Chimpanzee Safaris
Lake Victoria Region-Western Circuit Tourist Circuit
Attractions around
Mwanza include a short boat excursion to
Saa
Nane
Island
(literally “
eight o’clock
island”)
which has a large variety of reptiles and small game; a visit to the scruffy beach resorts on
Ukerewe
Island
; and a visit to the
Sukoma
Museum
(15km out of Mwanza on the Musoma road) where
there is a spectacular drum collection. Once a week, usually on Saturdays, the locals put on the riveting Sukoma Snake Dance,
with live pythons.
KAGERA REGION
Kagera Region is located in the northwestern corner of
Tanzania
. Bukoba, Kagera Region's
capital, is a fast growing town with an attractive waterside setting. Situated on the
shore
of
Lake Victoria
, Bukoba lies only 1 degree south of the
Equator and is
Tanzania
's second largest port on the lake. Kagera comprises of five administrative districts: Bukoba, Muleba,
Karagwe, Ngara and Biharamulo. The region neighbors
Uganda
,
Rwanda
and
Burundi
and lies across the lake from
Kenya
. This location makes Kagera an ideal place for business and a perfect stop for tourists traveling
between any of these nations and
Tanzania
. You may arrive in Kagera by air from Mwanza, road from
Rwanda
or
Uganda
or by ferry from Mwanza.
Chimpanzee safaris in Gombe Stream and
Mahale
Mountains
National
Parks
and Tour Excursions in
Rubondo
Island
National
Park
.
Then suddenly you are in their midst: preening each other's glossy coats in concentrated huddles, squabbling
noisily, or bounding into the trees to swing effortlessly between the vines.
The area is also known as Nkungwe, after the park's largest mountain, held sacred by the local Tongwe
people, and at 2,460 metres (8,069 ft) the highest of the six prominent points that make up the Mahale Range.
And while chimpanzees are the star attraction, the slopes support a diverse forest fauna, including
readily observed troops of red colobus, red-tailed and blue monkeys, and a kaleidoscopic array of colourful forest birds.
You can trace the Tongwe people's ancient pilgrimage to the mountain spirits, hiking through the montane
rainforest belt – home to an endemic race of
Angola
colobus monkey - to high grassy ridges chequered with alpine bamboo. Then bathe in the impossibly
clear waters of the world’s longest, second-deepest and least-polluted freshwater lake – harbouring an estimated
1,000 fish species - before returning as you came, by boat.
PLEASE EMAIL US WITH YOUR INTERESTS, HOW
MANY DAYS YOU HAVE FOR YOUR CHIMPANZEE SAFARIS, AND HOW MANY ARE YOU.
THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS IS 5 FOR SATISFACTORY CHIMPANZEE SAFARIS.
Rubondo
Island
National Park
.
Rubondo Island is tucked in the southwest corner of Lake Victoria, the world's second-largest lake,
an inland sea sprawling between
Tanzania
,
Uganda
and
Kenya
. With nine smaller islands under its wing, Rubondo protects precious fish breeding grounds. Has Size: 240 sq km (93 sq miles).
Location:
Northwest Tanzania
, 150 km (95 miles) west of Mwanza.
Tasty tilapia form the staple diet of the yellow-spotted
otters that frolic in the island’s rocky coves, while rapacious Nile perch, some weighing more than 100kg, tempt recreational
game fishermen seeking world record catches.
Rubondo is more than a water wonderland. Deserted sandy beaches nestle against a cloak of virgin forest,
where dappled bushbuck move fleet yet silent through a maze of tamarinds, wild palms, and sycamore figs strung with a cage
of trailing taproots.
The shaggy-coated aquatic sitatunga, elsewhere the most elusive of antelopes, is remarkably easily
observed, not only in the papyrus swamps it normally inhabits, but also in the forest interior.
Birds are everywhere.
Flocks of African grey parrots – released onto the island after they were confiscated from illegal
exporters – screech in comic discord as they flap furiously between the trees.
TOURISTIC ACTIVITIES;
Walking safaris,
boat excursions, sport fishing, chimpanzee treks, plans for canoe trips.
Send us an email
for sample itineraries and prices. Also tell us about what you need and we will make your Tailor made itinerary customed for
you.
Email: kili.safari@smartafricansafaristz.com
