Tanzania: Elephant Invasion At Lake Chala Is Disturbing to Farmers and Safari Camp

Lake Chala is a crater lake shared between Kenya and Tanzania on the eastern edge of Mount Kilimanjaro, not far from Moshi Town. It is part of a large water system.

The water of Lake Chala comes though underground streams from Mt. Kilimanjaro. Thirty kilometers downstream is Lake Jipe. This glacier fed lake is beautiful with clear water. It was formed from the caldera of an extinct volcano. The crater walls are steep. Water levels have been dropping over the last few years and there is concern that one of the caves in the system may have collapsed.

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