Lake Tanganyika
About Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is an African great Lake, Second deepest after Lake Baikal in Russia. It is also the world’s longest fresh water and very beautiful lake, hammed in by the verdant hills on either side of the Rift Valley. This attractively port was founded under German rule 6km away from Ujiji. The MV Liemba, this 800 ton steamer, the oldest ferry in the world. It was built in 1913 that still runs along the eastern of Lake Tanganyika, between the ports of Kigoma, Tanzania and Mpulungu and Zambia.
Travel to Lake Tanganyika is mostly centred around visiting Gombe Stream and Mahale Mountains National Parks. The lake’s dark waters form the world’s longest and second deepest freshwater lake, and the area is a regional centre for building dhow-fishing boats.
This longest and deepest lake in the world with magnificent views of the shores provides a unique visitors experience especially when carrying snorkeling or resting on the shores while watching aquatic birds and at sundown the red sky taking a thousand words.
Sand Beaches at the shores of lake Tanganyika has a beautiful unspoiled beaches.
Activities around Lake Tanganyika:
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Chimpanzee Viewing
- Canoeing - Lake Tanganyika
Properties:
- Lupita Island
- Lake Shore Lodge
- Lake Tanganyika Hotel
- Coast View Resort
- Kigoma Hilltop Hotel
- Greystoke Mahale
- Poyongo Lodge
- Diocese of Kigoma Community Centre