One of the really cool things about Akagera is that it isn't as strictly regulated as other safari areas we'd been to in 2006. You have to check in and out and get a permit, so if you have car trouble hopefully they'd come looking for you, but then you can go on your own without a guide. We rented a pop-top Land Cruiser, and we (actually, Scott) could drive ourselves around whereever we wanted.
You can also get out of the car whereever you want (but not recommended by the hippos!). There aren't any "big cats" (lions, cheetahs, etc) here, but the freedom to drive and walk around are well worth the trade! :-) Here's a lunch break with Scott and Jill, and two of their friends in Rwanda, Joe and Sophie; you can barely see the zebras and giraffes in the background:
Akagera has a lot of varieties of antelope, water buffalo, giraffes, zebras, hippos, and elephants that weren't in an area we could see, and a reported rhino.
I love the flopsy ear on this baby zebra:
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