Katavi National Park

Katavi National park is one of Tanzania’s remote wildlife parks from the southwestern region that receive minimal tourists compared to those that are recorded for Serengeti or Lake Manyara Park in the northern safari circuit. Katavi Park occupies an area of 4,471sq km and is ranked third in Tanzania’s largest National park. The park is […]

How to get to Katavi

How to get to Katavi National Park The most ideal way to reach Katavi National Park is using the small chartered flights that commence from the town of Arusha or the capital city of Dar es Salaam. Basing on your safari itinerary, your point of entry into Tanzania will be Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) situated […]

Katavi Weather

The climate of Katavi is generally hot and it stays that way for the rest of the year since it is situated near the equator crossing. At night in Katavi it is quite different from other parks in the northern part of Tanzania, since they are normally warmer (approximately 20°C or 68°F). During the day, […]

Best Time To Visit Katavi

Best time to visit Katavi National Park Excellent time is: August, September and October and also you may visit in as well as. For fair views you may visit in: July However we do not recommend that you travel in November, December, January, February, March and April.   Katavi is a typical dry rural reserve. […]

Birding In Katavi

Birds of Katavi National Park Katavi is frequently visited during the dry season however, this isn’t the most excellent time for bird watching, nonetheless the rivers support a large number of bird species associated with water including great flocks of storks such as the open-billed, yellow-billed plus the saddle-billed stork. There are also several raptors […]

Katavi Safari

In the dry season, large herds of buffaloes, zebras as well as impalas congregate with elephants plus waterbucks around the dried out water reserves of Lake Chada plus Lake Katavi. During this season, River Katuma is swarmed with hippos plus crocodiles and it is uniquely easy to see lions. Wildlife specials Katavi is not specifically […]