Plan a trip to Burundi

Places to see in Burundi

12 of the 18 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Lake Tanganyika

  Lac Tanganyika / Lake Tanganyika

  Lake

  Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake. It is the world's second-largest freshwater lake by volume and the second deepest, in both cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is the world's longest freshwater lake. It is also the 6th largest lake by area.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Orrling (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Bujumbura

  City · Bujumbura Mairie

  Bujumbura, formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, former political capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Edouard mhg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Gitega

  City · Gitega Province

  Gitega, formerly Kitega, is the political capital of Burundi.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Gitega.JPG (Public domain). Map

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  Ngozi

  City · Ngozi

  Ngozi is a town located in northern Burundi. It is the largest urban center in the Ngozi Province and the location of the provincial headquarters.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: The original uploader was Acntx at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Muyinga

  City · Muyinga

  Muyinga is a city located in northern Burundi. It was the capital city of the former Muyinga Province. It lies at an altitude of 1,731 m and has a population of 100,715.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NIHEREWENIMANA Richard (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Rweru

  Lake · Kirundo

  Lake Rweru is a lake close to the northernmost point of Burundi in central Africa. The northern shore of the lake forms part of Burundi's border with Rwanda. It is the most distant origin point of the Nile River.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NASA (Public domain). Map

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  Mount Heha

  umusozi Heha

  Mountain · Bujumbura Rural Province

  Mount Heha is the highest mountain in Burundi and the highest point in the Burundi Highlands mountain range.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Mont Heha Cropped.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Kibira National Park

  Parc national de la Kibira

  Park & nature · Bubanza

  The Kibira National Park is a national park in northwestern Burundi. Overlapping four provinces and covering 400 km2 (150 sq mi), Kibira National Park lies atop the mountains of the Congo-Nile Divide.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: NZISABIRA Léopold (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Ruvubu National Park

  Parc national de la Ruvubu

  Park & nature · Cankuzo

  Ruvubu National Park is a national park in Burundi covering 508 km2 (196 mi2) that was established in 1980. Its borders fall within the provinces of Karuzi, Muyinga, Cankuzo and Ruyigi.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: IRAKOZE Juliette (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Livingstone–Stanley Monument

  Memorial · Bujumbura Rural Province

  The Livingstone–Stanley Monument at Mugere marks a location where explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone and journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley visited and spent two nights on 25–27 November 1871 in Burundi.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Livingstone monument burundi.jpg (Public domain). Map

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  Karera waterfalls

  Chutes de la Kagera

  Waterfall · Burunga

  The Chutes de la Karera are a spectacular series of waterfalls in southeastern Burundi. They are located to the south of Rutana. The falls occupy over 142 hectares, being made up of six branches divided on three landings.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Zamennest (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Lake Cohoha

  Lake Cyohoha South

  Lake · Kirundo

  Lake Cyohoha South or Cyohoha Sud as it is known in Rwanda or Lake Cohoha in Burundi is a small lake in East Africa. It straddles the border between Burundi and Rwanda.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Elniyo (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map