Bujumbura City Tour Burundi
Bujumbura City Tour Burundi: Formerly known as Usumbura, Bujumbura is Burundi’s capital city and harbor. Cotton, tin ore, and coffee are the country’s main exports. Pierre Nkurunziza, the former president of Burundi, declared in late December 2018 that he would fulfill a 2007 pledge to restore Gitega to its previous position as a political capital, while keeping Bujumbura as the country’s economic capital and commercial hub. All organs of government were expected to move to Gitega within three years after the proposal was to be formally approved by the Burundian Parliament on January 16, 2019.
After Bujumbura was established as a military post in German East Africa in 1889, it expanded from a small village. It became the administrative capital of the Belgian League of Nations’, Ruanda-Urundi mission following World War I. From Usumbura to Bujumbura, the name was changed after Burundi gained independence in 1962. Since then, country’s two major ethnic groups have been fighting in Bujumbura, where Hutu militias attack the Tutsi-dominated Burundi army.
Activities for city tours in Bujumbura
The city offers a variety of day trip attractions in Burundi, some of which are included below. It is a tiny yet interesting city.
Bujumbura Golf Club
Founded in 1962, Bujumbura Golf Club (BGC) is the only golf club in Burundi and serves a wide clientele of players from both inside and outside the nation.
Livingstone-Stanley Monument
The Livingstone–Stanley Monument at Mugere, Burundi, found 12 kilometers south of the capital Bujumbura, overlooking Lake Tanganyika. It commemorates the two nights that explorer Henry Morton Stanley and explorer and missionary Dr. David Livingstone spent there on November 25–27, 1871. The Explorers Memorial is a huge rock in the Bujumbura suburbs that honors the meeting between Stanley and Livingstone.
Unity monument and Independence hero mausoleum
This is best source of information about Burundi’s independence and the differences between the past and present.
The city museum
One of the first curiosities is to identify Burundi’s artistic, natural, and cultural heritage established in 1977. The museum has both man-made and natural wonders and is located in a three-hectare park in the heart of Bujumbura. You can explore an aquarium with rare fish species from Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest lake, different species of snakes that the zoo guide will let you handle safely and easily, some species of birds in Burund, crocodiles, antelopes, and leopard species, and a replica of a royal palace with handicrafts carved by skilled artisans.
Tanganyika Lake
With a total size of 32,000 km2, Lake Tanganyika is considered the world’s longest lake, spanning around 670 km from north to south (with an average width of 50 km). It is more than 1400 meters deep and holds the record for being the second-deepest lake in the world, after Baikal. The sedimentary layers at the bottom are 6000 meters deep. With an area of 18800 km2, Lake Tanganyika is Africa’s second-largest freshwater reservoir, behind Lake Victoria. With over 1300 plant and animal species from tiny algae to crocodiles—and over 300 kinds of big and small fish, invertebrates, and plants of which around 500 are endemic biodiversity is truly astounding.
Rusizi National Park
One important activity is visiting Rusizi National Park, where you may take a boat trip to get an up close with the hippos and different species of birds that can be seen along Rusizi River.
Islamic Culture Center Bujumbura
A mosque is a special place for Muslims to experience Islamic culture in Burundi.
coffee and tea factory Burundi.
Burundi’s primary exports and revenue streams are coffee and tea. You will experience every stage of the coffee production process up to the finished product during your trip to Burundi. On the spot, a cup of coffee will be served, and you may purchase coffee there.
Belvedere Hill
Belvedere Hill provides magnificent views of the city and Lake Tanganyika.
Unwind at the beach.
You may enjoy fresh fish and a refreshing bottle of wine or beer on the pleasant sand beaches along Lake Tanganyika.
How to get around Bujumbura City
Travelers can either use a car or a Tuk-tuk, which we recommend for the first part of the tour. Later, you may use the car.
How safe is it to go on a city tour in Bujumbura by yourself?
In general, it’s safe to travel to Burundi during the day, and visitors should be ready to hear the word “Muzungu,” which refers to white people. It’s sociable rather than hostile, so stay away from nighttime travel, and lastly, take care of your possessions.
Travel tips for exploring Bujumbura
It is advised to take the full-day city tour so as to have a full experience of African touch and culture which includes a local meals and drinks, before heading back to the lodge. Avoid travelling solo in late night hours, hire well known and experience tour operator like Africa Adventure vacations for a successful Burundi safari
