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Malagarasi River

WESTERN TANZANIA

Malagarasi River on the Western Tanzania.

The Malagarasi River is Tanzania's second longest river. It empties into the eastern side of Lake Tanganyika about 25 miles south of Kigoma, and is one of the lake's primary inflows. The Malagarasi pre-dates Lake Tanganyika and was formerly a tributary of the Congo River to its west. The first 80 kilometers of the river forms the international boundary between Tanzania and Burundi. Main tributaries are Ugalla River, Gombe River, Moyowosi River, Ruchugi River and Nguya River. If you like your Western Tanzania Safari program to include Malagarasi walking and boat safari please let us know.

Malagarasi River on the Western Tanzania.

KATAVI NATIONAL PARK.
Katavi National Park one of the Western Tanzania Safari is remote and wild, a destination for the true safari . Katavi National Park situated in Mpanda district, the Park cover an area of 4471 km², The park has lots of wild animals for those want to visit is More Click

LAKE RUKWA.

Occupying the lowest part of the Rukwa Rift Valley (also called the Rukwa Trough), Lake Rukwa follows the same northwest– southeast fault line as Lake Nyasa to the south. More Click.                                 

UGALA GAME RESERVE.

Ugalla Game Reserve found in the centre to west of the country and is a large reserve situated on the Ugalla and Wala rivers. The Walla river from the north-east and the Katumbiki river from the south-east join in the east central area of the reserve to form the Ugalla river which then flows westwards through the centre of the reserve More Click                                                                

LAKE TANGANYIKA.

The Lake Tanganyika is situated within the Western Rift of the geographic feature known as the Great Rift Valley formed by the tectonic East African Rift, and is confined by the mountainous walls of the valley. It is the largest rift lake in Africa and the second largest lake by More Click.

BIHARAMULO  GAME  RESERVES.

Biharamulo Game Reserve (1,666 km2/643 sq mi) is situated on the south-western shore of Lake Victoria. The area is undulated and mainly covered by forest. Tsetse flies may be present in large numbers seasonally. More Click

KIGOSI  AND MOYOWOSI GAME RESERVE.

Kigosi Game Reserve and Moyowosi Game Reserve (together 21,870 km2/8,450 sq mi) in western Tanzania are the only parks in the country where the shoebill (a very large stork-like bird) is regularly observed. More Click

MAHALE MOUNTAINS.

Mahale Mountains is home to some of Africa’s last remaining wild chimpanzees: a population of roughly 800 (only 60 individuals forming what is known as "M group"), habituated to human visitors by a Japanese research project founded in the 1960s. Tracking the chimps of Mahale is a magical experience More Click

GOMBE STREAM NATIONAL PARK.

Gombe is the smallest of Tanzania's national parks: a fragile strip of chimpanzee habitat straddling the steep slopes and river valleys that hem in the sandy northern shore of Lake Tanganyika. More Click

UWANDA GAME RESERVE.

Uwanda Game Reserve (6,000 km2/2,300 sq mi) is situated in south-western Tanzania, in the same region as Katavi National Park. Its wildlife is similar to Katavi's. The park is dominated by the shallow soda lake Lake Rukwa.
The wildlife includes puku, topi, eland, southern reedbuck, lion, sitatunga and many crocodiles. Some interesting mutations that have been observed in Uwanda are albino giraffes and spotted (i.e. not striped) zebras. More Click

BURIGI GAME RESERVE.

Burigi Game Reserve (2,200 km2/850 sq mi) is situated in northern Tanzania, west of Lake Victoria's southern tip. It's an undulating park, intersected by two rivers. Water is also available in waterholes and wetlands. Much of the park is covered by woodland, but there are also forests and papyrus beds. The wildlife is mainly concentrated to the central parts, where you may see for example giraffes, elands, hippos and sable antelopes More Click

RIVER  MALAGARASI.

The Malagarasi River is Tanzania's second longest river. It empties into the eastern side of Lake Tanganyika about 25 miles south of Kigoma, and is one of the lake's primary inflows. The Malagarasi pre-dates Lake Tanganyika and was formerly a tributary of the Congo River . The first 80 kilometres of the river forms the international boundary between Tanzania and Burundi. More Click

KIZIGO GAME RESERVE.  

Northern Ruaha borders Rungwa Game Reserve and Kizigo Game Reserve (together 14,160 km2/5,467 sq mi), which are even more unexploited than Ruaha and lack facilities for safari tourists. Both parks have stable populations of African wild dog, and offer fair chances of seeing these More Click

USANGU GAME RESERVE.

Usangu Game Reserve borders southern Ruaha National Park, protecting forests and wetlands. The Tanzanian government has decided to add Usangu to the national park, to protect the resident wildlife and to safeguard the wetlands as a natural water reservoir for the Great Ruaha River. The hydroelectric power plants of the river provides a large part of Tanzania's electricity More Click

RUNGWA GAME RESERVE.

Northern Ruaha borders Rungwa Game Reserve and Kizigo Game Reserve (together 14,160 km2/5,467 sq mi), which are even more unexploited than Ruaha and lack facilities for safari tourists. Both parks have stable populations of African wild dog, and offer fair chances of seeing these More Click

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