Tanzania Safari and travel to East Africa

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Tanzania Destinations
• Grumeti Reserves
• Serengeti
• Ngorongoro Crater
• Lake Manyara
• Tarangire
• Kilimanjaro
• Arusha
• Selous
• Katavi
• Mahale
• Gombe

Tanzania Tours
•  Essential Northern Circuit
•  Wildlife Adventure by 4x4
•  Climbing Kilimanjaro
•  Deluxe Safari & Zanzibar
•  Tanzania & Zanzibar Safari

Gombe Safari

The major attraction of the Gombe Stream National Park is the chimpanzees, made famous by Jane Goodall in 1960 when she established the area as a chimpanzee research station.

Despite its tiny size of only 52 sq km, it's a magnificent, dense tropical forest rising steeply from Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. Although the chimpanzees are the park's star attraction they are not its only one. There are many other species, including baboon, vervet monkey, red colobus monkey, blue monkey and bush babies. Gombe also hosts a wide variety of bird species.

Gombe lies on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and it is not accessible by road or by air. The easiest way to visit Gombe is on a daytrip, using a chartered motorboat, and to go on a guided forest walk.

A Gombe safari is a great opportunity to meet a chimpanzee up close. After a day of hiking you can take a swim in the crystal clear waters of Lake Tanganyika, the world's longest and second-deepest lake.
Gombe Safari Ideas
Glimpse of Gombe Glimpse of Gombe

A four day safari to see the chimps of Gombe. Nothing can prepare you for an encounter with chimps. Whether it’s on a pebbled beach or deep within the forest, it’s awesome.
 
Chimpanzees at Gombe National Park Tanganyika Primate Adventure

This 8 day safari takes you on an adventure from rural Tanzania and the historical town of Kigoma on Lake Tangayika to the ancient forests of Mahale and Gombe for an extraordinary experience with the captivating chimp populations.


Accommodations in Gombe

Gombe Tented Camp
The Gombe Tented Camp is situated at the northern end of Mahale Mountains National Park on the shore of the Mitumba stream.