Backpacking Low Cost in Tanzania - how to get on a budget at Lake Ngosi

  1 € - 2690 TZS

We took dala dala from Mbeya to Mwanjelwa Bus Station and there we changed with another dala dala till Uyole junction road. The price was 800 shillings per person.

Here we had lunch before going further. We stopped a motorcycle and we agreed that it will take us till the entrance to the Lake Ngosi. 

 On the map there were like 11km till Lake Ngosi Viewpoint but this was a quite adventure. We left around 3pm, the weather was a bit cloudy but still we decided to go.

Paul, our motorcycle driver didn’t knew the road that goes there, so for him was also first time. We reached 2500m, the road was difficult and sometimes we had to walk because was impossible to climb 3 on a moto. 

    

Corn and potatoes crops everywhere. We get to a point where the road stopped and we have to walk through the forest. Nobody was there to ask for an entrance fee, maybe also because was already around 4pm.

 We walked about 30 minutes and we were in front of beautiful Lake Ngosi crater. 

There are many ants biting so is good be equipped with proper shoes because there are also slippery parts.

The view is impressive and surrounded by silence we were able to hear even our stomach. We forgot to take water with us, but we were fine, forgot about thirsty, just fascinated about the beauty in front of us. 

This adventure costs us 30k (from and back to Uyole)  because we were lucky that nobody was around to ask for an entrance fee.