GOMBE SOUTHERN TANZANIA.

About Gombe Stream National Park

• Size:52 sq km (20 sq miles), Tanzania’s smallest park.
• Location: 16 km (10 miles) north of Kigoma on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania.

Getting there

Kigoma is connected to Dar es salaam and Arusha by scheduled flights, to Dar es salaam and Mwanza by a slow rail service, to Mwanza, Dar and Mbeya by rough dirt roads, and to Mpulungu in Zambia by a weekly ferry.
From Kigoma, local lake-taxis take up to three hours to reach Gombe, or motorboats can be chartered, taking less than one hour.

What to do

• Day walks or hiking safaris through untouched bush with aguide
• Game drives – around Msembe though it’s a sparse in the parts of the park

Why and when to visit

• Chimpanzee trekking; hiking, swimming and snorkelling;
• Visit the site of Henry Stanley’s famous “Dr Livingstone presume” at Ujiji near Kigoma, and watch the renowned dhow builders at work.

Accommodation

1 new luxury tented lodge, as well a self-catering hostel, guest house and campsites on the lakeshore.