🇹🇿 Tanzania Western Tanzania 2 tours

Lake Tanganyika

The world's second-deepest lake — 1,470 m, 673 km long, home to 250+ cichlid species.

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Country

🇹🇿 Tanzania

Region

Western Tanzania

Best time

Year-round

Coordinates

-6.000, 29.500

About Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanganyika is one of Africa's Great Lakes — shared between Tanzania, Burundi, DRC and Zambia. At 1,470 m it is the second-deepest freshwater lake on Earth (after Baikal). The eastern Tanzanian shore is dotted with sleepy beach villages (Kigoma, Ujiji, Kipili) — from here you access Mahale and Gombe, or spend a few days snorkelling the endemic cichlids.

Highlights

  • 2nd-deepest lake on Earth
  • 250+ endemic cichlid fish species
  • Access point for Mahale + Gombe
  • Historic Ujiji (Stanley meets Livingstone)
  • Beach villages: Kipili, Kigoma
Live forecast · Lake Tanganyika
17°C Clear sky · 30 km/h wind
Updated 2026-05-18T16:00
  1. 🌦 18° 17° 💧 1.5mm
  2. ☀ 18° 16°
  3. ☁ 18° 17°
  4. ⛈ 18° 17° 💧 0.2mm
  5. 🌦 17° 16° 💧 0.6mm
  6. ☀ 18° 16°
  7. ⛈ 18° 16°
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com
Live wildlife observations
Recently spotted near Lake Tanganyika

Real observations published to GBIF by researchers, lodges, and citizen scientists — refreshed daily.

Zonocerus variegatus
2024-01-30 · Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Oecophylla longinoda
2024-09-23 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Grandidieria burtoni
2024-09-21 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Dendroaspis jamesoni kaimosae
2023-02-26 · Mahale NP
Auchenoglanis occidentalis
2023-09-29 · Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Pan troglodytes
2023-09-28 · Tanzania, United Republic of
Source: GBIF.org — Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Best time to visit

Year-round

Itineraries

Tours that visit Lake Tanganyika

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