4days adventure in Tanzania outlines this Tanzania safari package for uncovering the hidden treasures that make Mahale Mountains National Park a unique travel location. Mahale National Park is well-known for its diverse activities, but our primary concentration is tracking chimps in the wild. It is home to an estimated 1000 chimps, making it one of the greatest chimp trekking sites in East Africa.
During these four days of safari in Mahale, you will explore the shores of Lake Tanganyika, see famous large Chimpanzees that are the park’s main attractions, a number of other mammals including various birds, black white, red colobus, red-tailed monkeys, and reptiles that live within the reserve, enjoy walking in the forest, swimming in the waterfalls, bird watching, cultural tours, and sport fishing
DETAILED 4 DAYS ADVENTURE AND WILDLIFE SAFARI TO MAHALE NATIONAL PARK
Day 1: Transfer flight from Arusha to Mahale airstrip
After breakfast at your Arusha hotel, you will be picked up by a driver and driven to Kilimanjaro airport to join a charter flight to the Mahale airstrip. Upon arrival, take a one-and-a-half-hour boat excursion to the Mahale Mountain National Park headquarters. You check into the lodge and spend the rest of the day preparing for Chimpanzee tracking the next day. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and boat ride
After an early breakfast in the morning. You go to the park headquarters to be briefed about chimp tracking in the forest. Enter to the forest with an experienced park ranger guide who will explain chimp behavior, understand their unique body gestures, and knows trekking pathways. The duration of the tracking is determined by the chimps’ movements, but there is no time limit to track the chimps.
Expect to witness other primates, birds, lions, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, and antelope, among other things, during your tour. Enjoy watching the chimps in their natural surroundings, their eating habits, and their behavior. Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. After lunch, go on a boat safari to see birds and wildlife. Return to the lodge for dinner and a bonfire, followed by an overnight stay.
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 3: Enjoy various activities like bird watching, cultural tours, sport fishing
Go birdwatching after breakfast because it is home to over 350 bird species, including migratory, aquatic, and forest birds. Among the various bird species to be seen are the Crested Guinea Fowl, Giant Kingfisher, Palm Nut Vulture, and Scaly Francolin.
You can also go sport fishing on Lake Tanganyika when conditions are favorable. If you wish to spend the day fishing on this deep, historic lake which is home to over 400 different species of fish, you need to get a fishing ticket and permit from the Mahale Mountains National Park administration office. A professional guide will aid you with the specifics.
In the evening go on cultural tour around Mahale Mountains. Visitors to Mahale Mountains National Park may encounter the Holoholo and Batongwe, two Bantu subgroups, in the neighboring settlements. Kigoma’s district capital is very interesting to visit because of its historical significance. In the evening return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: All meals are included
Day 4: Transfer back to Arusha
Get up for a leisurely breakfast before checking out of your accommodation. Relax on the beach while you wait for a transfer boat to take you back to the airstrip so you can catch your charter flight back to Arusha. You will be left off at the lodge or the international airport for your scheduled travel home, bringing your safari to a close.
Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch
Inclusions of this Safari
Park Entrance fees
A professional English/French speaking driver/guide
All Taxes/VAT
All Meals (as specified in the itinerary)
Drinking water on all day
Pick up, airstrip transfer and drop Off at Airport
All accommodation during the safari
Exclusions
International flights (from/to home)
Tips
Personal items like souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees.
Government imposed increase of taxes and park fees
Souvenir photos
Brief Information of Mahale Mountains national park
This magnificent Tanzania safari destination is located in western Tanzania and lies on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, with Kigoma as the nearest major city. The Mahale Mountains Park has an area of 1613 sq. km and is located in a rural area 130 kilometers north of Mahale. The geography of the park is dominated by the Mahale range.
The Mahale Mountains National Park takes its name from the Mahale Mountains, which were traditionally home to the Batongwe and Holoholo people. When the Mahale Mountains Wildlife Research Center was established in 1979, these people were evicted from the mountains, and the park was established in 1985.
The Mahale Mountains National Park preserves and inhabits a range of animal species, which is why it is a popular Tanzania wildlife tours location. The park’s main inhabitants and attraction are the chimps that live in the park’s montane forests. Yellow baboons, red colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, red tailed monkeys, nocturnal smaller greater galagos, and vervet monkeys are among the other primates and species found in Mahale Mountains Park. Elephants, roan antelopes, buffaloes, giraffes, bush backs, waterbucks, lions, and wild dogs are among the many mammal species.