The forests are ecologically lush, have clear freshwater rivers and streams, are outside of the mosquito zone, have friendly villagers, have very few dangerous animals, and the elevated highland climate is cool. The trek to Ngozi Peak, below which is a spectacular volcanic crater lake, is popular. Lake Ngozi has a local water-serpent legend, and it is possible to bush camp here overnight.
In 2006 a new cultural tourism program has been set up by the Rungwe association of tea farmers (RSTGA). This program is called Rungwe Tea & Tours . It has an office in Tukuyu town where you can get information on Rungwe and book half day or day trips to several natural attractions in the area. It also offers a unique Tea Tour. The profits of the program will be used for village development programs, like finishing a primary school classroom.
Bongo Camping is located 4 km north of Tukuyu centre and just 700 m off the mainroad. This campsite and platform is owned by the registered non-commercial organisation Kikundi cha Utalii Mbeya. Local live music with Bongo Camping's artists, Swahili lessons and guided tours are among the activities presently available for visitors at Bongo Camping.
The town sees around 2500 mm of rain per year, with no month receiving less than 50mm (2 inches) of rain. Rainfall and mists are common in some seasons and the nights are often cool; very-lightweight waterproofs, and a light sweater and cap are advisable in some months. (For details of the rain season months, see Mbeya).
In 2006, a tourist diary referred to Tukuyu as the "beautiful town of Tukuyu, which has views of the mountains dropping down to Lake Malawi".
There is an NBC bank in Tukuyu that changes traveller cheques.
Tourist travel is first to the international airport in the Tanzanian capital, then the overnight train from the capital to Mbeya, then a local vehicle to Tukuyu. There are also daily coaches from Dar es Salaam to Tukuyu (Sumry, Sabco). Tukuyu is on the main road to Malawi and there are daily connections to the Malawi border and further land inwards.
MBOZI
Mbozi is an ungrouped iron meteorite found in Tanzania. It is one of the world's largest meteorites, variously estimated as the fourth largest to the eighth largest, it is located near the city of Mbeya in Tanzania's southern highlands. The meteorite is 3 metres (9.8 ft) long, 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) high, and weighs an estimated 16 metric tons (16 long tons; 18 short tons)
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