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Katavi National Park is remote, hard and wild. It is on high, wide flood plain surrounding Lake Chala in southwestern Tanzania. It is on the Rukwa Valley, a minor fault of the Western Rift Valley and spans over a million acres (4,471 sq.km.). Across the vast seasonal flood plain run the great herd of buffalo (over 1,600) in East Africa - thick as bison in nineteenth century Kansas. Hippos mass along the creeks, grazing at night and sparring in the high heat of the day. There are many crocodiles and elephants shake the fruit from the great borassus palms while a flock of while pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) fly past. This is truly the land of mega- herbivores, a rare echo of the Pleistocene drama played out in a landscape as yet untouched by the hand of man.

Size 4,471 sq.km. Location South west Tanzania, East of Lake Tanganyika How to Get There Charter flights from Dar es Salaam; Drive form Mbeya or Kigoma in Dry Season. What to Do Walking, Camping Safaris Best Time Dry Season: May-October; December-February Accommodation Seasonal luxury tented camp; campsite inside the Park. Hotel and lodge accommodation at Mpanda - 40km.

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