Mahale Mountains National Park
Greystoke Mahale
A castaway camp for chimpanzee tracking.
Eight dhow-wood bandas on a beach at Lake Tanganyika, backed by the Mahale Mountains and the forest home of a habituated chimpanzee community.
- Style
- Character
- Type
- Tented camp
- Size
- 8 keys
- Best season
- Year-round
Why we chose it
Greystoke is not a conventional safari camp: the main event is tracking wild chimpanzees on foot, then returning to a castaway camp on one of the deepest lakes in the world.
- Eight dhow-wood bandas
- Lake Tanganyika beach
- Chimpanzee tracking
- Mahale Mountains forest
Stay
Banda
8Open-fronted banda built from reclaimed dhow wood, facing Lake Tanganyika.
tent
Days here
Chimpanzee tracking
Guided tracking of the habituated chimpanzee community in Mahale.
Lake Tanganyika
Swimming, dhow cruises and forest walks.
Good to know
- access
- Reached by light aircraft and boat.
- season
- Seasonal; check official site.
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Greystoke Mahale
Nomad Tanzania · Mahale Mountains National Park