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Katavi
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Katavi National Park in western Tanzania
is remote and wild, a destination for
the true safari aficionado. The name of
the park immortalizes a legendary
hunter, Katabi, whose spirit is believed
to possess a tamarind tree ringed with
offerings from locals begging his
blessings. Despite being Tanzania’s
third-largest park, Katavi sees
relatively few visitors, meaning that
those guests who arrive here can look
forward to having this huge untouched
wilderness to themselves. The park’s
main features are the watery grass
plains to the north, the palm-fringed
Lake Chada in the south-east, and the
Katuma River. Katavi boasts Tanzania’s
greatest populations of both crocodile
and hippopotamus. Lion and leopard find
prey among the huge populations of
herbivores at Katavi – impala, eland,
topi, zebra and herds of up to 1,600
buffalo wander the short grass plains.
The rare,
 honey-colored puku antelope
is one of the park’s richest wildlife
viewing rewards. A kaleidoscope of birds
flit across the riverbanks, swamps and
palm groves while flotillas of pelican
cruise the lakes and elephant graze
waist-deep in the marshlands.
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Size
4471 sq km
Location
Southwest of Tanzania, east of lake
Tanganyika
How to get there
a charter flight from Dar es salaam or arusha or Mwanza, a long drive from
mbeya of about 550 km. it is also
possible to reach by rail way from Dar
es salaam via Dodoma and Tabore but it
is not highly recommended sine the
infrastructure is not efficient
effectively. if traveling over land you
itinerary should allow much time when
going and return in order not to get
much tired.
 while in Katavi National Park
you can do waking expedition, driving
and camping safari, near the klaek
katavi one can visit the tamarind tree
inhabited by the spirit of the legendary
hunter katabi (for home the park is
named)
Best time to visit the Park
During the dry season, that is from Mat
to October as roads within the park are
flooded during the rainy season but may
be possible from the mid December to mid
February
Accommodation at Katavi
The park accommodation facilities
incldes one rest house and six touorist
huts and also there are available
campsites within the park. apart from
the park facilities, there aree aslo
private own facilities inside the park
includibg four luxury tented camps,
basic and clean hotels at Mpanda town
and Sitalike Village
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