Lake Tanganyika

Lake Tanyanyika is a vast inland sea first made known to the European world in the mid-1800’s by the English explorers Richard Burton and John Speke. They pursued it as the source of the Nile, arriving at its shores in February of 1858, only to discover that the Ruzizi River in the north, which they thought to be the Nile, flowed into and not out of the lake.

Tanganyika’s waters caress the shores of Tanzania, Burundi, Congo (DRC) and Zambia. It is the longest fresh water lake in the world and the second deepest, after lake Baikal in Russia. The immense depth is because it lies in the Great Rift Valley, which also has created its steep shoreline. It reaches a depth of 4,700 ft, which is an astounding 2100 ft. below sea level.

Lake Tanganyika, with its sapphire waters is surrounded by lush, inspiring terrain, and holds 8% of the world's fresh water. Pure and unspoiled, the lake is a rare gem on an increasingly crowded planet.