Countries: Rwanda and Burundi
Destinations: Kigali, Nyungwe National Park, Bujumbura, Rusizi National Park, and Gitega
Itinerary at Glance
Day 1: Arrive Kigali
Day 2 : Transfer to Bujumbura with an en route canopy walk
Day 3: Bujumbura city tour
Day 4: Visit to Karera Falls
Day 5: Visit to Gitega & Gisora Drum Sanctuary before return to Kigali
Day 6: Departure
Overview
The 6 days Rwanda Burundi cross cultural adventure safari, starts in Rwanda and takes you all the way to Burundi. You will have opportunity to experience cultural diversity that allies in between these two countries, where you will start with a canopy walk experience, before crossing over to Burundi, engage in Bujumbura city tour, later a visit to Karera waterfalls and finalize with a great cultural performance at Gishora, before you cross back to Kigali.
High lights.
- Bujumbura city tour
- Visit to Kigali genocide memorial
- River Rusizi
- Gishora drum sanctuary
- Gitega city tour
- Karera waterfalls
- Kigali city tour
- Canopy walk at Nyungwe
Day 1 : Arrive in Kigali.
Day Itinerary
Upon arrival in Kigali international Airport, you will be subjected to immigration process, before exiting the airport and meeting up with your guide, who will be happy to welcome you to Rwanda, share a short briefing and later proceed to your booked hotel in Kigali.
Overnight stay at : Quiet Heaven Hotel
Meal Plan : Breakfast
Day 2: Transfer to Burundi
Day Itinerary
Meet your guide early in the morning at 4 :30 am, jump into your jeep and find your way to Nyungwe, reach and undertake a canopy walk, which is a 70 m suspended metallic bridge, which rewards you with a great forest view. Later proceed with your drive towards the Ruhwa border, with an en route lunch. You will undertake immigration procedures and later you proceed to Burundi, and drive to Bujumbura. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Overnight stay at: Hotel Club du lac Tanganyika
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 3: Bujumbura city tour and Rusizi National Park
Day Itinerary
After an early morning breakfast at the hotel, we start our trip by driving to Rusizi National Park, which is just roughly 20 minutes’ drive away for a boat trip to the Rusizi National Park which harbors hippos, crocodiles and a number of bird species. We shall be able to reach Lake Tanganyika, watch fishermen go about their day fishing activity on the lake. Later, we return and drive to the DR Congo border, before we drive back to Bujumbura and visit the living museum, the memorial stone of the meeting of explorers David Livingston and Henry M. Stanley, return downtown for lunch. Afternoon, visit the various monuments in the city including the Independence Square, the mausoleum of the hero of independence, Prince Louis Rwagasole, the place of unity” Ubumwe”, and later on, we shall drive back to our hotel, for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight stay at: Hotel Club du lac Tanganyika
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 4: Excursion to the Karera Falls and the southernmost source of Nile River
Day Itinerary
Today, after getting done with our morning breakfast at 7:30 am, we shall leave Bujumbura and drive to Bururi, for a visit to the southernmost source of the Nile River in Rutovu (White Nil), and continue to the extraordinary Karera waterfalls, undertake a hike and walk at the famous waterfalls and as the sun falls down, we shall gather at our booked accommodation, for dinner and overnight stay.
Overnight stay at: Isango Hotel.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 5: visit to Gitega, Gishora and transfer back to Rwanda.
Day Itinerary
Breakfast will be served on time, before we jump onto our jeep and head to explore Gitega city.
Gitega is the current political capital of the country since 2019, a city located exactly in the middle of the country and the ideal city where one can get acquainted with the historical and cultural heritage of Burundi, in the national museum of Gitega.
Our visit begins at the National Museum of Gitega, then Boma, the former residence of German governor before the First World War; then we drive to Gishora drum sanctuary to meet the famous drummers to attend a fascinating show combining the sound of the drumbeat to dances, heroic poetry and traditional songs. Beautiful cultural performance, shall color our evening, we shall be left with no other choice but to smile, and admire how authentic the drummers are! Later we head to our jeep, and find our way back to Rwanda via the Memba border, sort out immigration process and transfer to Kigali, drop off at your hotel in Kigali in the evening.
Overnight stay at: Quiet Heaven Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 6: Kigali city tour and departure.
After a relaxed breakfast at 9 am, you will head for Kigali city tour, with a visit to Kigali genocide memorial ground, where victims of Rwandan genocide of 1994, are given a decent burial in a mass grave yard. Later head and visit old and new Kigali, art centers, Kimironko local market and later lunch, before transfer to the airport to catch up with your afternoon flight back home. End of Rwanda Burundi tour! End of service!.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch.
This safari package includes,
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- En-route lunches
- Visit to Karere waterfalls
- Visit to Gishora drum sanctuary
- Boat ride on River Rusizi
- Bujumbura city tour
- Canopy walk at Nyungwe
- Gitega city tour
- Kigali city tour
- Services of an English speaking driver/ guide.
- Bottles of mineral water
The package excludes expenses of personal nature like:
- Visa Fees & flights
- Optional activities
- Tips & gratuities
- Laundry
- Alcoholic drinks
- International vaccinations
- Health test requirements
- Porter fees while trekking
- Personal travel Insurance
- Personal shopping bills
- Phone call bills
- Extras while at the hotel
- Items of personal nature
Please contact us for a free detailed quote on the option of your choice. We can tailor a request that suits your interests, and budget, as well as we can change or upgrade the lodge options. Write to us with more details about your safari.