Katavi National Park
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Katavi National Park is one of Africa’s best kept secrets. Katavi consists of a series of secret floodplains that open up in front of you are you arrive through the fringes of the woodland.
Katavi is isolated and seldom visited, but is true wilderness at its best. Katavi provides the safari-goers who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been centuries ago.
Katavi National Park is Tanzania’s third largest park. It lies in the remote southwest of the country, within an arm of the famous Rift Valley, and ends in the shallow expanse of Lake Rukwa.
The bulk of Katavi National Park supports a never-ending featureless cover of woodland, home to the elusive, yet substantial, populations of eland, sable, and roan antelopes. The main focus of Katavi is the game viewing next to the Katuma River and floodplains of Lake Katavi and Lake Chada. During the rainy season, these marshy lakes are a haven for a plethora of water birds, hippo, and crocodile.
During the dry season, when the floodwaters retreat, Katavi National Park becomes a true beauty. The Katuma River is reduced to a shallow, muddy trickle and supports the vast amount of game populations – you will see massive amounts of elephants!
Katavi is the unknown National Park and a sight to behold!
Size: 4,471 sq km (1,727 sq miles).
When to go? Accessible year round
How to get there? Charter flights from Dar or Arusha.
What to do? Walking, driving and camping safaris,
Best time: The dry season (May-October)
Roads within the Park are often flooded during the rainy season, but may be passable from mid-December to February.