Akagera National Park: Viewing exotic wildlife in their native habitat

At 5.30am on January 11, I took off in a jeep from Kigali to visit Akagera National Park. The drive to Akagera, located in Eastern Rwanda on the border with Tanzania, is about 2.5 hours long. We drove through peaceful rice fields and sleepy villages and it was a refreshing change from the bustling pace of Kigali. We arrived at the entrance to the park around 8.00am.
Top: A breathtaking view of buffalos in the park, below, zebras grazing, below left, the pool at Akagera Game Lodge and far below, the monkeys of the park.
Top: A breathtaking view of buffalos in the park, below, zebras grazing, below left, the pool at Akagera Game Lodge and far below, the monkeys of the park.
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