10K views · 416 reactions | Akagera National Park lies in eastern Rwanda, hugging the border with Tanzania.  It's characterized by woodland, swamps, low mountains and savannah. The varied terrain shelters wildlife including zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions and hundreds of bird species, such as the rare shoebill stork. | Rwanda the Heart of Africa | Facebook

Akagera National Park’s lion population has seen an incredible recovery since the reintroduction of the species just six years ago. As apex predators, Akagera’s lions were hunted to local extinction in the late 1990s when refugees returning to Rwanda after the genocide turned to the park’s resources for survival. Lions were absent from the park for almost two decades before African Parks, together with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), reintroduced seven individuals in 2015, followed by an add