Camping Sites in Rwanda

Rwanda has different precise camping sites providing the best view of the endless rolling hills, sweet morning melodies from the birds, a great sight of the thick deep green rainforests, and a great sight of the rising and setting sun, designated by the government and the ministry of tourism proved with a high grade of safety to the visitors on camping safaris.

While in Rwanda, Camping is an interesting outdoor activity of spending a holiday while enjoying overnight stays in a tent. As a recreational hobby, it attracts people of all age groups. If you are a nature lover and you are planning a safari in Rwanda this season, these Camping Spots in Rwanda are the perfect option to make your dream come true.

Muyumba Campsite

Muyumba campsite in the south end of Akagera national park the closest to the main entrance of the park is among the budget camping sites in Rwanda raised on the ridge overlooking the stunning lake Shakani and Ihema offering a great beautiful glimpse of Tanzania and an enormous backdrop of the sun rising. Rates per person per night are USD 25 for all international, regionals, and locals. Many visitors that travel to this site for camping also delight in various activities like game drives in Akagera National Park.

Mutamba Campsite

Mutamba campsite further north of Akagera national park is another budget camping site in Rwanda situated in a game-rich area with a high population that resides like elephants, elands, buffaloes, and a number of antelopes in the park with endless rolling evergreen grassland hills the only one beside Muyumba that is fenced making it very safe to the nature lovers. Rates per person per night are USD 25 for all international, regionals, and locals.

Shakani Campsite

Another campsite in Rwanda is Shakani campsite on the south edge of Akagera national park gorgeously located on the banks of Lake Shakani the only campsite with running water with flushing toilets and solar heated showers offering an overwhelming view of the lake, a fresh calm breeze from the lake, humorous sweet sounds of the birds in the air, and on the water shores, take part in fish spotting as you as well watch the hippos from a distance. Enjoy the great calm night USD 25 per person per night, international, regionals, and locals.

Mihindi Campsite

Mihindi campsite is the newest reserved budget camping site also located in Akagera national park with a great sight of the game like the hippos and other mammals, surrounded by a low-lying electric fence to daunt hippos, buffaloes, elephants, and other mammals, flushing toilets, BBQ and solar heated shower with the old research house been rehabilitated into a coffee shop all to make it remarkable for you. Rates for international adults; are USD 50 per person per night, Children USD 30 per person per night, Regional adults; are USD 50 per person per night, Children USD 30 per person per night, Local; are USD 50 per person per night, Children USD 30 per person per night.

Uwinka Campsite

The camping site is located in Nyungwe forest National Park and it offers stunning views of the forest. It features a wooden platform under a shelter where visitors pitch their tents. However, it is important to note that visitors that come to this place ought to carry their own food since there are no kitchen facilities except a small cafeteria that sales simple drinks and meals.

Camping gears can be organized by your tour operator at an extra fee, however, we advise travelers to pack their own camping equipment to help them save some dollars. In case you are in need of a lifetime camping adventure in Rwanda, simply get in touch with our professional and friendly

reservation team.

Red Rocks Campsite

The property is located near the volcanoes national park home to the mountain gorillas.

Macheo Ecolodge Camping

It is located on top of a hill with a beautiful view over lake Kivu. There is no room to park inside the gate but it felt safe – there isn’t much else around. Food is delicious and VERY reasonably priced, WiFi is very fast, toilets are very nice and clean, showers aren’t hot but I think they may be solar powered. Lovely outdoor seating areas. Beautiful place with a view of the lake Kivu. Camping site available (green grass), bar and restaurant with good food.

Luxury Camping Sites in Rwanda

Magashi Camp

Perched on the banks of Lake Rwanyakazinga in Akagera National Park, Magashi Camp is poised to open your eyes onto another dimension of Rwanda’s rich wildlife. With the mountain gorillas and the chimps ensconced in the jungles of the east, Akagera is instead given over to a teeming abundance of plains game – and even the odd glimpse of the Big Five. Seen from the luxury of Magashi Camp, where eight gorgeous tents teeter over hippo-filled waters and a magnificent boma crackles beneath the night sky, this is the Rwanda you never knew existed.

A three-hour drive from Kigali will lead you out of mountainous foothills and instead into the grassy savannah of Akagera National Park. Tucked into a northeastern corner, on its own private patch of land, you’ll find Magashi. The wildlife is abundant here, with lions and black rhino both reintroduced in recent years. Making the most of their exclusive-use patch, Magashi offers both boating safaris on their decked-out swamp cruisers and game drives by day and night.

Karenge Bush Camp

Karenge Bush camp is a budget accommodation found in the eastern part of Akagera National Park Rwanda. Karenge means the “footprint” in Kinyarwanda. You can be at the lodge by either road transport from Kigali International Airport. Akagera national park is an important conservation area that runs for about 100 km down the country on the eastern side of the Tanzania border. It takes two and a half hours to drive from the Airport to Akagera national park.

Ruzizi Tented Lodge

With a maximum of 20 guests, Ruzizi Tented Lodge is a charming mid-range camp, overlooking Lake Ihema in Rwanda’s Akagera National Park. The camp’s nine tents are spaced widely apart on either side of a thatched reception and dining area, set back from the lake shore and hidden among swaying palms and fruiting fig trees. Each tent has an en-suite bathroom, a dressing area and comfortable queen or twin beds, with a small patio at the front and accessible by wooden boardwalks. The lodge was designed to blend in with the surrounding environment in order to create a feel of being connected to nature. Where possible, trees and vegetation were left undisturbed during the construction, and even incorporated into the structure. The lodge is powered by solar energy and prides itself on being environmentally conscious.

Interested in renting camping gear in Rwanda this season, we at Universal Ventures Rwanda offer all the camping gear from tents, mattresses, lamps, self-drive, and guided road with strong 4×4 safari car with roof top tent just a matter of contacting us by simply emailing us at info@universalventuresrwanda.com or calling us at +250781441853 (Call/WhatsApp) to get in touch with the reservation team.