- The floodplains provide a habitat for an abundance of waterfowl
- 373 bird species recorded
- Katavi National Park is one of Tanzania's most remote parks
- Lion and other predators use the woodland as hunting ground
Katavi National Park, one of Tanzania's most westerly and remote parks, is only just beginning to gain recognition for its beauty and the quality of its game viewing. Katavi is remote in the extreme and is the ultimate 'off the beaten track' safari destination.
If you have the time and resources, it is the definitive safari destination. This park is for the connoisseur of Africa travellers, who like to visit the most remote places away from the crowds, with Katavi Wildlife Camp as your safari base, this will be a safari journey to remember. The area under Katavi National Park protection has been doubled to 4470km2 in 1998, so that it has superseded Mikumi is Tanzania's third largest park.
Lake Katavi and Lake Chada boast one of the largest populations of Hippo and Crocodile, and the floodplains provide a habitat for an abundance of waterfowl. Katavi's vast size, infinite grassland plains, isolation and inaccessibility have meant that herd sizes are huge, and it is not unknown to see many Buffalos 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 is nowhere else like Katavi!
