Lake Rwanyakazinga is one of the great scenic Lakes in the north eastern section of Akagera National Park in Rwanda. The newly luxury Magashi Camp is situated in the productive and phenomenally diverse overlooking this beautiful Lake Rwanyakazinga.
Lake Rwanyakazinga is also a home to hippos and crocodiles and countless bird species in Akagera National Park. Visitors a variation on the typical safari should consider a boat trip on Lake Ihema, this is the biggest lake in Akagera National Park. A boat safari along Lake Ihema takes you through fringe forest amidst Hippos and beautiful aquatic birds.
Lake Rwanyakazinga -Akagera National Park
Apart from the beautiful Lake Rwanyakazinga and Lake Ihema, Akagera has Lake Shakani, this the perfect site for sport fishing. Get time and spare a relaxing day fishing from the shores of the lake before cooking your catch over an open fire at your campsite. Visitors interested in sport fishing are advised to bring their fishing gears
Big herds of buffaloes can be spotted towards the shores of Lake Rwanyakazinga, the second-largest in the park after Ihema. Akagera National Park holds thousands of zebras, topis and impalas in the park, which makes them the easiest animals to view.
Guests staying at Magashi Camp get to explore Lake Rwanyakazinga on a boat safari an excellent opportunity to discover nature around the Lake.
Akagera National Park combines well with Nyungwe National Park and the Volcanoes National Park to offer a great safari element as it is home to many large plains game species as well as species restricted to the papyrus swamps such as the Sitatunga and the sought-after Shoebill Stork. Notable plains game include elephant, buffalo, topi, zebra, waterbuck, roan antelope and eland.
Other antelope are duiker, oribi, bohor reedbuck, klipspringer, bushbuck and impala. Of the primates, olive baboons, vervets and the secretive blue monkey are seen during the day, with bushbabies often seen on night drives.
Do not leave Rwanda without taking a life changing journey to Volcanoes National Park to track Mountain Gorillas or do the golden Monkey trek. This has been one of the most thrilling African experiences that guests have found so memorable and ideal for tourist of all ages above years