Akagera national park is located in the eastern part of Rwanda in Kibungo district, at the border with Tanzania. The park park covers an area of about 900 square kilometers with an altitude of 1250m-1825m above sea level.
Akagera National park is an archetypal African savannah landscape of tangled acacia woodland interspersed with open grassland. The park has swamps and lakes, and is where the source of the Nile is believed to be as water flows from this area all the way to Lake Victoria, going through up into the mighty River Nile.
Akagera National park was established in 1934 and is named after Akagera River which flows alongside on the Eastern side, and feeds into the many lakes around, the biggest being Lake Ihema. The park is a major wildlife destination park in Rwanda with a variety of flora and fauna. The park has over 400 bird species, and 250 mammal species. Some of the game in Akagera National park includes, lion, leopard, giraffe, elephants, buffalos, crocodiles, hippos, bush bucks, forest hogs, doted hyenas, and many more.
Some of the activities in Akagera national park include;
Game Drives: The game drives in Akagera will goes up to Mitumba, and you will encounter lots of game not found in most of the parks in the region such as the giraffe, the jackals, Zebra, the sitatunga, impala. Other games that are encountered include lion, leopard, bush bucks, bufallos among others.
Boat Cruise:  This is done on Lake Ihema where there is a concentration of hippos and crocodiles. This boat cruise will reward you with a clear view of these game as well as buffallos and elephants which tend to gather at the banks to drink water. You will have an opportunity to see lots of bird species such as the rare shoe bill stork, heron, kingfisher, papyrus gonolek  among others.
Birding: The Park is a perfect spot for birders with over 400 species, a highest number to be found in a small park like Akagera. Some of the birds expected include Collared Sunbird, European Bee-eater, Meyer’s Parrot, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Yellow-throated Greenbul, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Winding and Red-faced Cisticola, Yellow Bishop, Grey-capped Warbler, Mackinnon’s Shrike, Spur-winged Goose, Black Crake, Yellow-billed Duck and Woodland Kingfisher etc.
Other activities include spot fishing on the lakes, hiking of Mitumba hill, where you will be viewing the Karagwe Mountains in Tanzania.