Livingston-Stanley Monument — Attraction in Bujumbura Rural Province

Its a sight to see. Although its not the place the famous line "Dr. Livingstone I presume" took place it is a rock inscribed by the famous explorer and Henry Morton Stanley presumably some months after their famed meeting in Ujiji, Tanzania. For some reason that is beyond me the rock has been surrounded on all sides with a hideous shoulder hight metal fence in bright colours, ruining any possibility of taking good photographs. The fence really kills the historic atmosphere that's tangible when one muses back on the two explorers carving something permanent to mark their meeting. The tour guide was also misinformed on many historic points that connect to the rock, but there is so much potential for this historic monument that its really worth visiting and digging in to the history...

Pretty unimpressive as far as monuments go, but I would go so far as to say it’s so bad that it’s good?! The big rock marks the supposed first meeting of Stanley and Livingstone but the actual meeting took place in Tanzania. But to be fair, the big rock is pretty cool and I think they did spend a few days chilling at that spot. The terrible manikins saying hello to each other are comical and gives some good photo ops. Cost is 10,000Bfr pp and you get the man in charge following you around to point out each sign and what...

Local community apparenty put a fence and some person asking for 3 USD per person to visit... but issuing no receipts, claiming that the old book is completed and he did not receive a new one... And a whole group of scouts came by me and got in and on the...