Katavi National Park is located in the remote west of Tanzania and is the perfect place to witness an abundance of animals in the wildest possible setting. In this untouched wilderness there are no humans for hundreds of miles and apart from one lodge and its staff, you will encounter no other people. The park's main features are the enormous floodplains around Lake Katavi in the north and palm-fringed Lake Chada and Katuma River with scattered woodland in the south.

The lakes support enormous groups of hippos, crocodiles and over 400 species of birds but it is the dry season that brings Katavi to life - great clouds of dust rise from the feet of over 3,000 buffaloes moving across the short grass plains and woodlands of Katavi. These comprise the largest herds of buffaloes on earth. An estimated 4,000 elephants also converge on the park when the floodwaters retreat. At the end of the dry season as many as 200 hippos try to squeeze into a pool of water and the male rivalry heats up causing territorial fights while herds of impala, reedbuck, lions, zebras and giraffes can be seen at the remaining pools and streams.

Accommodation in Katavi

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