Country Info
- Bujumbura
- Capital
- Burundi Franc (BIF)
- Currency
- 6,223,897
- Population
- BI
- Country Code
Burundi Slideshow
Top Hotels in Burundi
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Novotel Bujumbura
7 reviews -
Chez Vaya Bujumbura
15 reviews -
Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika Bujumbura
36 reviews -
Residence "St Rose" Bujumbura
1 review -
Hotel Botanika Bujumbura
14 reviews
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Cercle Nautique Bujumbura
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Le Clos Des Limbas Bujumbura
14 reviews
Burundi
Travel Blogs from Burundi
Rwanda Summary
This is a top pick! Distance travelled so far - 6245km (equivalent of New York to Frankfurt) In Rwanda (plus Uganda) - 1230km We actually spent 8 whole days in Rwanda/Uganda. We spent, on average, 1.6 nights and 1 day in each place. We travelled an average of 154km ...
Mzungu in the Mist
This is a top pick! C... It was a dark and early start to the day, but that did not seem to dampen anyones spirits, we were off to see the gorillas! We took the truck to the border, and walked the dusty and barbed wire path through no mans land to what the sign had told ...
Over the border - 6 hours, my ass!
This is a top pick! ... we'd get there today. Instead we aimed for a town called Ngara in the very corner of NW Tanzania, near the Rwanda and Burundi borders. Neither the Bradt Rwanda guidebook nor the Lonely Planet Tanzania one have much info about the area or the crossing. We ...
Kigali to Bujumbura to Kigoma
This is a top pick! ... to pack around our bodies, but then noticed that I wasn't the only passenger with a ton of belongings. I negotiated with the Burundi border officials at Kayanza Haut, the small town separating Rwanda and Burundi. I explained to him that I would ...
From Civil War to Simply Civil - Burundi
This is a top pick! ... (Helplessness? Friendliness? Sexiness? Manly virility? Who knows?) that makes people want to take care of me. I left for Burundi yesterday with a cousin of a Rwandan friend of mine whom I was supposed to stay with in his little apartment he rents ...
Oh, Who Are the People In Your Neighborhood...
... time I'll have to reacquaint you with my living situation. Claude, Kelly, Emma, and Justin Claude is a native of Burundi who moved to the U.S. several years ago after he married Kelley, a native of California. If ever a couple has ...
The Orphanage at Gitega
... town to town in an effort to sell them and make a living; and the tree that marks the geographical center of Burundi, planted by Belgian colonialists nearly 100 years ago. The orphanage, which though quite beautiful, is rather remote and ...
American Visitors Part 1 - Heading Upcountry
... , we headed east to Gitega where we spent the night in a small inn, the first night in a hotel for me in Burundi. I discovered that approximately $6.50 will procure a private room containing two single beds and the use of a community bathroom down the ...
Adaptations
This entry is for those of you curious about some of the variations between life in the U.S. and life here in Burundi. I've begun to realize that although things look quite different here, similarities sometimes sneak up in unexpected forms. ...
Don't Send Packages
... to Burundi, the postal system does not work here quite the same as it does at home. Once packages arrive in Burundi, two to three weeks after they left the sender's hands back home, the fortunate recipient gets a card announcing their ...
End of Burundi Chapter 1
... for whom I was homeschooling, for Christmas Eve. The celebration included an enormous feast with foods not easily found in Burundi, including imported European cheese and crackers, apples, homemade dinner rolls, and sweets galore. After eating as much as ...
Independence Day and general observations
... it through to completion. Call me a quitter if you must. In an attempt to summarize my first week in Burundi, here are a number of observations I've made: 1. People drive on the right side of the road, ...
Contact information - How you can reach me
... above, and I will add you to my list. Also, I can receive regular mail sent c/o Nikondeha, P.O. Box 2810, Bujumbura, Burundi, Africa. Packages containing anything of value may or may not make it to me intact, but letters should be fine. ...
La Crise
... be the worst place in the world at present. The proximity to such a violent place is one of the worst challenges Burundi faces today. Considering how recent the conflict is, everyone over the age of ten has been significantly affected by it. Noticeably ...
Thanksgiving with Burundian Family and Friends
... lack of food or opportunities for thankfulness. Le Menu Roasted Chicken (turkeys are rare and not so tasty in Burundi I'm told) Mashed Potatoes with Gravy Stuffing Green Beans Carrots Buttered Dinner Rolls Tossed Salad Fruit Salad Mini Pizzas ...
One More Housemate
I've gotten more comments regarding the gecko (and my fear of it) that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago than anything else I've posted so far, so I feel the need to give a quick update, even though I've already posted once today. After ...
Risizi National Park
Taking advantage of the national holiday Burundi celebrated last week, some friends of mine and I - thank you, Duncan, for organizing and driving - went to Risizi National Park which is just north of Bujumbura off the road that leads to Congo and ...
Chez Moi!
After two months of living with American friends in a large, comfortable, sheltered even, house, I am now on my own and living in an apartment in the center of town. If you have an image in your mind of a trendy, cosmopolitan, multi-storied ...
The House Where I Live - for now, anyway
... two adopted children, Justin and Emma. They have lived in Surprise, AZ for the past several years but are contemplating a move to Burundi in the next year or so. Three other Americans also live here - Sarah and Ron Gonski, and Grace Scale - ...
Burundi
... fonctionnaires n'ayant pas voulu me faire le visa à la frontière. Et au consulat je fais rigoler quand je montre mon passeport français. J'attends donc mon visa rwandais, en visitant le Burundi : Pierre de Livingstone, musée vivant, sources du ...
The Sound of Joy
This week I went over to the house where the 40 Batwa students will be living whom I'll be attempting to teach English and writing stories about for a church in Texas who is supporting them. I got to chat with a few of them for a little while ...
Much Rejoicing
Next week marks two months exactly that I have lived in Burundi, and I think perhaps I'm beginning to feel a little bit at home here. I still stand out freakishly and hear calls of "Muzungu" nearly every time I set foot outside the gates of our ...
Burundian Graduation
... because it was a while ago, this group of people is the group I'll be working with most closely during my time in Burundi. (For clarification, Twa is the sort of universal term, Batwa is plural, and Mutwa is singular.) Arthemon is one of only ...
Le Plage
... the Great Lakes Region of East Africa. It's the second deepest freshwater lake in the world and forms much of the border between Burundi and DRC (Congo). I have been told to stay out of the water when there are no waves because that's when the ...
American Visitors Part 2 - Busekera and Kibira
... , we returned to Busekera Thursday morning for a 3-hour hike into Kibira National Forest, the last remaining natural forest in Burundi. Because the Batwa originally inhabited the forest and still know much more about it than most people, several of them ...
Straight Boojee
... off at the only logical spot, the bar. We dried off our outsides while moistening the insides. That night, our last in Burundi, we somehow found a Chinese restaurant, and indulged on decent Asian cuisine. It was a nice end to a quick, but ...
Native Drums
Last week my housemates and I had the privilege of attending a feast at Youth for Christ. In addition to gorging ourselves on a number of Burundian delicacies - many different cooked vegetables, fried plantains, rice, sauce with beef (none of which ...
Boo Jum Boor Uh
... asked to stay on the plane during the layover but as some walked outside to take a smoke break I went outside to take a picture. Burundi. Never been here before. Don't know when I'll be back. Click. Check it off. Back on the plane before the ...
Hungry hungry hippos
Having settled into headquarters, in a well guarded neighborhood that caters largely to the small expat community, I had a few days to explore the capital before departing for the clinic. Rachel, who knows the city well after spending a year in the ...