Lake Victoria
The second largest freshwater lake in the world and the largest lake in Africa, this lake is also the source of the River Nile. Scenically beautiful and bordered by beautiful large boulders on the eastern front (Mwanza town), Lake Victoria also has great numbers of fish, the most successful commercial variety being Nile Perch. Musoma, Mwanza, and Bukoba are the three major ports on the Lake that lie in Tanzania.
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, (677 kms) and the second deepest (1,443m) with over 250 different fish species. The town of Ujiji, off Lake Tanganyika, is one of Africa's oldest market villages. It was here that Burton and Speke rested before setting out on Lake Tanganyika and where Stanley met Dr. Livingstone and said to him: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume!".
Gombe Stream National Park
Gombe is the smallest of Tanzania's National Parks, which is famous for its Chimpanzees. The forests are alive with Chimpanzees and Red Colobus, Red-Tailed, and Blue Monkeys.
The Mahale Mountain Park
Mahale Mountains, like Gombe, are home to some of the last remaining wild Chimpanzees in Africa. Mahale is a unique ecological zone with lowland Forest, moist and dry Savannah, Miombo and open Woodlands, Animals range from Elephants, Buffaloes, Leopards to Lions.
