Gombe Stream National Park

When you walk up the valley from the hostel, you will find yourself in evergreen forest. Tall straight trunks support a high canopy; tangled vines clamber up the trees to seek more light. In the cool gloom below, amid shrubs and ferns, here and there a patch of sunlight illuminates a resting butterfly or a delicate flower. Along the trail, fallen blossoms and fruits are the crumbs of a feast in the upper layers. Through the noise of the stream the calls of unseen birds echo mysteriously, and a frantic chirping and swishing of foliage marks the retreat of a troop of monkeys. Read More »