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7 days Tanzania Wildlife and Chimp Trekking Safari (Katavi and Gombe Stream National Parks)

Book our 7-days Tanzania Wildlife and Chimp Trekking Safari in Katavi and Gombe Stream National Park. These are well-known for their stunning landscapes and abundant wildlife, making them home to some of Africa’s most untouched and intriguing national parks. For anyone desiring a deeply engaging encounter with nature, embarking on a 7-day expedition in Katavi and Gombe Stream National Parks offers a rare chance to discover two separate but equally captivating ecosystems.

Highlights of the 7 days Tanzania Wildlife and Chimp Trekking Safari

DAY 1: Arrival at Gombe national park.

DAY 2: Chimpanzee trekking.

DAY 3: Transfer to Katavi.

DAY 4: Full day game drive in Katavi.

DAY 5: Game drive and afternoon nature walk.

DAY 6: Transfer to Kigoma town.

DAY 7: Departure.

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 Detailed itinerary of the 7 days Tanzania Wildlife and Chimp Trekking Safari (Day by Day)

DAY 1: Arrival at Gombe Stream National Park.

Very in the morning, you will leave Bujumbura or Nyanza lac to Kabonga border with Tanzania, board the boat to Gombe National Park, get lunch and there after forest walk, visit Kakombe waterfall, dinner and overnight at TANAPA rest house. F/B.

DAY 2: Chimpanzee trekking. 

Enjoy your breakfast  and transfer to the lake side  where you will  board the boat directly  to Gombe Stream National park where chimpanzee trekking is done.  The main attraction here  is the chimpanzee families that live protected in the park’s boundaries. Visitors are briefed and  take walks deep into the forest to observe and sit with the extraordinary primates for an entire morning. Gombe became well known for the conservation project started from Jane Goodall, who first arrived in Gombe in1960. Apart from chimpanzee viewing, many other species of primates live in Gombe Stream’s tropical forests, like velvet and colobus monkeys, baboons. After trekking these primates, you will be picked up by our guide who will transfer you to the hotel for lunch.  Dinner and overnight at TANAPA rest house. F/B.

DAY 3: Transfer to Katavi.

Enjoy your  breakfast  and board  the boat to Kigoma town with your packed lunch. Enjoy your enroute lunch and continue with your journey. Upon arrival, you will be picked  up   and transfer to Katavi National Park, Dinner and overnight at TANAPA rest house. F/B.

DAY 4: Full day game drive in Katavi.

After enjoying your delicious breakfast, you will drive  to the park for a  full day game drive with your packed lunch.  Explore the Katavi floodplains and inner side of the park. The park is noted for its Miombo woodland and its home to Buffalo, elephant, Leopard, Lion and Zebra. Antelope species includes eland, impala, topi, roan and sable. Katavi also boasts Tanzania’s greatest concentration of hippo and crocodile. Dinner and overnight at TANAPA rest house F/B.

DAY 5: Game drive and afternoon nature walk.

Enjoy your  breakfast and then get ready to go for a morning game drive. Drive back to the lodge, for your lunch and then in the evening you can take a nature walk in the national park following the ranger guide. Dinner and overnight at TANAPA rest house. F/B.

DAY 6: Transfer to Kigoma town.

Enjoy your breakfast  and leave Katavi with pack-lunch and transfer to Kigoma town, dinner and overnight at Lake Tanganyika beach Hotel F/B.

DAY 7: Departure.

After enjoying your breakfast,  transfer to Dr.Livingstone memorial centre at Ujiji, this is the village close to Kigoma town where, in 1858,Burton and Speke commenced their exploration of lake Tanganyika and where, in 1871, Henry Morton Stanley pronounced the famous words ‘Dr Livingstone. Proceed  and there after transfer to Manyovu or Mabanda border with Burundi.

Price Includes

  • All meals and accommodations during the entire safari
  • Private boat
  • Experienced guide
  • Mineral water
  • All park fees
  • All transfers and game drives
  • Chimpanzee trekking fees
  • Ujiji tour

Price Excludes

  • Transport to and from Bujumbura-Burundi
  • Visa and Tips
  • Drinks at the lodges
  • Any other things not mentioned above

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