Lake Duluti | |
Location: | Arusha District |
Coords: | -3.386°N 36.789°W |
Type: | Natural freshwater lake, volcanic crater lake |
Pushpin Map: | Tanzania |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Located in Northern Tanzania near Kenya border. |
Basin Countries: | Tanzania |
Length: | 1.11km (00.69miles) |
Width: | 0.73km (00.45miles) |
Area: | 0.6km2[1] |
Max-Depth: | 9m (30feet)[2] |
Elevation: | 1290m (4,230feet)[3] |
Lake Duluti is a volcanic crater lake in the Arusha region[4] of Tanzania, on the eastern edge of the eastern branch of the Great Rift Valley. It is located in Meru District near the town of Tengeru and is from Arusha city centre and from the Arusha-Moshi road.
Lake Duluti covers about 63ha, and the surrounding Duluti Forestry Reserve covers about 19ha of land. The deepest part of the lake, in its center, is about 9m (30feet) deep; the shallow parts are at the lake's shore, where the depth varies from side to side. A road from the Arusha-Moshi road leads to a restaurant on the Northern shore of the lake, where canoes can be hired. [5]