Set to open in December 2018, Magashi Camp peers out over Lake Rwanyakazinga in a private concession of Akagera National Park. It is an intimate encampment that will allow guests to view up close the park’s 500 species of birds, as well as buffalo, lions, hippos, elephants, and giraffes in their natural habitats.
Funded in part by The Howard G. Buffett Foundation with the aim of contributing to the overall protection and development of the area, Magashi marks the latest addition to a park in the midst of revival.
The camp is being developed in partnership with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and African Parks, and will comprise six tents.
“As we celebrate our 35th year of changing lives in 2018, we are proud to announce this exciting partnership with the Rwanda Development Board and African Parks, further demonstrating our commitment to pioneering sustainable and authentic ecotourism in Rwanda,” comments Grant Woodrow, Wilderness Safaris Chief Operations Officer.
As gorilla tourism continues to grow in Rwanda, Woodrow comments that Magashi Camp could now complete the safari experience for visitors to the country. Tourists can see gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, savannah wildlife at Akagera and chimps and other primates on the western side of the country.
“This new classic camp will not only offer our guests an extraordinary savannah experience, but one that is strongly rooted in a core purpose – to help conserve Rwanda’s last protected savannah ecosystem and species like shoebill and black rhino,” Woodrow says
““There is no doubt that to date the overwhelming focus on gorillas has caused many travellers to miss beautifully scenic and productive savannahs of Rwanda. Now, with the launch of Magashi, our guests will have the ideal opportunity to combine an extraordinary gorilla experience at Volcanoes National Park whilst staying at Bisate Lodge, with a spectacular savannah safari at Akagera,” Woodrow noted
Having all but eliminated poaching, the 100,000-hectare park now boasts a thriving ecosystem, which saw the reintroduction of lions in 2015 after a 20-year absence, as well as endangered black rhinoceros in the same year.
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