The carving
Names and date.
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The Livingstone-Stanley Monument is a large engraved stone at Mugere, about ten kilometres south of Bujumbura on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika. It marks a stay here by the explorer David Livingstone and the journalist Henry Morton Stanley. It is a small, quiet site looking over the lake and hills. Stanley found Livingstone at Ujiji, in today's Tanzania, on 10 November 1871 after a long search. The two then stopped at this spot from 25 to 27 November that year during their journey on the lake. The stone was engraved to record their visit, and it has been moved from its original place. You see a huge brown and red boulder standing on green grass, carved clearly with the two men's names and the date «25-XI-1871». A small red-roofed shelter stands over it, with a low fence around. Green hills and the lake lie behind. It is about 11 km from central Bujumbura in a straight line. A local keeper usually looks after the site, so ask about visiting. Do not touch the carving or write on the stone.
Names and date.
Brown and red.
Behind the site.
Mugere, south of Bujumbura, Burundi
No, they met at Ujiji in Tanzania and stopped here days later.
About half an hour.