You are picked up in Dar es Salaam City centre or from the airport for your flight to Kigoma. Upon arrival you'll be collected from the airport and transferred to the Kigoma Hilltop hotel. The rest of the afternoon is spent at your leisure exploring the hotel grounds, relaxing by the pool or even enjoying a game of tennis.

A luxury hotel overlooking Lake Tanganyika and the majestic Congo Mountains of Zambia.

After breakfast, you depart northwards by boat to Gombe Stream National park (around 1.5 - 2 hr) for 3 days of chimpanzee treks and forest walks. After lunch and a swim, you enter the forest in search of the chimps. Return to camp in the late afternoon for a sundowner looking out over the lake.

Luxury permanent tented camp in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.

In the mornings you enter the forest again to spend some time with the chimpanzees. These sessions are strictly monitored, allowing one hour per visit. After lunch, you go for another walk in the forest on beautiful trails covered with thick overhanging vegetation. Evenings are spent relaxing back at the lodge alongside the longest and 2nd deepest lake in the world.

Luxury permanent tented camp in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.

After breakfast and possibly a final swim, you depart camp for your transfer by boat back to Kigoma. Here you enjoy a sightseeing tour of Ujiji town and visit Dr Livingstone's Memorial. After lunch you transfer to Kigoma Airport for your return flight, arriving back in Dar es Salaam at approximately 8.15pm.