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Gombe Stream National Park is located in western Kigoma Region, Tanzania,
10 miles (20 km) north of Kigoma, the capital of Kigoma Region.
Established in 1968, Gombe is the smallest national park in Tanzania, with only
20 square miles (52 km2) of forest running along the hills of
the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika.The terrain is distinguished by steep
valleys, and the forest vegetation ranges from grassland to alpine bamboo to tropical
rainforest.Accessible only by boat, the park is most famous as the
location where Jane Goodall pioneered her behavioral research conducted on the chimpanzee
populations.
Gombe
Stream’s high levels of diversity make it an increasingly popular tourist
destination. Besides chimpanzees, primates inhabiting Gombe Stream include
beachcomber olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys and vervet Monkeys.The Park is
also home to over 200 bird species and bushpigs.]There
are also 11 species of snakes, and occasional hippopotamus and leopards.
Visitors to the park can trek into the forest to view the chimpanzees, as well
as swim and snorkel in Lake Tanganyika with almost 100 kinds of colorful cichlid
fish
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