Kigoma

Kigoma Region · Tanzania

Kigoma, Tanzania
Photo: D. Tamimo Boehm, assent by email 9+10 June 2014, for license CC-Lizenz by-sa attribution, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
May to October, in the dry season
Budget
$
Coordinates
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A port town on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, terminus of the central railway and jumping-off point for the chimpanzee parks of Gombe and Mahale. The century-old MV Liemba, a German warship turned ferry, and nearby Ujiji of Stanley-and-Livingstone fame add historical texture.

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