Mount Heha is the highest mountain in Burundi, standing at an elevation of 2,684 meters (8,806 feet) above sea level.Geography and LocationProvince: Located in the Bujumbura Rural Province.Position: Lies about 30 kilometers southeast of Buj...

Teza Tea Plantations are Burundi's oldest and most scenic tea estate, located in the mountainous Muramvya Province near the edge of the Kibira National Forest.Quick FactsLocation: Muramvya Province, central Burundi (about a 2.5-hour dri...

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. It is 12 km sout...

The National Museum of Gitega (French: Musée National de Gitega, Kirundi: Iratiro ry'akaranga k'Uburundi) is the national museum of Burundi. It is located in Gitega and was founded under Belgian colonial rule in 1955. The museum is ...

The field of Gishora is located approximately 7 km north of the city of Gitega, in the Gitega Province of Burundi. It houses a royal palace and royal field. Gishora is on the top of the Gishora Hill in the commune of Giheta, 7 km from the ...

The Chutes de la Karera (Karera Falls or 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 (350 acres), being made up of six bran...

Kigwena Nature Reserve is a small but ecologically significant protected area in Rumonge Province, southwestern Burundi, covering approximately 300 hectares along the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The reserve protects one of the la...

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. The park touches neighboring Tanzania to the south, th...

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. It extends north from the provincial to...

Rusizi National Park is a national park in Burundi, next to the Rusizi River. It is 15 km north of the city of Bujumbura and home to hippopotamuses and sitatungas. Gustave, a Nile crocodile, is rumored to have killed 300 people here. ...

Lakes Rweru, Cohoha, and Rwihinda are part of a connected chain of shallow, marshy northern lakes located in Kirundo Province, Burundi, along the border with Rwanda. These interconnected wetlands and protected aquatic landscapes serve as vi...

Saga Beach is actually located just northwest of Bujumbura (the capital of Burundi), not in Rumonge, though both sit on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Rumonge features its own distinct lakeside spots rather than Saga Beach.About Saga Beach...