12 Days Burundi Expedition

In the morning, a boat trip to the Rusizi national park until to Lake Tanganyika, visit the livingmuseum, the memorial stone of the meeting of explorers David Livingston and Henry M.Stanley, return downtown for lunch. Afternoon, visit the various monuments of the city includingthe Independence Square, the mausoleum of the hero of independence, Prince Louis Rwagasole, the place of unity” Ubumwe”,
Return to the hotel.

After breakfast at 7:00 am and leave Bujumbura to Rumonge; located to the southwest on thewestern piedmont of the ridge, on flat land between the Lake Tanganyika and the road (800 ma bove sea level), Kigwena reserve is the only sample of Peru Guinea Mesophilic Forest in Burundi and it is a dense forest where the spreading treetops sway over 30m in height. It includes monkeys, especially baboons, but birds and butter flies are the greatest wealth of the reserve.

After finish to explore the reserve drive to Rumonge on the beautiful beach at Tanganyika Bluebay resort for lunch (swimming opportunity).

Leaving Nyanza lac we go through a spectacular road to the city of Makamba and we will start our visit by the southernmost source of the Nile River in Rutovu (White Nil), we stop for lunch and continue to the extraordinary Karera waterfalls.

Gitega is the current political capital of the country since 2019, a city located exactly in the middle of the country and the ideal city where one can get acquainted with the historical and cultural heritage of Burundi, in the national museum of Gitega.

After breakfast at the hotel, our visit begins at the National Museum of Gitega, then Boma the former residence of German governor before the first world war; then drive to Gishora to meet the famous drummers to attend a fascinating show combining the sound of the drumbeat todances, heroic poetry and traditional songs, and we go to Bugenyuzi to see the ”intores” in the province of Karuzi and drive to Muyinga.

After an early morning breakfast at 6:00 am and enter in to the park. We will explore the parkandtry tofind wildlifeforabout 2 to3 hours inthemorning. Later, return to the hotel for lunch and in the evening return to the park again for an hour.

Ruvubu National Park is the largest protected park and ecosystem in the country (more than50,000 ha), located in the lower valley of the Ruvubu River, which drains nearly a third of the area of Burundi and is the southernmost tributary oftheNilebasin.Thisparkisasavannahwith75%trees and shrubs, 15%wooded, 8%grassyand 2%forest galleries.

The buffalo (cobedefassa), the roan antelope, the cobe (Coberedunca) and the red colobus are found there. It’s also a site of bird species dependent on: large mammals; these birds include large vultures, some raptors and the oxpecker.

Spend another day in the park, looking for animals not seen on the previous day.

After an early morning breakfast at 6:00, drive to the north of Burundi, on the border withRwanda, a series of eight small bird lakes offer an impressive natural spectacle: Cohoha, Gacamirindi, Gitamo, Kanzigiri, Mwungere, Narungazi, Rweru and Rwihinda, these lakes are part of the Nile River watershed, but we will visit only two of them Cohoha and Rwihinda lakes.

Rwihinda Lake, bird’s lake

Our trek in the park begins where we leave the car to go into the primary forest that will offerviews of his varied and subtle vegetation. (In this forest, possible to cross animals such as whiteand black Columbus monkeys, baboons and chimpanzees.) and the green velvet hills teaplantations spread to infinity, a beautiful landscape; we leave Kibira direction to Batwa village of Busekera where you attend a small demonstration of traditional dances,
Return to Bujumbura.

On this day you will stay at the hotel relaxing or do some optional activities in the park.

After breakfast at the hotel, we go to the souvenir market, lunch at the hotel, afternoon direction to the beaches of Bujumbura to relax on the shores of LakeTanganyika.

In accordance with the departure time, we will take you to the airport. End of service!