Mahale
Size:
1,613 sq km (623 sq miles).
Location:
Western Tanzania, bordering Lake Tanganyika.
How to get there:
Charter flight from Arusha, Dar or Kigoma. Charter
private or national
park motorboat from Kigoma,
three to four hours. Weekly steamer from
Kigoma,
seven hours, then hire a local fishing boat or arrange
with park
HQ for pickup in park boat, another
one or two hours.
To do:
Chimp tracking (allow two days); hiking; camping
safaris; snorkelling; fish for your dinner.
Wildlife:
Chimpanzee, Red colobus, Red-tailed monkey,
Blue monkey, Giant
squirrel, Red-legged Sun squirrel,
Brush-tailed porcupine, Bushy-tailed
Mongoose,
Angolan black-and-white Colobus, Sharpe's Grysbok.
Birds:
Red-collared
Widowbird, Speckled Mousebird,
Crowned Eagle, Bee-eater, Roller,
Crested Guineafowl,
Ross' Turaco, White-browed Robin-Chat,
Red-winged
Starling, Violet-backed Starling Parrots.
Best time:
Dry season (May-October) best for forest walks
although no problem in the light rains
of October/November.
Accommodation:
Two seasonal luxury tented camps.
Two small resthouses, large campsite.
NOTE:
The
same rules for chimpanzee viewing at Gombe Stream
apply at Mahale.
Strict rules are in place to safeguard
you and the chimps. Allow at
least 2 days to see them -
this is not a zoo so there are no guarantees
where they’ll be each day.
Source: TANAPA.
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