Professional Review

Constructed in the 1970s and managed for several years by the Belgian airline Sabena (when it was known as the Akagera Hotel), this is the only game lodge in Akagera National Park, a relatively low-lying tract of acacia savannah and wetland habitats associated with the Kagera River on Rwanda's eastern border with Tanzania. Situated about two hours' drive east of the capital Kigali and about four hours by road from Volcanoes National Park (the Rwandan center for gorilla tracking), the lodge stand