numerous African fish eagles, marabou storks, crowned cranes, open-billed storks, cormorants, herons, and egrets. You might even be fortunate enough to spot the elusive shoebill stork.

You will have a drive after breakfast as you depart for the park, eat lunch along the way, and then return to the airport in time for your evening flight.