Day Bujumbura international Pick up and transfer to your hotel Upon your arrival at Bujumbura international airport, you will meet our driver-guide to welcome and brief you about your daily activities, after which he will transfer you to your hotel. If you come in the morning, there will be an option to proceed with Bujumbura city tour. Overnight: Hotel du lac Tanganyika

Day Bujumbura City tour After your breakfast, our driver guide will meet you at your hotel and proceed with exploring Bujumbura city. Bujumbura is a city built on a valley, which gives it an exceptional panoramic view of the city. Along the city tour, we will visit the Mausoleum of Prince Louis Rwagasore, the hero of Burundi Independence, French cultural center and Saga Beach. Overnight: Hotel du lac Tanganyika

Day Animal viewing in Rusizi national park, Livingstone–Stanley Monument (45min) After your breakfast, you will drive about 10 minutes toward northwest of Bujumbura city to reach to Rusizi National. The park is crisscrossed by Rusizi River which stands as a great habitat to a great number of birds and hippopotamuses and is not too far from the DR Congo border, which makes the most spectacular natural area worth of visit. During your game, you will expect to see Monkeys, Antelopes, crocodiles and numerous bird species endemic to the region among others. Later after your lunch, you will visit the Livingstone –Stanley Monument and learn a little bit the history and culture of Burundi and get to know how Stanley met on 25th Nov, 1871 David Livingstone, pioneer Christian missionary who explored Africa in the pursuit of Nile. Later you will get returned to your hotel for the rest of the day. Overnight: Hotel Dolce Vita resort

Day Rumonge palm oil plantation experience and Rumonge City tour After your breakfast, you will drive about 2 hours passing through a variety of amazing landscape and beaches to get in Rumonge. It is the fourth largest city in Burundi found along Lake Tanganyika shores in the southern part of Burundi. Reaching in Rumonge, you get amazed by the huge palm oil plantation that covers the area. We will just experience how this palm oil is processed from the farm up the final product. After your lunch, later in the afternoon we will proceed with Rumonge city tour and learn how the city had been a tactic area by Belgians during colonial time. We will just visit some buildings that evoke the presence of whites in the city. Overnight:

Day Rumonge fishing experience After your breakfast, we will approach the Tanganyika Lake to witness and experience how Mukeke and Ndagara are made from its freshness up to its dryness. The Mukeke and Ndagara are the most preferred food in Burundi, you just taste it and be a part of its preparation. Overnight: Niyituronsa hotel

Day Driving via Nyanza Lac up to Mabanda hills, village walk After your breakfast, you will leave Rumonge and drive via Nyanza-lac in Makamba, the southern region of Burundi passing along Tanganyika lake and bordering Tanzania. The roads pass along Tanganyinka Lake and give you a panoramic view of the surrounding landscapes with a fresh air from Tanganyika Lake to take you in the high hills of Mabanda. This road will not leave you the same as it is covered with greenery plants and vegetation along the road. Later we will be walking in the Mabanda hills to meet people and experience their lifestyle. Overnight: Peroquet hotel

Day Transfer to Rutana, Karera waterfalls and German faults (96km) After your breakfast, you will get in your safari car and start driving toward Rutana. It is around 2-hour car drive. You will get in Rutana around 9 and start experiencing the Karera waterfalls which are divided into 4 waterfalls. The waters from the waterfalls have a healing powers that serve as medication. That’s why you will find local and international visitors coming in, stepping in the water to seek for the divine healing from the water. The site is surrounded by breathtaking sceneries that attract the attention of everyone. Later, after your lunch, you will visit the Nyakazu fault also known as German fault. The place is historical but also natural. It evokes the resistance of the King Mwambutsa’s soldiers toward German soldiers. You will learn how the German soldiers had been defeated during the war. After this you will get transferred to Gitega and stay at Helena Hotel Overnight: Tropitel hotel

Day Gitega National Museum, Gishora drum sanctuary and transfer back to Bujumbura After your breakfast, you will visit Gitega National museum to witness the Burundian culture. After which, you will visit Gishora drum sanctuary and be welcomed by royal drummers. You will be estonished by their rapidity in jumping in air and how talented they are. You will just learn and imitate how to beat drums and dance. After your lunch in Gitega, you will get transferred to Bujumbura and stay at Hotel Dolce Vita resort. Overnight: Hotel Dolce Vita Resort

Day The Pygmy community village walk After breakfast, we will have about 2-hour car drive to reach to Busekera pygmy village situated on the edge of the Kibira forest, just 4 km from the crossroads of the Bugarama town and start experiencing the semi-nomadic pygmy tribe known for their great skills for hunting and dancing. They are believed to be the original inhabitants of Burundi. Over just the past 50 years, the Batwa has been evicted from the forests of Burundi. They have been displaced in mass to support the creation of national parks and the establishment of tea plantations and other farms. They make a small minority of all the tribes in Burundi, just one percent of the entire population. They live in straw huts, which can host an entire family. You will just learn about their lifestyles and participate in the pottery making and you will see how women sell traditional clay cooking pots to survive, and as result, pottery becomes the key symbol of modern pygmy identity. Later in the evening, we will drive about 1h to Bujumbura and stay at Dolce Vita Resort. Overnight: Hotel Dolce Vita Resort