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along the Kiriwa River are the pretty Kaporogwe Falls . Also nearby is Kijungu (Cooking
Pot), where the river tumbles through a rocky gorge.
SLEEPING & EATING
Landmark Hotel HOTEL $
( 025-255 2400; camping per tent US$5, s/d Tsh30,000/40,000; ) Spacious, good-
value rooms, all with TV and hot water, a small lawn where it's sometimes permitted to
pitch a tent and a good restaurant. The doubles have two large beds, and the singles have
one that's big enough for two people. It's the large multistorey building at the main junc-
tion just up from NBC bank.
DM Motel GUESTHOUSE $
( 025-255 2332; s/d Tsh15,000/20,000, s without bathroom Tsh10,000; ) Clean rooms
with a large bed (no same-gender sharing permitted) and meals on request. It's just off the
main road at the turn-off into Tukuyu town, and signposted.
Bongo Camping CAMPGROUND $
( 0784-823610; www.facebook.com/bongocamp ing; camping with own/hired tent
Tsh6000/8000; ) A backpacker-friendly place with a large, grassy area to pitch your tent,
basic cooking facilities, hot-bucket showers, tents for hire and meals on order. It's at Kibisi
village, 3km north of Tukuyu, and 800m off the main road. English-speaking guides can be
arranged for hikes and excursions.
INFORMATION
NBC in the town centre has an ATM, and you can get online at Syaka Internet Café (per
hr Tsh1000) , diagonally opposite the bank, and Hope Internet Café (per hr Tsh1000) , in
the Lutheran compound next to the bank.
Rungwe Tea & Tours ( 025-255 2489, 0784-293042; rungweteatours@yahoo.com) , a
small, enthusiastic, locally run place next to the post office and just off the main road lead-
ing up to Landmark Hotel, can help you organise guides for hikes and excursions in the
surrounding area. Prices start about Tsh20,000 per day including a guide and local commu-
nity fee. Another contact for arranging guides is Bongo Camping (see Sleeping).
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