Mahale Mountains National Park

The park, like its northern neighbor Gombe, is home to some of Africa’s last remaining wild chimps, population of about 900 that have been habituated to human visitors by a Japanese research project established in the 1960s.

“Mahale’s chimp tracking is a magical experience.”

Mahale is located in Western Tanzania, south of Kigoma, and borders Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest, second deepest, and least polluted freshwater lake, which is home to an estimated 1000 fish species.

Tourist Attractions

• The Chimpanzees
• Chain of Mountains (Mahale range)
• Forest fauna and flora (Angola colobus, red colobus, red-tailed and blue monkeys, forest birds, alpine bamboo, montane rain forest etc).
• Beach along Lake Tanganyika
• Local fishermen
• Sun set on the Lake horizon