Witness Chimpanzees sharing 98% of our human DNA
Best known for its habituated chimpanzee population, Gombe Stream National Park provides visitors with a unique opportunity to witness these incredible primates in their natural habitat, being conserved and protected to sustain their fragile existence.
Its chimpanzees – habituated to human visitors – were made famous by the pioneering work of Jane Goodall, whom in 1960 founded a behavioural research program that now stands as the longest-running study of its kind in the world.
Attractions:
- beachcomber olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys and vervet monkeys.
- over 200 bird species.
- home to a vast number of bushpigs
- swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika with almost 100 kinds of colorful cichlid fish.