Katavi National Park

Africa's best kept secret.

Katavi consists of a series of secret floodplains that open up in front of you as you arrive through their woodland fringes. The 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.

This park is for the connoisseur of Africa travellers who likes to visit the most remote places, away from the crowds. The area under National Park protection at Katavi has recently been doubled to 4,000 km2 so that it has superseded Mikumi as Tanzania's fourth largest park.

The park has a similar climate to Ruaha National Park but with a completely contrasting topography comprising of a series of flood plains and fringed woodland that is teaming with wildlife (many of which are not found in Ruaha e.g. Topi). In fact Katavi combines extremely well with Ruaha because of the contrasting landscape and wildlife in the park.