Tourist Attractions in Gombe Stream National Park

Tourist Attractions in Gombe Stream National Park

The major of the Tourist Attractions in Gombe Stream National Park is obviously the chimpanzees. Set in a fringe of tropical rainforest on the fringes of Lake Tanganyika in western Tanzania, Gombe Stream National Park is a dream chimpanzee safari destination pioneered by the works of Jane Goodall, where it is possible to take guided forest treks to watch the chimpanzees both at play and interacting socially. Gombe Stream National Park is legendary for the Kasekela community of endangered wild chimpanzees which were studied by Dr. Jane Goodall for over 50 years during her study into primate behavior and featured in several books and documentaries and it is also home to two other chimpanzee families which bring the total population to currently 150 endangered chimpanzees that have been habituated and living in the protected park boundaries and thus featuring the prime Tourist Attractions in Gombe National Park. The chimpanzee’s instantly recognizable pant-hoot calls build the excitement as you are likely to come within meters of these incredible animals. Besides the park’s well known habituated Chimpanzees, other Tourist Attractions in Gombe Stream National Park features several primates which include troops of beachcomber olive baboons, red colobus, red Tailed, blue and vervet monkeys with the Red-tailed and blue monkeys also known to hybridize in the area. This untamed place of lush forests and clear lake views are also home to over 200 bird species and 250 butterfly species and these bird species range from the iconic fish eagle to the jewel-like Peter’s twin spots that hop tamely around the visitors’ center. You may also encounter with Bush pigs and Elephants, various species of snakes, as well as occasional hippos that are also residents in this small park. In addition there have been a rare sighting of leopards and for those interested in marine life Lake Tanganyika offers hundreds of fish species namely the colorful cichlids.

Waterfalls

In addition Gombe Stream National Park has an average of two to three waterfalls with the major Kakombe waterfalls situated on the steeply forested Rift Valley escarpment, the falls are incredibly lovely and tumbling hundreds of feet down lushly carpeted rock faces. After dusk, a dazzling night sky is complemented by the lanterns of hundreds of small wooden boats, bobbing on the lake like a sprawling city.