Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria

Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile, which at 6,600 km is the world’s longest river. Three countries share the lake: Kenya (6%), Tanzania (50%) and Uganda (44%). There are three principal towns on the lake: Kisumu in Kenya, Mwanza in Tanzania and Kampala in Uganda. Entebbe, nearby to Kampala is the only international airport on the lake and has direct flights to Europe.The  lake has more than 200 species of fish, of which the Tilapia is the most economically important. The lake’s basin area covers 92,240 square miles (238,900 square km). The lake’s shores vary in aspect.there are manz tourist attractions around lake victoria including Ngamba Island a city just 90 km from Lake Victoria  . The most popular of these are Kalangala in Ngamba Island and Mwanza Airport in Mwanza.