Gombe national park located on the Western border of Tanzania and Congo in Kigoma region. It is the smallest national park in the country with about 52 square kilometres [52 sq - km], but it has a great popularity based on its great attraction of Chimpanzee families living in the park. It is only kilometres [16 km] away from northern part of Kigoma town, Kigoma Region head quoter.
This park was established in 1968, and it is a narrow hillside of the mountainous forest bordered by the steep slopes that reach the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika. The area featured with steep valleys, and forests from law land to mountain peaks of tropical rain forests. The park is among the few residential chimpanzee in the world.
The park got popularity after a primatologist researcher Jane Goodall who spent a couple of years researching on the life and habits of Gombe's endangered chimpanzees for 40 years and wrote several books about these unique creatures known as Kasakela's chimpanzees.
Other animals found in this park includes monkeys with red and blue tailors. Dangerous animals, like leopards and lions are not in the park and thus make it safe for foot trips. The best time to visit this reserve is summertime, in July-October because the chimpazee do not like to walk in the rainy season. The main means of transport used to reach Gombe national park is a boat.
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