Tag: Akagera NP /Rwanda/
area: 1,122 km2/433 mi2
The lake environment of Akagera National Park in northeastern Rwanda is magnificent and its campsites with electric fences are unique in the Gorilla Highlands region. Its fauna specials are the zebra, the giraffe and the rare roan antelope. Lions were introduced in 2015 while black rhinos returned in 2017 restoring the park’s Big Five status. There are also elephants, leopards, hippos, buffalos, eleven species of antelope and almost 500 different bird species. The diversity of wildlife and landscapes – a string of lakes to the east and rolling grassland hills to the west – make Akagera well worth visiting. It combines beautifully with Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park .
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Giraffe Gyrations
145mm, 1/250s, f/5, ISO400 Rwanda’s mountain gorillas understandably steal much of the country’s headlines as far as wildlife tourism goes. But Akagera National Park in the country’s east is a wonderful experience of the more “typical” kind with plenty of the usual suspects: giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, zebras, lions and rhinos (though the latter two can…
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Black Rhinos’ Big Return to Rwanda: What Happened in Uganda?
This week 10 Eastern black rhinos arrive to Akagera National Park, completing their move from South Africa. Beasts from the first batch are already grazing in the savannah on the Tanzanian border. Rwanda’s last indigenous rhinos were spotted exactly 10 years ago. Some decades earlier over 50 black rhinos called Akagera their home, however, relentless…
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First Lion Cubs Spotted in Akagera
The Gorilla Highlands region is beautifully complemented by two savannah national parks, Queen Elizabeth in Uganda and Akagera in Rwanda. Both parks were severely disturbed due to armed conflicts that took place decades ago and their animal populations are still rebuilding. Queen Elizabeth NP has risen close to its former glory – in the colonial days…