4May 2015
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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 found within a larger Katavi-Rukwa eco-system that roughly cover 12,500sq km of enormous grassland plains, wooded areas, shrubs, swamps, rugged hills, lakes, rivers, valleys, hotsprings…

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1May 2014
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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 approximately 46 kilometers or 29 miles from the town of Arusha, or at Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) found in the capital city Dar es…

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30Apr 2014
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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, the Temperatures are approximately 32°C or 90°F. Its broad difference in altitude (816m to 1634m or 2677ft to 5361ft) is actually responsible for the temperature…

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29Apr 2014
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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. In the wet season which commences in November up to April, the wildlife scatters into the woodlands and it is really hard to see the…

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28Apr 2014
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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 here such as the fish eagles, bateleur plus white-backed vultures which are particularly common. More than 400 bird species have been recorded yet migratory birds…

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27Apr 2014
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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 known for its unique animal species, however it is their overwhelming number that is really fascinating. There are large herds of Buffaloes totaling to several…

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