Bukoba, Tanzania

Bukoba, Tanzania

Bukoba is the jumping-off point for our Tanzanian voluntour, and where we will work on the “service” project of the adventure, helping local women by providing them with goats, goat sheds and bicycles. Bukoba is located in Tanzania’s Kagera Region, situated in the country’s northwest. This culturally diverse region shares borders with Uganda to the north, Burundi and Rwanda to the west, Lake Victoria to the east and Mwanza regions to the south. Sitting on the western shore of Lake Victoria, Bukoba is the largest town in the Kagera with a population of approximately 100,000 people.

Situated just a degree south of the equator, Bukoba enjoys a warm, sunny climate but doesn’t get unbearably hot thanks to its altitude of 3,759 feet. Its main attraction is the wondrous Lake Victoria - the source of the Nile River. At some 210 miles in length and 150 miles wide, it is Africa’s largest lake and the world’s largest tropical lake, with more than 2,000 miles of shoreline and more than 3,000 islands.