Lake Jipe is a small, shallow lake (area 28 sq. km and average depth less than 3 m), lying astride the Kenya-Tanzania border, just to the east of the northern Pare Mountains of Tanzania (Mwanga district, in the Kilimanjaro region).
It is 12 km long and 2.5 km wide, 12 square km belong to Tanzania and 14 square km to Kenya. Tsavo West National Park of Kenya borders the southern portion of the lake while Mt Kilimanjaro dominates the horizon some distance to the northwest.
Lake Jipe receives its main inflow from Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania via River Lumi passing through Kenya. The other main inflow is via River Muvulani from the Pare Mountains. Several temporary streams, mainly from the Pare Mountains, also drain into Lake Jipe. The lake has one outflow, the River Ruvu, located in Tanzania to the south of River Lumi, the main inflow.
Jipe is a shallow backwater of the Lumi River, which afterwards becomes the Ruvu River, and enters in the Nyumba ya Mungu Reservoir. After joining there with the Kikuletwa the stream flows as Pangani River in the Indian Ocean at Pangani.
As for wildlife, Lake Jipe not only offers an abundance of hippo and crocodile but there is also a small herd of zebras, To the northern end of the lake are also a few tiny villages whose inhabitants make a living from fishing.
Kenya's unfenced Tsavo West National Park protects part of the lake's northern shore, while on the Tanzania side Mkomazi Game Reserve is nearby. The lake is known for its, Canoeing and Boat safari, endemic fish, Hippopotamus, Herds of Elephants, Crocodiles, as well as water birds and other mammals, wetland plants and lake-edge swamps, which can extend 2 kilometres (1.2m) from the lake’s shore.
So the lake Jipe is totally off the beaten path destination around Moshi. if anyone is planing a stopover in Moshi don't the Lake Jipe! best time to visit is on dry season from July-Feb. Big Mamals like Hippo, Elephants and a lot of birds are guaranteed to be seen.
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Please Kilibush Adventures design the numerous day trips and point to note is , the price may vary due to the distance and the value of the place, for example day trip to Kilimanjaro can be the most expensive one among the day trips plan. Be happy please because we are committed with our services that we providing and caring about our clients for delivering the best services please your welcome to have a fun together
Please remember that if your fun with mountain biking , good news is that we design this one day tour with three options
Options number 1; for those who are not experience with mountain biking we will use only min bus or Tax
Option number 2; for those who love mountain biking tour and travel but has no enough experience or exercises before there tour , here we will hire both min-bus or Tax and mountain bike
Option number 3; for those have enough experience with mountain biking and ready to challenges their bodies , according to our day trip tour here the minimum distance is 10km this include Moshi town and Njoro forest are very closed to each other so we will make two in one inclusive and the maximum distance is Olipopongi maasai cultural site and game reserve about 150km go and return to Moshi town the choice is yours , tell us and we will handle your trip