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Mahale

Remote forested mountains above the white beaches of Lake Tanganyika, where you track wild chimpanzees on foot.

Photo: Caelio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Best Time to Go
Jun–Oct
Our full guide to Mahale is being written. It's on the Tanzania list as Worth a Detour.

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About 112 miles away

The lakeshore forest where Jane Goodall began her study of chimpanzees in 1960, and where the research still goes on.

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About 418 miles away

The world's greatest wildlife show, with the Great Migration.

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Ngorongoro Crater

About 435 miles away

A giant volcanic caldera, full of wildlife.

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Serengeti, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar.

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