Boat Cruise at Akagera National Park. Boat trips along the shores of Lake Ihema, Rwanda’s second largest lake, yield some great aquatic bird sightings, a single nicest way to explore the park and you can also spot some of the wildlife which do live in the waters of Ihema lake.
This will give you a great experience t increase on your animal counts you observed during the safari game drives. During your boat launch, keep an eye out for crocodiles, buffaloes and hippos as well as colorful Kingfishers, magnificent Fish Eagles, Egrets, Hammerkops and their enormous nests and even the prehistoric-looking Shoebill.
And the endemic species include; the jacanas, Ibis, plovers, herons, malachite Kingfisher, Hawk and many more.
The boat ride is roughly 2 – 3 hours which leaves you with a great memorable experience of the Rwanda national park.
Trips depart at 7.30am, 9am, 3pm and 4.30pm. There are also three pre scheduled boat trips (day, morning and sun set) in order to enjoy the park from water level that is surrounded by the crocodiles, hippos as well as birds.
The park authorities can also arrange tours on Lake Ihema in order to see the hippo pods and the huge Nile crocodiles that are hard to observe.
This is also the best way of viewing the park’s abundant water birds including the breeding colonies of noisy and the smelly cormorants as well as the open bill storks.
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