Tanzania
National Parks & Game Reserves
Gombe Stream
National Park
Gombe
Stream National Park in Tanzania
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Gombe
Stream Coastline and
chimpanzees
Forest
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Dr.
Jane Goodall's ground-breaking chimpanzee
research
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Gombe
Stream National Park
This is the smallest
of Tanzania's National Parks and was formed in 1968
to give protection to its resident chimpanzees, made
famous by Dr Jane Goodall. It is a narrow strip of
land along the shores of Lake Tanzania, which rises
into mountainous folds and valleys full of towering
oil nut palms and tall indigenous trees dangling with
intertwining vines. There are no roads, no phones
and no electricity. This is real jungle and in it
the creatures of Africa rule. It is a real life Tarzan
movie set.
Gombe
Stream National Park Animals & Birds
Chimps
are king of the treetops, but the canopy also harbors
red colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, red-tailed monkeys
and olive baboons. Many of the chimpanzees are habituated
to humans as a result of ongoing research since the
1960's. Respect and understanding are key to rewarding
chimp encounters. On the lakeshore pied wagtails and
sandpipers dash in and out of the lapping waves and
butterflies rise in confetti-like clouds. Palm nut
vultures glide over the lakeshore. Young baboons play
in the water, sometimes even submerging themselves,
which is rarely seen outside this park. Elephants,
buffaloes and leopards also inhabit this park.
Gombe
Stream National Park Seasons
Dry
Season
May
to October is dry and the best time for forest walks,
although the light rains of October and November are
also fine. Mid-December to February is dry and hot.
Rainy Season
the
long rains are from March to May when insects come
to life and the forest becomes very slippery.
Gombe
Stream Highlights
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Close encounters with chimpanzees
• Foot safaris into real African jungle
• Lake Tanganyika - an inland sea
Gombe
Stream Facts
Gombe is Tanzania's smallest National Park having
gained its status in 1968.
It is situated at the country's western border with
Zambia, which cuts through the middle of Lake Tanganyika.
Jane
Goodall with a Chimpanzee in Gombe Stream
National Park
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 Lake
Tanganyika in Tanzania
Gombe
National Park
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Close
encounters with chimpanzees
at Gombe Stream
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