Safaris

Rwanda is an up-and-coming safari destination, with central Africa’s largest protected wetland in the Akagera National Park on the country’s eastern border with Tanzania.

With just over a thousand square kilometres, Akagera’s forest-fringed lakes, papyrus swamps, savannah plains and rolling highlands combine to make it amongst the most scenic of reserves.

It’s not uncommon for visitors to spend an entire day without seeing another vehicle, offering the impression it’s just you and the wilderness. Nevertheless, a lot is going on behind the scenes.

Since 2010, we have in place a joint venture with the highly-respected African Parks, a non-profit conservation organisation that takes on direct responsibility for the rehabilitation and long-term management of protected areas in partnership with governments and local communities.

Akagera is once again home to the Big Five, following the reintroduction of seven lions in 2015 – which bred successfully and doubled in number within a year – as well as 18 Eastern black rhinos in 2017. We have cut poaching to an all time low, with the introduction of a helicopter, a canine unit and rhino trackers.