Visit Congo for an amazing wild safari
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Burundi is a country with many attractive sites including Rusizi National Park and the snake and Culture Museum. Your tour to Burundi will include visits to Mugara Hot springs, Local oil palm production, Ruvubu National park, and drum sanctuary of Gishora.
Arrive early in Bujumbura and check in the hotel; Safari Gate Hotel. Have a city tour at noon to Bunyezi Muslim center, the snake and culture Museum and Belvedere climb which offers a beautiful scenic view of Bujumbura and Lake Tanganyika. Overnight at Safari Gate Hotel.
Drive to Rusizi National Park, home to hippos, antelopes, monkeys, and numerous species of colorful birds. See where River Rusizi empties into Lake Tanganyika. Afterward route your way to Explorers’ Memorial, a massive rock in the suburbs of Bujumbura commemorating meeting between explorers John Speke and Hannington. Visit Albert’s zoo and enjoy a Tuk-Tuk tour on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Dinner and overnight at Safari Gate Hotel.
After breakfast, drive to the source of Nile and the amazing waterfalls. Continue to Gitega to visit the drum sanctuary of Gishora famous for drum making. The area has two ritual drums that have never been beaten. Ruciteme-the one for whom we clear the forest and Murimirwa- the one for whom we cultivate. Besides, they are other ordinary drums which the Batimbo (drummers) used during special occasions of the country. Afterwards, visit the National museum and the Gitega city tour including the catholic village.Dinner and night at Tropitel Hotel.
Drive south, Nyanza in no small palm tree plantation and visit the palm oil production. Later on, have nature walk-off Kigwena Forest Reserve; home to monkeys, baboons and various bird species.
Drive south, Nyanza in no small palm tree plantation and visit the palm oil production. Later on, have nature walk-off Kigwena Forest Reserve; home to monkeys, baboons and various bird species. Dinner and overnight at Tanganyika Blue Bay Resort.
Visit the Hot springs of Mugara comprising two falls that form a basin of downstream. The springs also enter Lake Tanganyika with a natural flow. After, visit the fishing village then return to Bujumbura with a stop at Blue Bay Resort for fishing. Dinner and overnight at Safari Gate Hotel.
Day at leisure before traveling back home.
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Location
Your safari trip will take place in several locations in Uganda including Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Bwindi Forest National Park.
Food
We do not cover meals because we do not know what you will want to eat as there is plenty to eat here.
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
• Regular ( typically includes meat and fish ).
If you have special dietary requirements it’s a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
How to get here, Uganda – Arrival by airplane
