Rusizi National Park

Rusizi National Park in Burundi, the park is great for bird watching and Hippo tracking.

Rusizi National Park in Burundi, the park is great for bird watching and Hippo tracking. It is also referred to as Parc National de la Rusizi and the park is sectioned into two significant areas which are separated by the Bujumbura-Uvira road. The larger part of the park lies on the eastern bank of the Rusizi River. This flood plain is 2km wide and 45km long with acacia trees, shrubs, and grasslands dominating the wild vegetation.

South of the highway (another section of the park) is the delta of the Rusizi river which drains into the Lake Tanganyika. The river delta is dotted with small islands, water streams, channels, and papyrus beds.