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The area can produce spectacular short-lived thunderstorms. The yearly temperature for the entire Rungwe district ranges from a maximum of 27 °C during
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Tourist travel is first to the international airport in the
Tanzanian capital, then the overnight train from the capital to Mbeya, then a local vehicle to Tukuyu. However a recently built international Airport at Songwe, 25km south of Mbeya city, has made travel easier and convenient. There are
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Rungwe mission (about 10 km from the Mbeya−Tukuyu road) is a centre established as the alternative missionary settlement for the
Moravian Church. This centre comprises a secondary school, an original Moravian Church and other agricultural training schemes.
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temperature difference between day and night is around 10 °C. The wettest period for Tukuyu is in the period of
November to April, where rain, sometimes in sleet, may rain for days on end. June to September, however, is relatively dry and sunny.
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In and around Tukuyu there are some notable but very slight tremors due to the volcanic nature of the region. About 30 km away at Kyejo, carbon dioxide oozes out from the earth, proving the region has not-so-dormant volcanic activity.
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Tea is widely cultivated around Tukuyu. It is one of the perennial crops that many small scale farmers depend on. There is a tea processing factory at
Katumba, (Wakulima Tea Company) 5 km from Tukuyu, as one travels to Mbeya.
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hospital. The Africa Bridge charity is based near Tukuyu. There is a school, the
Kipande School, and several other small educational initiatives. The town is the headquarters of the Konde Diocese of the influential
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zone, have friendly villagers, have very few dangerous animals, and the elevated highland climate is cool. The trek to Ngozi Peak, below which is a spectacular volcanic crater lake, is popular.
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also daily coaches from Dar es Salaam to Tukuyu (Rungwe
Express, New Force). Tukuyu is on the main road to Malawi and there are daily connections to the Malawi border and further land inwards.
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established a large hospital in the town in the early 1920s, and built reliable roads and bridges. There was a small
British military post some miles south at
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