Gombe National Park

Gombe National Park contains ancient forest landscapes with steep valleys and year-round streams flowing toward Lake Tanganyika in mountainous terrain.

The park gained official national park status in 1968, converting a game reserve established in 1943 into a protected territory of 56 square kilometers.

Jane Goodall's research starting in 1960 demonstrated that chimpanzees manufacture tools and display complex social behaviors similar to humans.

Visitors reach the park exclusively by boat from Kigoma, requiring a three to four hour journey across Lake Tanganyika.

The park maintains a population of one hundred wild chimpanzees that are part of the longest-running scientific study of primates.

Location: Kigoma Region

Inception: 1968

Website: https://www.tanzaniaparks.go.tz/national_parks/gombe-national-park

Website: https://tanzaniaparks.go.tz/national_parks/gombe-national-park

GPS coordinates: -4.66667,29.63333

Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:38