{"id":14669,"date":"2021-07-20T20:48:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T18:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/info-viaggi\/burundi-2\/lake-tanganyika\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T16:27:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T14:27:15","slug":"lake-tanganyika","status":"publish","type":"info_viaggi","link":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Tanganyika"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"p1 wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake of the continent, shared with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, dominates the landscape of western Burundi and the capital Bujumbura, and is its economic and tourist centre<\/b><span class=\"s1\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Located in one of the great pits of the Rift Valley, Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake on the continent, first visited by Europeans in 1858, during Burton and Speke&#8217;s famous expedition in search of the source of the Nile.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Fishing <\/b>is an ancient activity on the very fishy Tanganyika coast, where pegagic fish such as <i>ndagalas <\/i>(silver sardines) and large predators such as <i>sangala <\/i>(Nile perch) live together<span class=\"s1\">. In addition to <\/span>artisanal fishing, carried out by the inhabitants of the villages along the shores of the lake, using pirogues made from tree trunks and mainly at night <span class=\"s1\">with the use of <\/span>a lamp or torch, there is now industrial fishing using purse seines or trawls, which is certainly more profitable but also invasive.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The lake is also one of the country&#8217;s tourist attractions. To the north of the capital are the best <b>equipped beaches,<\/b> in the Kajaga area, of which Saga is certainly the most popular. South of Bujumbura, the RN3 road runs along the banks of the Tanganyika for 130 kilometres to the Tanzanian border, and in this Swahili-influenced area the most popular beaches are those of Resha-Minago and Nyanza-Lac. But beware, it is not uncommon for relaxation to be interrupted <span class=\"s1\">by<\/span> the appearance of a hippo or crocodile!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"60\" class=\"wp-image-12146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/separatore_01-1024x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/separatore_01-1024x60.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/separatore_01-300x18.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/separatore_01-768x45.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/separatore_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14669 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/imago0055374204h-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.68%;max-width:2560px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_1241230486-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.68%;max-width:2560px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/AdobeStock_226772875-1568x1045.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" style=\"width:100%;height:66.68%;max-width:2560px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11441,"parent":14558,"menu_order":0,"template":"","da_non_perdere":[88],"la_terra_e_gli_uomini":[],"buono_a_sapersi":[],"prima_di_partire":[],"class_list":["post-14669","info_viaggi","type-info_viaggi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","da_non_perdere-burundi","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake of the continent, shared with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, dominates the landscape of western Burundi and the capital Bujumbura, and is its economic and tourist centre. Located in one of the great pits of the Rift Valley, Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake on the&hellip; Continue reading Lake Tanganyika\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Kanaga Africa Tours\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-13T14:27:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-20T18:48:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-13T14:27:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1280},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/trip-info\\\/burundi-en\\\/lake-tanganyika\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Burundi\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/info-viaggi\\\/burundi\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Lake Tanganyika\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Kanaga Africa Tours\",\"description\":\"Tour Operator Italiano in Africa\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Kanaga Africa Tours\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Logo-bianco.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Logo-bianco.png\",\"width\":717,\"height\":325,\"caption\":\"Kanaga Africa Tours\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.kanaga-at.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours","og_description":"Lake Tanganyika, the second largest lake of the continent, shared with Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, dominates the landscape of western Burundi and the capital Bujumbura, and is its economic and tourist centre. Located in one of the great pits of the Rift Valley, Lake Tanganyika is the deepest lake on the&hellip; Continue reading Lake Tanganyika","og_url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/","og_site_name":"Kanaga Africa Tours","article_modified_time":"2022-05-13T14:27:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1280,"url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/","name":"Lake Tanganyika - Kanaga Africa Tours","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-20T18:48:43+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-13T14:27:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/burundi_donne_sul_lago_tanganyika-1.jpg","width":1920,"height":1280},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/trip-info\/burundi-en\/lake-tanganyika\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Burundi","item":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/info-viaggi\/burundi\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Lake Tanganyika"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/","name":"Kanaga Africa Tours","description":"Tour Operator Italiano in Africa","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Kanaga Africa Tours","url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Logo-bianco.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Logo-bianco.png","width":717,"height":325,"caption":"Kanaga Africa Tours"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_viaggi\/14669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_viaggi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/info_viaggi"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_viaggi\/14669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14678,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_viaggi\/14669\/revisions\/14678"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/info_viaggi\/14558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"da_non_perdere","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/da_non_perdere?post=14669"},{"taxonomy":"la_terra_e_gli_uomini","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/la_terra_e_gli_uomini?post=14669"},{"taxonomy":"buono_a_sapersi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/buono_a_sapersi?post=14669"},{"taxonomy":"prima_di_partire","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kanaga-at.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prima_di_partire?post=14669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}