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Mahembe Destination Guide

Touring Mahembe in Tanzania

Mahembe in the region of Kigoma is located in Tanzania - some 425 mi or ( 685 km ) West of Dodoma , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Mahembe

Time in Mahembe is now 02:57 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Dar es Salaam " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Ujiji, Tabora, Simbo, Nyangofa, and Mwanza. Being here already, consider visiting Ujiji . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Mahembe ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Jane Goodall in Gombe, Tanzania, 1960s

0:30 min by n2worlds
Views: 2398 Rating: 5.00

From the IMAX® film "Jane Goodalls Wild Chimpanzees", provided courtesy of the Science Museum of Minnesota. ..

Chimpanzee Feeding Frenzy Gombe Stream NP

1:08 min by TheWildSource
Views: 1410 Rating: 4.43

Wildlife Biologist Planned Safaris for wildlife enthusiasts - www.thewildsource.com Two chimpanzees quickly eat vast quantities of leaves at Gombe Stream National Park. Video Taken on May 18th, 2009 b ..


Olive Baboon Grooming Time at Gombe Stream

1:08 min by TheWildSource
Views: 915 Rating: 5.00

An Olive Baboon grooms her young at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Video taken on May 18th by TheWildSource.com's Bill Given. ..

Kigoma and Gombe Amy_n-b's photos around Kigoma, Tanzania (diplomatic hotel kigoma)

2:05 min by TripAdvisorTRIPWOWu
Views: 404 Rating: 0.00

Preview of Amy_n-b's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Learn more about these vide ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Gombe Stream National Park

Gombe Stream National Park is located in western Kigoma Region, Tanzania, 10 miles (20 km) north of Kigoma, the capital of Kigoma Region. Established in 1968, Gombe is the smallest national park in Tanzania, with only 20 square miles of forest running along the hills of the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The terrain is distinguished by steep valleys, and the forest vegetation ranges from grassland to alpine bamboo to tropical rainforest.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -4.67 29.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 1968 establishments in Tanzania, Jane Goodall, Kigoma Region, Lake Tanganyika, National parks of Tanzania, Protected areas established in 1968

Ujiji

Ujiji is the oldest town in western Tanzania, located about 6 miles (10 km) south of Kigoma. In 1900, the population was estimated at 10,000 and in 1967 about 4,100. Part of the Kigoma/Ujiji urban area, the regional population was about 50,000 in 1978. Ujiji is the place where Richard Burton and John Speke first reached the shore of Lake Tanganyika in 1858. It is also the site of the famous meeting on October 28, 1871 when Henry Stanley found Dr.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -4.90 29.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Lake Tanganyika, Populated places in the Kigoma Region

Kigoma

Kigoma is a town and lake port in western Tanzania, on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika and close to the border with Burundi. It serves as the capital for the surrounding Kigoma Region and has a population of 135,234 (2007 census) and an elevation of 775 m. The historic trading town of Ujiji is 6 km south-east of Kigoma.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -4.88 29.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Cities in the Great Rift Valley, Great Rift Valley, Populated places in the Kigoma Region, Populated places on Lake Tanganyika, Regional capitals in Tanzania

Lake Tanganyika Stadium

Lake Tanganyika Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kigoma, Tanzania. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -4.90 29.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Football venues in Tanzania, Multi-purpose stadiums in Tanzania