Tanzania Gombe Stream National Park

Established in 1968 gombe is one of the smallest national parks in tanzania with only 13 5 square miles 35 km 2 of protected land along the hills of the eastern shore of lake tanganyika.

Tanzania gombe stream national park.

Gombe national park also known as gombe stream national park is located in western kigoma region tanzania 10 miles 20 km north of kigoma the capital of kigoma region. With an area of only 56 sq km gombe national park is tanzania s smallest national park but its famous primate inhabitants and its connection to jane goodall have given it worldwide renown. Gombe stream national park is located in the westernmost region of tanzania along the shores of lake tanganyika. Home gombe stream national park an excited whoop erupts from deep in the forest boosted immediately by a dozen other voices rising in volume and tempo and pitch to a frenzied shrieking crescendo.

A bonding ritual that allows the participants to identify each other through their individual vocal stylisations. Gombe stream national park located on the western border of tanzania and the congo is most famous for jane goodall the resident primatologist who spent many years in its forests studying the behavior of the endangered chimpanzees. Jane goodall for over 50 years contributing to the drive to combine the preservation of primate wildlife habitats with the development of eco tourism and the beneficial involvement of indigenous human communities in tanzania. Tanzania s smallest national park is also one of its most famous thanks to the pioneering chimpanzee research project initiated there by jane goodall in 1960 now the world s longest running study of an individual wild animal population.

The tiny gombe stream national park is located on the north eastern shore of lake tanganyika near the border with burundi. Gombe stream packs a fair altitudinal range in its 52 sq km rising from the 773m shore of lake tanganyika to above 1 550m on the rift valley escarpment. I used tanzania horizon safaris to facilitate my trip. Even though it is the smallest park in the tanzania it has become world famous through the pioneering work of the passionate dr jane goodall who came to study the behaviour of chimpanzees.

History of the park. Gombe stream national park is legendary for the kasakela community of wild chimpanzees which were studied by dr. Gombe stream national park is the smallest national park in tanzania and home to jane goodall s famous chimpanzees. The national park encompasses an area of 14 square miles 35sq km making it the smallest national park in tanzania as well as most of africa.

Many of gombe s 100 plus chimps are well habituated and though it can be difficult sweaty work traversing steep hills and valleys if you head out early in the morning sightings are nearly guaranteed. The park is comprised of grasslands woodlands steep valleys and tropical rainforest.