4-Day Budget Tour -Mahale

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Kigoma town to Mahale Mountains National Park

In the morning, you'll be picked up on your arrival/hotel and transferred to Lagosa village or at the park HQ where you will take a boat to Mahale Mountain National Park tourism center (Kasiha post). Have a picnic lunch at Lagosa village before boating to Mahale. The boat will take approximately 1 to 2 hours from Lagosa village, but from the park Hq, it takes 30 minutes to Kasiha. Arrive at Mahale in the evening time, take a room, enjoy the sunset, and swim over Lake Tanganyika. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Tanapa Banda.

Main Destination:

Mahale Mountains National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit August to October (Chimp trekking is easiest)

High Season August to October (Mahale is never crowded)

Best Weather June to October (Almost no rainfall)

Wildlife in Mahale Mountains NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

HippoOccasional

ElephantRare

GiraffeRare

LeopardRare

ZebraRare

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LionVery Rare

BuffaloRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

TANAPA Mahale Rest House

• Budget guest house located inside Mahale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee Trekking

After breakfast at 8:00 am, start chimpanzee tracking in the forest. The hike takes you to the chimp’s habitation areas, which are accessible and not strenuous, although, being in good physical condition will ease the strain of walking through the jungle! Up close, observing the endangered primates is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Meals and your overnight stay are at Tanapa Banda.

Main Destination:

Mahale Mountains National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

TANAPA Mahale Rest House

• Budget guest house located inside Mahale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee Trekking, Bird Watching and Kayaking

After breakfast, you'll go for chimpanzee tracking. Mahale offers a number of outstanding attractions for visitors, from tracking wild habituated chimpanzees, to mountain climbing. Walking safaris in the beautiful lowland forest allow close encounters with a vast array of birds and animals, including a group of habituated chimpanzees. The opportunity to track chimps in their natural habitat is Mahale's foremost tourist attraction. In the evening, you will have time to do swimming or enjoy kayaking and leisure at the beach. Meals and your overnight stay are at Tanapa Banda.

Main Destination:

Mahale Mountains National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

TANAPA Mahale Rest House

• Budget guest house located inside Mahale Mountains NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Mahale to Kigoma Town

Have breakfast at 7:00 am. After breakfast, you'll have a boat transfer back to Lagosa village or to the park Hq. You'll be picked up on arrival and driven back to Kigoma town.

Main Destination:

Kigoma (Town)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.