Katavi Plains National Park Travel Guide
One of Tanzania's most westerly and remote parks
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Katavi consists of a series of secret floodplains that open up in front of you as you arrive through their woodland fringes.
Katavi National Park, one of Tanzania's most westerly and remote parks, is only just beginning to gain recognition for it's beauty and the quality of it's game viewing. It is remote in the extreme and with just 200 visitors a year is the ultimate in off the beaten track safari destinations. If you have the time and resources, it is the definitive safari destination.
The park is best visited during the dry season between April and December.
The area under National Park protection at Katavi has recently been doubled to 4000 sqkm so that it has superceded Mikumi as Tanzania's third largest park. Yet while 120,000 people annually visit the northern parks, less than 200 reach Katavi and you will feel privileged when you look back through the visitors book to find the last person to have been there.
Lake Katavi and Lake Chada boast one of the largest population of Hippopotamii and crocodiles and the floodplains provide a habitat for an abundance of waterfowl. Its vast size, infinite grassland plains, isolation and inaccessibility have meant that herd sizes are huge and it is not unknown to see up to 1600 buffalo at once! Lion, and other predators, wait along the fringed woodland to ambush the game as it returns to the woodland for shelter at sundown. There's nowhere else like it!
Attractions in Katavi Plains National Park
The park is home to over 350 different bird species. Ostrich, Pelican, Comorant, Herons, Egret, Stork, Hammerkop, Ibis, Spoonbill, Duck, Vulture, Harrier, Eagle, Buzzard, Goshawk, Kite, Falcon, Crane, Moorhen, Guineafowl, Plover, Sandpiper, Coucal, Owls, Nightjar and Kingfishers to name but a few.
Activities in Katavi Plains National Park
Game drives through the park are the best way to enjoy Katavi.
Relaxing
Sit back on your veranda and enjoy the nearby wildlife.
Getting Around
Travel in Katavi is best organised through a Tanzania specialist.
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