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Meet and greet with your tour guide and then transfer to your hotel.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We stay overnight at the Retreat Kigali.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->"},{"title":"Kigali - Akagera National Park\u00a0","content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Delicious breakfast at 9am at the hotel and then transfer to Akagera National Park, the park lies in eastern Rwanda, boarding the republic of Tanzania. It is an open savanah national park characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain is home to a variety of wildlife including leopards, buffaloes, zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. 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