3 Days Burundi Cultural Tour & Kibira Wildlife Safari

August 19, 2024

3 Days Burundi Cultural Tour & Kibira Wildlife Safari

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BURUNDI CULTURAL TOUR OVERVIEW

This tour will give an experience to wonder about as you will first take a cultural tour around Bujumbura where you will visit the national museum in Gitega, and go to the explorers’ memorial where Hannington met with John Speke. Then go to the Kibira National Park which is the home of primate species in Burundi and one of the largest National Parks in Burundi. Finally, you will visit the southern source of the Nile at Rutovu-the longest River in Africa.

BURUNDI TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

DAY1: Bujumbura Cultural Tour
DAY2: Visit Kibira National Park
DAY3: The source of the Nile, Rutovu

DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1:Burundi Cultural Tour

After breakfast, you will first visit the cultural museum which displays the ancient traditions and artifacts of Burundi’s history. Then you will visit the Explorers Memorial and its huge rock where Hannington and John Speke met. This is a good photogenic place so you can take photos from here. Go around the good markets and the craft shops around the city.

After lunch you will head to Lake Tanganyika the main tourist destination in the city so here you will view the local fishing, you can also play several beach games like volleyball, take a boat ride on the lake, swim, Sunbathe, and many more. In the evening, you will enjoy the Gasimbo dance performance as you will see these amazing dancers spinning as if they have bones in their bodies

Accommodation Options: luxury, midrange & budget

Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Visit Kibira National Park

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will head to Kibira National Park, well you will have a guided nature walk or better yet go for chimps tracking and an encounter with man’s closest relatives; the chimpanzees; red-tailed colobus, black and white monkey is a dream to treasure forever! Not forgetting the very many tree species mainly trees found in the montane forests and you will also watch very many bird species like the great blue turaco. After lunch, you will take another expedition around the park since you cannot cover the whole forest at ago. Then you will head back to Bujumbura.

Accommodation Options: Luxury, Midrange & Budget

Meal plan: Bed, Breakfast

Day 3: Visit The Southern Source of the Nile

After breakfast, you will head to the Rutovu a river stream found in the small forest said to be the southern source of the Nile by several researchers.

In the afternoon you will drive to Gitega. En route, you will visit the Agasumoka Mwaro which Burundians consider as a historic place that served and still serves as the center of worship interest for the followers of an ancient traditional belief called the Imana. You will also visit the Gashora Drum Sanctuary where you will view these wonderful historical drums and also accompanied by the performances.

Then you will visit the Nyakazu tourist site (The German Gorge). This was the fort of Germans during World War I using it as a base to control the eastern part of the country by then, you will also enjoy its beautiful scenery. Then you will return to Bujumbura.

Meal plan: breakfast and lunch

The End of 3 Days Burundi Cultural Kibira Wildlife Safari.