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Discover Tanzania, Gombe Stream NP
Gombe Stream National Park is a national park in the Kigoma District of the Kigoma Region in Tanzania, 16 km north of Kigoma, the capital of the Kigoma Region. Established in 1968, it is one of the smallest national parks in Tanzania, with only 35 km2 of protected land along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The terrain is distinguished by steep valleys, and the vegetation ranges from grassland to woodland to tropical rainforest. Accessible only by boat, the park is most famous as the location where Jane Goodall pioneered her behavioral research on the common chimpanzee populations. The Kasakela chimpanzee community, featured in several books and documentaries, lives in Gombe National Park.
Trekking chimpanzees in Gombe National Park can be done throughout the year, but the odds of finding them quickly are better towards the end of the Dry season, from July to October. This is when the chimps tend to stick to the lower slopes. In the Wet season, it might take three to four hours to locate the chimps. The only private lodge in the park is closed from March-April.
July to October
July to October (Gombe doesn't get crowded any time of the year)
April and May (The only lodge is closed)
June to October (Little to no rainfall)
November to April (Wet season)