Gombe National Park

A small park of steep forested valleys on the shore of Lake Tanganyika, north of Kigoma, where Jane Goodall began studying chimpanzees in 1960. It is reached by boat from Kigoma.

Gombe was made a game reserve in 1943 and a national park in 1968. Jane Goodall's chimpanzee research began here in 1960 and made the park a centre for primate research and conservation.

Chimpanzee hikes are led by park rangers. Olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys, red colobus, blue monkeys and vervets also live in the forest, and walks can take in the Kakombe waterfall.

Kigoma has flights from the larger Tanzanian towns, and boats to the park are booked through the park or with private boat owners.

Wildlife

  • Chimpanzee
  • Olive baboon
  • Red colobus
  • Red-tailed monkey
  • Blue monkey