Transportation

As we already know Lake Victoria is located at the intersection of three countries Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.  With the lakes central location it makes for a method of transportation between these countries.  There are six major ports on Lake Victoria:

Kenya:
Kisumu (3rd largest city in Kenya)

Tanzania:
Mwanza
Bukoba

Uganda:
Entebbe
Port Bell
Jinja (also the largest city in Uganda)

These ports are the main destination for Lake Victoria ferries.  Since the 1900's these ferries have been the fastest and most economical method of transportation between the major cities.  These ferries carry everything from people to freight for trading.  The longer journey times can near 20 hours but this is still much quicker than traveling around the outside of the lake.


All information retrieved from: http://travelpace.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/ferry2.jpg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Victoria, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Victoria_ferries