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Burundi is a country in central Africa with 8.7 million inhabitants. Neighboring countries are the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania. The republic has a hilly and mountainous landscape with rain forests. Northern lakes are Rweru and Cyahoha. Orient the Ruvubu river, lakes, swamps and savannas park. The Kumoso lowland lies further south. West lies the border mountains of the Congo-Nile-ridge along the Rusizi valley and the Tanganyika lake. There is a tropical climate, with locally different temperatures and a wet and a dry season. The capital Bujumbura is at the Tanganyika lake and has 350,000 inhabitants. Sightseeing in the port city are the geological museum, Museum of Life, the reptile park and the beaches. Other cities are Gitega, Bururi, Cibitoke, Kirundo, Muyinga, Ngozi, Kayanza, Makamba and Karuzi. Sights are the natural parks of Rusizi, Kibira and Ruvubu and the National Museum in Gitega.

A cruise is a holiday to many different destinations in a cruise ship or a large passenger ship. Such a ship is equipped to carry passengers and alteration. It is organized as a floating hotel with rooms with beds and bathrooms, catering and restaurants. There is space for recreational activities such as bars, swimming pools, restaurants, casinos, fitness rooms and climbing walls. For all these devices, there is extra staff available. The most luxurious ships now have more staff and crew than passengers. Cruise ships are equipped with technology to meet comfort as solar panels for power, satellite communications for mobile phones and the Internet and water makers who transform seawater into drinking water. Often there are sunny destinations in the program, but also Alaska or the Arctic are popular. There are also smaller cruise ships that sail rivers. The television series "The Love Boat" from the 70s, has published cruises to the general public. Since then cruising is a major tourist industry with millions of passengers a year.

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