Lake Ngozi Tour

Lake Ngozi or Lake Ngosi a thrilling crater lake in Southern Highlands of Tanzania and the second largest Crater Lake in Africa. It has a length of 2.5 kilometers and width of 1.5 kilometers and 75 meters deep.

The lake is located about 38 kilometers south of Mbeya city, near the sprawling Tukuyu Township. It is located on Ngosi peak on the Uporoto Mountains which makes part of Eastern Arc ranges.

It is located at an uplift of 2,600 meters above sea level in a thick, natural forest of the Uporoto nature reserve, covering some 9,332 hectares of land. To reach the lake, one has to drive and stop at the edge of the Uporoto Forest Reserve at the foothills of the Uporoto range. It takes up to two hours walking from the foothill to the ridge where the lake lies at 200 meters below.