Gombe stream national park

              

Coordinates: 4°40′S 29°38′E

Location of Gombe National Park
Gombe was designated as a game reserve in 1943, was upgraded into a national park status in 1968. The park is located 16 km north of Kigoma town on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania. It covers an area of 56 square kilometers and is a fragile habitat for chimpanzee.

Gombe National park is situated on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, the deepest in Africa and second deepest in the world and famous for its cichlids fish family. Gombe Stream is an untamed place of lush forests and clear lake views. Hiking and swimming are also popular activities here, once the day’s expedition to see the chimpanzees is over.

Gombe Stream’s main attraction is obviously the chimpanzee families that live protected in the park’s boundaries. Guided walks are available that take visitors deep into the forest to observe and sit with the extraordinary primates for an entire morning — an incredible experience and one that is the highlight of many visitors’ trips to Africa. Besides chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe Stream’s tropical forests. Vervet and colobus monkeys, baboons, forest pigs and small antelopes inhabit the dense forest, in addition to a wide variety of tropical birdlife, almost 200 species. There are also 11 species of snakes.
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Visitors to the park can trek into the forest to view the chimpanzees, as well as swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika with almost 100 kinds of colourful cichlid fish.


​3 nights/4 days Gombe National Park Tour Package
Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival in Kigoma Airport
Meals (Lunch – Dinner)
  • Arrive in Kigoma - Be welcomed with our organized pick-up service coordinated to your flight arrival time.
  • Transfer to Lake Tanganyika Beach hotel in a private comfortable vehicle (approx. 20 minutes), for lunch and refreshing.
  • After lunch, transfer to Gombe National Park, experiencing the enchanting and breath taking boat ride through the waters of the second deepest lake in the world, in a well- equipped traditional wooden boat.
  • Arrival at Gombe National Park (time varies between 2-3 hours, depending on weather conditions) followed by camp/room allocation. Enjoy a free evening as the sun sets down, experiencing an orange African sky by the shores of Lake Tanganyika and sounds of nature. (You can swim, snorkel or choose to stroll on the beach and have a relaxing evening), or watch baboons on the beach.
  • Dinner is provided.
  • Overnight in Gombe.
 
Day 2: Gombe Chimps Trekking
Meals (Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner)
  • Wake up in the nature of Gombe National Park, watch the baboons and birds start their day,  followed by an early morning breakfast.
  • Enjoy a full day trekking in the jungles of Gombe and experience how the primates live in the wild. (Sightings : Chimpanzees, Baboons, Monkeys, Birds etc. )
  • Be welcomed back to the camp followed a delicious freshly prepared late lunch.
  • Enjoy a free peaceful and relaxing evening by the lake, recalling all the amazing memories made throughout the day. Swim and snorkel, enjoying the crystal clear waters of this rift valley lake.
  • Dinner is provided.
  • Overnight in Gombe.
 
Day 3: Half Day Chimps Trekking / Transfer to Kigoma
Meals (Breakfast – Lunch)
  • Wake up to the sounds of nature and the gentle waves, followed by a good breakfast.
  • Half-day Chimps trekking, followed by an early lunch (12.00HRS).
  • Transfer to Kigoma by boat, leaving back only footprints and taking back dozens of memories.
  • Arrive at Lake Tanganyika Beach Hotel, followed by dinner at the hotel.
  • Overnight in Kigoma at the hotel.
 
Day 4: Kigoma – Transfer to airport
  • Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel.
  • Free morning (depending on the time of departure, complementary Kigoma market tour and Livingstone tour in the historic town of Ujiji)
  • Transfer to airport coordinated to your flight reporting time, going back with a handful of memories from Gombe, the lake and Kigoma!
 
What is included:
  • Accommodation in a standard double or twin room - sharing.
  • Full board meals (lunch, dinner and breakfast) when staying the night during the safari.
  • 2 litres of bottled water per person per day.
  • Logistical transfers - you will be transferred, overland or by boat, as stated in the itinerary.
  • Activities that are included in the itinerary.
  • Private arrival and departure meet, greet and transfer services.
  • All park and reserve entry fees, guide fees, camping fees, all transfer as per itinerary, VAT, government levies, service charges and hotel taxes for the services booked.
 
What Is Not Included:

  • Other services, tours, activities, drinks and meals that are outside the included offerings, personal expenses such as travellers' insurance, medical evacuation, communication charges, gratuities - tips, visas, airport specific passenger charges, international and domestic airfares, that are extra and NOT part of the included itinerary.

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