Katavi → Mahale
7-Day Katavi & Mahale Chimpanzee Safari
Africa's most remote safari: Katavi's great herds and chimpanzees on Lake Tanganyika.
7 days 6 nights
From $12,500 pp
National Park · Western Circuit
Katavi National Park
Africa as it used to be: vast herds, hippo pools and nobody else.
About Katavi
Katavi is one of the least-visited parks in Africa. In the late dry season its floodplains and shrinking rivers concentrate enormous herds of buffalo, crowded pods of hippo and the lions that hunt them.
You may not see another vehicle all day. It pairs with Mahale for a remote western circuit of wildlife and chimpanzees.
Highlights
- Buffalo herds of a thousand or more
- Crowded hippo pools
- Lion and buffalo interaction
- Total solitude
What you might see
- Buffalo
- Hippo
- Crocodile
- Lion
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Topi
- Roan
- Sable
When to go
Best Good Quieter / wet
July to October.
Getting there
Scheduled light aircraft from Arusha or Dar es Salaam.
How long
3 nights
Where to stay
- BudgetPark bandas
- Mid-rangeKatavi Wildlife Camp
- LuxuryChada Katavi
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