A variety of wildlife found at Akagera National Park

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In the late 1990s, much of the savannah area of the park was settled in by former refugees returning after the end of the Rwandan Civil War. Due to land shortages, in 1997 the western boundary of the park was gazetted and much of the land was allocated as farms to returning refugees.

The park was reduced in size from over 2,500 km² to its current size. Although much of the best savannah grazing land is now outside the park boundaries, what remains of Akagera is some of the most diverse and scenic landscapes in Africa.

In 2009 the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the African Parks Network entered into a 20-year renewable agreement for the joint management of Akagera. The Akagera Management Company was formed in 2010 as the joint management body for Akagera National Park.

The Akagera Park is the most prominent Savanna reserve found in Rwanda. As compared to the other parts of Rwanda, this area is moderately warm and is a low altitude lying area whose plains are covered with thick, broad-leafed woodland as well as transparent acacia woodland plus patches of rising and falling grassland dotted with expressive stands of the cactus-like Euphorbia-candelabra shrub.

The western part of these plains supports a chain of low-altitude mountains, which attain heights ranging from 1,600 meters to 1,800 meters. The eastern area of the park has a large wetland, while the great Akagera River directly feeds an intricate of several lakes joined by broad papyrus swamps as well as winding water streams.