VISA
Requirements
Visa
A valid passport and visa are required for entry. Visitors from certain countries: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania are exempt from requiring visas. Check with the Burundi embassy in your country before you travel. Visas are issued at Burundi embassies abroad and at entry/exit points as well.
Flights
Banking is easy in Burundi! Your ATM card will work at many of our eight main commercial banks. Business is transacted mainly in cash, but many hotels and restaurants will accept VISA, Mastercard, US dollars and Euros.
There are also several forex Bureau where you can exchange your money for local Burundian Francs.
Hotels
There are more than a hundred hotels in Burundi, more than a half is located in Bujumbura. There are a wide variety of hotels, either international standards hotels but also average size hotels offering good quality services.
Other structures for accommodations with favorable terms for long stays such as guest houses, motels, and furnished apartments are available throughout Burundi. It has inherited from its European colonial past gourmets’ savoir faire.
Restaurant
Bujumbura offers several gourmet restaurants with high level cuisine from among others Belgium, France, Greece and Italy.Burundian traditional cuisine varies according to the locations whether visiting urban or rural areas.
In the capital, there are good quality restaurants where one can savor the traditional Burundian cuisine. Up-country, the cuisine varies according to each area’ specialties and agriculture. You must note that numerous hotels have good restaurants with an international cuisine which can attract the guests ‘interest or curiosity.
Some hotels and restaurants in the Kiriri district have an unimpeded outlook on the capital.
Banking
Transportation
Banking is easy in Burundi! Your ATM card will work at many of our eight main commercial banks. Business is transacted mainly in cash, but many hotels and restaurants will accept VISA, Mastercard, US dollars and Euros.
There are also several forex Bureau where you can exchange your money for local Burundian Francs.