Lake Jipe

The lake is hidden with weeds and the only way to access the lake from the Kenyan side is through the canoes from the local fishermen without safety jackets. But once in the ocean it's quiet and peaceful.

Extremely fantastic experience and very cool place to be. I enjoyed seeing plenty of elephants, zebras, giraffes and lions. For sure i must arrange to be back again.

We visited Lake Jipe from the Tanzania side, which was very exciting. We were camping at Yefuka Campsite, around 10km from the lakeside. The campsite manager arranged for our boat trip here and it was gorgeous. It wasn't very expensive either - TZS 20,000 for a boat. We got the boat from Ruru village on the lakeside. It was a really long ride on local boats to reach the Hippo area (your bottoms will start hurting sitting for nearly two hours on that boat if youre not used to it!). We were quite lucky to spot a huge group there. We also spotted some wildlife from Tsavo National Park on the Kenya side (from far away, of course!). The lake was gorgeous, and we were blessed with decent weather. On our way back, we could see the gorgeous Kilimanjaro. I never expected it was possible to see the tallest mountain of Africa from here!

A very nice serene area, just outside Tsavo West Park. It’s on the border between kenya and Tanzania so phone reception isn’t quite bad. There are also boats available for use there at a fee.

Waste of time at the moment...the lake is full of reeds and there is no viewing point .even at the kws camp...well they promised to clear it in future . The road is also a 25km horrible road . Hoping to go back one day for camping when everything is sorted out.

Lake jipe is home for wild animals and vast of different birds species around the lake, hippos are also seen as close as friendly , these can also be achieved through boat ride along the shallow line of the said lake. Animals drink water from the lake during sunny weather including elands, waterbuck, rooibok and many other.

It is our questions why we do not going Dongodo in Ugweno, The KANTANKAROUS PLACE. for doing many activities? What hidden inside Ugweno tribe can we go for Eid and Easter this 2025?

Good Place for family outing l saw only one motorboat not realy busy place.Nice place to watch animals during drinking times around noon and afternoon hours. you can watch variety of animals like elephants zebras antelopes and many more depending on your of the day.