Gombe & Mahale National Park – Primate Safari

7 Days
  • Overview
  • Itinerary
  • Cost

Gombe & Mahale National Park – Primate Safari

7 Days
  • Overview
  • Itinerary
  • Cost
Overview
The 7 Day Gombe & Mahale National Park -  primate safari include visiting the lush forests of Mahale National Park where you will be hiking and tracking the local population of chimpanzees. Although seeing chimpanzees is the obvious  highlight of this tour, Lake Tanganyika is a very special place to visit and you’ll be able to snorkel in the lake and join the locals for your own fishing experience.
Highlights
  • Chimpanzee Tracking
  • Hiking to Jane’s Peak
  • Boat Safari on Lake Tanganyika
  • Bird Watching
  • Cultural Encounters
  • Itinerary

    Flight from Dar Es Salaam to Kigoma departs 09:30 am, on arrival to Kibirizi port for your boat to Gombe (2 hours private boat). Pick up on arrival and transfer to the camp, afternoon relax on the beach.

    Gombe Stream’s main attraction is obviously the chimpanzee families that live protected in the park’s boundaries. Visitors take walks deep into the forest to observe and sit with the extraordinary primates for an entire morning. Apart from chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe Stream’s tropical forests. Val vet and colobus monkeys, baboons, forest pigs and dik dik inhabit the dense forest and a wide variety of tropical birdlife.
    Accommodation: Kasekela Tented Camp.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    On 08h30, Start Chimpanzee tracking in the forest, Gombe became well known for the conservation project started by Jane Goodall, who first arrived in Gombe in 1960. Apart from chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe Stream’s tropical forests, like velvet, Colobus monkeys and baboons, Climb to Jane’s peak and visit Kakombe waterfalls if time allows.
    Accommodation: Kasekela Tented Camp.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    After breakfast transfer by boat to Kibirizi port (2 hours) then transfer by vehicle to Lukoma village then take a 45 minutes boat to Mahale National Park - afternoon relax and overnight.

    The park like its northerly neighbour Gombe is home to some of Africa's last remaining wild chimpanzees, a population of roughly 900, they are habituated to human visitors by a Japanese research project founded in the 1960s.
    Tracking the chimps of Mahale is a magical experience.

    Mahale is located in the Western Tanzania to the South of Kigoma town, it is bordering Lake Tanganyika-the World’s longest, second deepest and least polluted freshwater lake-harbouring an estimated 1000 fish species.

    Accommodation: Mahale Bandas.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    You will spend full days chimpanzee tracking in Mahale. Chimpanzees normally move in search of food and nest wherever there’s an abundant food source such as their favourite fruit. Snorkelling is an option if you’d like to cool off in the water and see what lies below the surface.
    Accommodation: Mahale Bandas.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    You will spend full days chimpanzee tracking in Mahale. Chimpanzees normally move in search of food and nest wherever there’s an abundant food source such as their favourite fruit. Snorkelling is an option if you’d like to cool off in the water and see what lies below the surface.
    Accommodation: Mahale Bandas.
    Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Early morning chimpanzee tracking then breakfast, Later pick up and transfer by boat back to Lukoma village then take a car Kigoma town check in at Kigoma Hilltop Lodge - late afternoon to transfer to Ujiji Town, visit Dr. Livingstone memorial centre

    Morning after breakfast and transfer to the airport for your flight back to Dar-es-salaam.

    COST
    The Cost Includes:
    • Accommodation & meals.
    • Professional Tanzanian guide.
    • Chimpanzee Trekkings.
    • Forest or bird walking.
    • Boat safari on the Lake Tanganyika.
    • Concession fees.
    • Daily safari briefing.
    • All transfers to and from airport.
    • Flights: Dar Es Salaam – KIGOMA – Dar Es Salaam.
    The Cost Excludes:
    • Tourist visas.
    • International Flights.
    • Travel insurance.
    • Snorkeling.
    • Alcoholic Drinks.
    • Tips.
    • All items of a personal nature.

    You can send your enquiry via the form below.

    Gombe & Mahale National Park – Primate Safari
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    From $3,000 $2,966
    / Adult
    From $1,800 $1,780
    / Child
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