Rwanda
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.
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