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Gombe National Park

Gombe National Park is located in Western Tanzania and only covers 35 square kilometers of land on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The park is only accessible by boat and offers woodland, grassland, and tropical rainforest environments. Famous for the site where Jane Goodall conducted her chimpanzee behavioral research, you can walk through the forest to see chimpanzees and other primate species or swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika.

Wildlife

Gombe is a very diverse national park with chimpanzees and a variety of other primates, over 200 bird species, and around 100 different kinds of fish in Lake Tanganyika.

Best time to visit

The park is open all year but best during the dry season from May – October.

Activities

Hiking, boat trips, swimming, snorkeling