BURUNDI

A scene from the Mwishanga Falls Nature Reserve is pictured on this card. The streams of this area cascade into multiple falls, and one of the highest is pictured here, estimated at 80 meters. The falls are considered a sacred site of prayer in Burundi.

Burundi: stamp

This stamp franked the card above and shows the the Clivia lily (Amaryllis family) native to this highland kingdom in Africa's Rift Valley

BURUNDI

This wildlife image came as my first card posted from Burundi, and shows a bull elephant and a flock of crowned cranes. Burundi is a densely-populated and landlocked country with few parks or nature reserves. It shares Lake Tanganyika with neighboring Tanzania and Dem. Rep. of the Congo.

BURUNDI: stamps

These stamps were franked on the card above and depict fungi as well as the UN's 50th anniv.