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Katavi is Tanzania's most remote national park and one of the best kept secrets
on East Africa's safari circuit. Tanzania's third largest national park, it lies in the remote southwest of the
country, within a truncated arm of the Rift Valley that terminates in the
shallow, brooding expanse of Lake Rukwa. Appalling roads from Arusha and any other park has
undoubtedly saved it from becoming a run-of-the-mill African safari destination.
It only receives a handful of visitors each year; the only option is to fly in
and there is only one camp.
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 A Katavi Safari is really off the beaten track and is perfect
for the explorer who wants to get into the wilds of Africa. Accommodation is at
Chada Camp, the sister camp to Greystoke Camp, in Mahale National Park; both are
linked by plane on a Tanzania flying safari.
Katavi’s most singular wildlife spectacle is provided by its
hippos. Towards the end of the dry season, up to 200 individuals might flop
together in any riverine pool of sufficient depth. And as more hippos gather in
one place, so does male rivalry heat up – bloody territorial fights are an
everyday occurrence, with the vanquished male forced to lurk hapless on the open
plains until it gathers sufficient confidence to mount another challenge.
The bulk of Katavi supports a hypnotically featureless cover
of tangled brachystegia woodland, home to substantial but elusive populations of
the localised eland, sable and roan antelopes. But the main focus for game
viewing within the park is the Katuma River and associated floodplains such as
the seasonal Lakes Katavi and Chada. During the rainy season, these lush, marshy
lakes are a haven for myriad waterbirds, and they also support Tanzania’s
densest concentrations of hippo and crocodile.
 You can do walking safaris here as well
seeing game from a boat and the more conventional landrover
safaris. There are several very good camps and exclusive lodges
here to choose from. Selous is best between June and October and
in January and early February, but is also good in the green
season, being March and mid-November to mid-December.
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