Mbamba Bay[2] is a town in western Tanzania, lying on the eastern shore of Lake Malawi/Lake Nyasa.

Mbamba Bay has an indentation in the otherwise straight profile of the lake and may be a potential port.

[citation needed] In October 2007, it was proposed to build a branch railway from Liganga via Mchuchuma to Mbamba Bay.

[3] Mbamba Bay is linked with Nkhata Bay in Malawi by motorized dhow.

The A19 links it with Mtwara, Tanzania, on the east coast.