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Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania

Lake Tanganyika

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.

When To GoJune to March
Outposts1
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Lake Tanganyika

The place

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.

Culture

The lake has long been a cultural hub, supporting local communities through fishing, trade, and sustaining traditional practices along its shores.

Flora & fauna

This place is all about chimps! But you'll also see baboons, Colobus monkeys, crocs and leopards.

When to go

June to March

Getting here

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.

Where to stay

1 outpost here

On the map