Mahale Mountains is famous for its large chimpanzee population that is well acclimatized to human contact, is located in western Tanzania on the dramatic shores of Lake Tanganyika. The forested slopes of the Mahale Mountains are overwhelming and the park area extends to the sandy beaches of Lake Tanganyika.
The habitat combines rain forest, grasslands, alpine bamboo and woodland and apart from the chimps, also hosts other species of primate, including black and white colobus, red colobus and red-tailed monkeys. Activities here include tracking endangered chimpanzees and walking in the forest, swimming in the waterfalls and the lake and drifting on a dhow.
Located at Ujiji on the shores of Lake Tanganyika where Stanley is reputed to have met Livingstone and given the famous greeting "Dr. Livingstone I presume".
The Mahale Mountains like Gombe, are one of the last natural home to chimpanzees and rich in birdlife. The park is a unique ecological zone with lowland forest, miombo, open woodlands, moist and dry savannah grasslands.
Wildlife in the park includes primates, kudus, elands, roans, sable antelopes, giraffes, buffalos, elephants, lions and leopards. |
