10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure Trip Overview
The 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure will give the greatest safari experience to explore some of the major attractions in Burundi within 10 days, as you go about Burundi from Bujumbura city to the various national parks and Lakes. Request a Quote
Day 1: Arrive at Bujumbura International airport.
Your 10 days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure begins with your arrival at Bujumbura International Airport. Our company representative will welcome you, brief you on the 10-day safari, and then transfer you to your hotel Stay at Club du Lac Tanganyika Hotel/Novotel Bujumbura/Source du Nil Hotel.
Day 2: Bujumbura City Tour. Stay at Club du Lac Tanganyika Hotel/Novotel Bujumbura/Source du Nil Hotel
After breakfast, we set out to explore the beautiful capital city, a bustling town with a population of some 200,000 inhabitants. In this 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure we shall explore places that includes the national stadium, mosque, three museums (including the museé vivant (Living Museum), a reconstructed open-air village displaying Burundian culture), and the Islamic Cultural Centre. There is also an excellent market.
Day 3 – 4 Transfer to Rusizi National Park.
Parc National de la Rusizi, popularly known as Rusizi National Park, lies 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura. Moreover, the park covers 30,000 acres and divides into two sections: the larger section stretches along the eastern bank of the Rusizi River, known as the Palm Forest, while the smaller section forms the Rusizi delta at the entry point of Lake Tanganyika.
At the end of the track, if you are lucky enough, you may encounter a few crocodiles fast asleep on the golden sand of the river banks. Rusizi national park is composed of forest (50%), artificial landscapes (23%), shrub land (18%), and grassland (7%). This makes this national reserve a home of numerous wildlife species hence a wonderful Burundi tourist destination.
Rusizi national park hosts Wildlife species which include hippopotamus, antelopes, a few crocodiles and monkeys, along with numerous species of colorful birds. There are over a thousand different plant and tree species like the Acacia albida and the Euphorbia candelabrum to be found in the northern part of the reserve. Right in the deepest part of the reserve you will be able to marvel at the natural ponds of different sizes left by the Rusizi meanders.
Day 5-6: Transfer to Kibira national park Stay at Park Lodge
Situated at the top of the apex Zaire-Nile, with its 40,000 ha of preserved forest land, is the largest completely untouched natural area in Burundi. Kibira national park and Mt. Teza are located at an altitude of 4500-7000ft. Mt. Teza is a superb range of mountains on the Zaire- Nile ridge. Its wildlife constitutes a real shelter for chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys like cercophitecus and black colobus, and crested mangabeys scattering away upon the approach of human beings and defying all laws of equilibrium and gravity.
Day 7 – 8: Transfer to Rwihinda Lake Natural Reserve.
After breakfast, we shall continue this 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure by transferring to Rwihinda Lake Natural Reserve. Located in the north of Burundi, immediately north of the town of Kirundo close to the Rwandan border, Lake Rwihinda. The area of the Lake is 425ha, but the total protected area has been extended to cover 8,000ha. Lake Rwihinda Natural Reserve is a real sanctuary for migratory aquatic birds which come to the site by the thousands to reproduce. All these now protected birds can nest more and more on the green swamps and islets of the lake. Crested Cranes and Herons are some of the birds that live there. The visitor can drift along on barges and manage to approach many birds without frightening them off.
Day 9: Transfer to Bujumbura.
We shall continue this 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure by transferring back to Bujumbura and Stay at Club du Lac Tanganyika Hotel.
Day 10: End of Tour and departure
After your breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred to catch up with you flight back home. Request a Quote
End of the 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure.
Exclusions in 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure:
- Transportation on a 4 x 4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as listed on the itinerary
- Service of an English speaking driver guide
- Boat cruises as mentioned in the itinerary
- Park entrance fees
- Enough Bottled mineral water
- All activities specified in the itinerary inclusive of applicable entrance fees
Inclusions in 10 Days Best of Burundi Safari Adventure:
- Expenses of a personal nature:
- International Airfare,
- Visa,
- Tips to local guides,
- Porter fee while trekking,
- Personal insurance,