Gombe Stream
National Park
Tanzania National
Parks & Game Reserves
(Gombe Stream National
Park is located in western Tanzania, 10 miles (20
kilometers) north of Kigoma, the regional capital
of western Tanzania. Gombe Forest Lodge, set in the
shade of ancient the trees of Gombe Forest just off
the shores of Lake Tanganyika)
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
Gombe
Stream National Park View
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Gombe
Stream National Park 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
•
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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