Western Tanzania's 13-kilometer-long Gombe National Park borders Lake Tanganyika. The park covers 56 square kilometres, including a 100-meter coastline strip. It became a nature reserve in 1943 and a national park in 1968. Its altitudes are 773–1,500 metres (Mitumba).
Selous is Africa's biggest wildlife reserve, a little out of the way from the more well-trodden safari circuits, but it is well worth the effort for the opportunity to see wildlife in a nearly untouched environment.
