3-Day Kigoma to Gombe Chimpanzee Trekking

• A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Kigoma to Gombe and Chimps trekking

Today, we will pick you up from your hotel and transfer you to Kibirizi port for your private boat to Gombe National Park at 10:00. Meet your guide/ranger for a briefing, and afterwards, proceed for Chimpanzee tracking in the forest. Gombe Stream’s main attraction is the chimpanzee families that live protected within the park’s boundaries. Visitors walk deep into the forest to observe and sit with the extraordinary primates for an entire morning. Apart from chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe Stream’s tropical forests. Vervet and colobus monkeys, baboons, forest pigs, and dik-diks inhabit the dense forest, along with a wide variety of tropical birdlife.

Main Destination:

Gombe National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit July to October (Best time to find chimps)

High Season July to October (Gombe never gets crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Little to no rainfall)

Wildlife in Gombe NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

HippoOccasional

LeopardRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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ElephantNone

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Kasekela Luxury Tents

• Budget tented camp located inside Gombe NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee trekking

After breakfast, you’ll start your chimpanzee trekking experience. Gombe Stream’s main attraction is the chimpanzee families. Visitors walk into the forest to observe and sit with the primates. In the afternoon, visit the Jane Goodall house, relax, and go swimming.

Dinner and overnight at Kasekela Mid-range tented camp.

Main Destination:

Gombe National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Kasekela Luxury Tents

• Budget tented camp located inside Gombe NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gombe to Kigoma town and Ujiji tour

In the morning, after breakfast, Chimpanzee trekking and a forest walk, back to the guest house for lunch; after lunch, ride a boat back to Kigoma town. Pick up on your arrival and transfer to Ujiji Village. Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania, located about 6 miles (10 km) south of Kigoma. Ujiji is the place where Richard Burton and John Speke first reached the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1858. It is the site of the famous meeting on 10 November 1871 when Henry Stanley found Dr David Livingstone and reputedly uttered the famous words “Dr Livingstone, I presume?” Livingstone, who many thought dead, as no news had been heard of him for several years. A monument known as the “Dr Livingstone Memorial” was erected here to commemorate the meeting. And then transfer back to the Hotel.

Main Destination:

Kigoma (Town)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.