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Lake Tanganyika touches Tanzania, the DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Nestled in the Western Rift Valley, it is surrounded by the lush crags of Mahale Mountain National Park.
Lake Tanganyika touches Tanzania, the DRC, Burundi, and Rwanda. Nestled in the Western Rift Valley, it is surrounded by the lush crags of Mahale Mountain National Park.
The lake has long been a cultural hub, supporting local communities through fishing, trade, and sustaining traditional practices along its shores.
This place is all about chimps! But you'll also see baboons, Colobus monkeys, crocs and leopards.
June to March
Fly from Arusha to the Greystoke airstrip, followed by an hour-long boat ride up the lake.
Photograph from greystoke-mahale, an outpost in this place.
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