Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania: A Complete Safari Guide

Gombe National Park is the smallest park in Tanzania with an area of approximately 56 km. The park’s biggest attractions are its famed primate inhabitants and its connection to Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall first did research here in the 60’s. Gombe is a paradise for chimp enthusiasts.

Many of Gombe’s chimps are relatively accustomed within the park. Sweaty walking steep hills and valleys is a bit challenging but the experience is so attractive. If you go out early in the morning, you are almost guarantyd sightings and they are fantastic. It is an experience not easily forgotten.

Gombe lies on the shores of lake Tanganyika. The woodland is green and thirteen streams run down the face of the cliff to the sandy beach. The most attractive view is of the wooded slopes which meet the sheer escarpment.

Apart from the major attraction, the chimpanzee, the park also has a troop of habituated olive baboon that are normally seen by the lake. There are various other species of monkeys present include red colobus monkey and red-tailed which are sometimes hunted by the chimps.

There’s also a wide variety of colourful birds at the park. Notable birds include African broadbill, Black saw-wing, Crowned eagle, Double-toothed barbet, Kenya rufous sparrow, Livingstone’s turaco, Palm-nut vulture, Peter’s twinspot, Red-capped robin-chat, Red-chested cuckoo, Ross’s turaco, Yellow-rumped tinkerbird.

You can take walks along the lakeside, visit Jane’s old chimp-feeding station, the viewpoint on Jane’s Peak and Kakombe Waterfall, even while searching for chimps.