Rrroel Says: Bujumbura's favourite Sunday afternoon activity is lazing around at the beach on the north shore of Lake Tanganyika. There are three places, all slightly different.Petit Bassam has a nice pool and is popular with families with children. It has a replica of a traditional hut...
Karera Beach: The best on the beach
Rrroel Says: Especially on Sunday noons, but as lovely on weekdays, the restaurant at Karera Beach is one of my favourites in town. The have good sangala (fish) and capitaine (another fish) and the view on the beach is just great. Filet de capitaine provençal
Meridien (basement disco): Meat
babeteaser Says: - worn out furniture- blacklights only- lot of local meat at questionable prices- olds & new commercial hits
Rrroel Says: If Burundians have a big garden and too much money, hey open a small bar in their garden. If they have a little bit of money and lots of time to spare, they tend to feel slightly thirsty and start drinking beer.The local brews, Amstel and Primus, are nothing special but are...
Rrroel Says: Bujumbura is a wonderful place to live, people like nightlife, but officially there's a curfew after midnight! If you stay downtown, you can get away with it, but because of this most clubs and bars close at 11pm or otherwise keep going until the early morning.Police has...
Rrroel Says: 10 to 15km north of Bujumbura on the road to the Congo is the Rusizi National Park, where you can see some hippos and crocodiles. There is debate whether there are still some antilopes and the last elephant has been shot and eaten years ago by one of the rebel movements. He...
Rrroel Says: It's debatable whether it's really sport, but the locals are convinced it is. Especially on Sunday mornings, people go walking up the hill in town to the university, discussing politics and other gossip, after which they end up having a beer in one of Buja's five hundred...
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Owner has his own fishing boats that bring in fresh sangala every day.
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Q: Hello I'm traveling to Bujumbura next week, what are the essentials that I need? (in-case I forgot something). My baby is 6 months...

A: Hi Hmmm ... not the ideal place to travel with a baby, but assuming that you have no choice but to go, here are a few ideas that will hopefully be of help. You don't...
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Bujumbura is not exactly on the tourist map and understandably so. As the capital of war-torn Burundi, most of the people here have enough things to worry about and tourists simply stay away....
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Bujumbura - Capital of the Heart of Africa

Bujumbura was known formerly as Usumbura, and is situated in western Burundi. Today it is the capital of the country and of Bujumbura Province located at the north-eastern end of Lake Tanganyika....
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Nice well laid out town on the shore of the Tanganika Lake. Population estimated around 1mio! Unsafe to go beyond this city due to gangs.
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