Saturday, 12 September 2015

MOUNT RUNGWE: THE ACTIVE VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN IN MBEYA REGION



   Mount Rungwe is a potentially active volcano in the Mbeya Region of the southern highlands of Tanzania. At an altitude of 2,960 metres, it is southern Tanzania's second highest peak. Rungwe stands at the junction of the eastern and western arms of the East African Rift. It dominates the mountainous country at the north-west end of the trough that contains Lake Nyasa. The southeastern slopes of these mountains receive up to 3 metres of rainfall a year, the highest rainfall in Tanzania. The slopes are covered with a belt of tropical montane forest
  Tourism activities
Tourists uses of the Mount to trekking and photography tourism are take place
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