Gombe Stream National Park is a home to world famous Chimpanzee reserve; it has 100+ chimpanzees which are well habituated.

There are plenty of Baboons around, but the focal point of gombe is the chimpanzee family that live protected in the parks boundaries. Besides chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe stream National Park, they include; Vervet and Colobus monkeys, baboons, forest pigs, small antelopes, wide variety of tropical birdlife and many more.

The main attraction of Gombe National Park is :

• Guided walks to deep forest and sit with extraordinary primates for entire morning.

• Listen to the pant-hoot from the deep forest.

• Visit Lake Tanganyika to spot 100 kinds of colourful cichlid fish.

• Social grooming of chimpanzees.

Gombe research centre is gives you detailed information of chimpanzees; it is run by a team of trained Tanzanians. It has a data of chimpanzee demographic pattern, male politics, hunting, and culture and mother infant relationship over multiple generations.

Chimpanzees share about 98% genes with humans and no scientific expertise is required to distinguish between the individual repertories of pants, hoots and screams that define the celebrities, the powerbrokers and the supporting characters.

Activities in Gombe National Park :

• Hiking: You can go for a short hike early in the morning and get a chance to meet the chimps and spend time during the first half.

• Swimming: You can visit the nearby Lake Tanganyika and float yourself on the water and relax.

Why go :

This is the most famous chimpanzee reserve in the world and one of the best places to see chimpanzee very close.

When to go :

You can visit Gombe National Park any time around the year. However, the dry season would be the best to enter into the forest.

How to get to Gombe National Park :

Kigoma is connected to Dar es Salaam and Arusha by scheduled flights, to Dar es Salaam and Mwanza by slow rail service. You can also reach to Dar es Salaam and Mbeya by rough roads and to Mpulugu by a weekly ferry.

You can also reach here through the charter boats which take around an hour to reach.