​User Reviews – Katavi NP

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Sukhpreet   –  
India IN
Visited: April 2018 Reviewed: Jan 12, 2025

Email Sukhpreet  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Beautiful
Overall rating
5/5

Beautiful park, peaceful place, go and enjoy with nature

Pankaj kumawat   –  
India IN
Visited: June 2022 Reviewed: Dec 25, 2024

Email Pankaj kumawat  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

It's amazing wonder ful park
Overall rating
5/5

Katveri park I have visited two years before .I went to beautiful place with my family .I like it so much.lot of animals were there .like as monkey chips jee.fox.other wilds animals were seen by me.soft sound of birds gave me music to my ears .natural scenary made me excited

Diamond Shahi   –  
Nepal NP
Visited: June 2022 Reviewed: Nov 7, 2024

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It's was a amazing experience
Overall rating
5/5

Katavi National Park was a truly unforgettable experience, offering a glimpse into one of Tanzania's most pristine and untouched wilderness areas. The wildlife viewing was beyond anything I expected – I saw large herds of buffalo, hippos in abundance, and even a pride of lions lounging by the water

Raees   –  
India IN
Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Jul 16, 2024

Email Raees  |  under20 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

nature beauty park
Overall rating
5/5

Nice park there are many wildlife creatures and so many beautiful creatures it is like the pure nature beaty

ShaiK Haneef   –  
India IN
Visited: June 2023 Reviewed: Mar 17, 2024

Email ShaiK Haneef  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

Awesome
Overall rating
5/5

Amazing animals I was seen in park...sach a beautiful moment,,🤩🤩😍🥰

Lise Pedersen   –  
Denmark DK
Visited: January 2019 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2019

Email Lise Pedersen  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
4/5

Long driving distances from game drive areas to camp! Flamingos and lions were very special here, but also a lot of fine birds.

Owen Shaffer   –  
Kenya KE
Visited: August 2017 Reviewed: Dec 18, 2017

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One of my favorite safari locations
Overall rating
5/5

I stayed at Chada Katavi for seven nights in August of last year. I have to say that Katavi offers one of the highest levels of bush vibe in Africa.
The wildlife viewing was simply outstanding. I've never seen bigger pods of hippos nor more crocodiles as well as massive herds of buffalo and topi. There were lots of elephants and they often came into camp. I saw lions and leopards.

I went fly camping for two nights and on one night drive. Fly camping was particularly enjoyable. My night drive was simply awesome. One can go for hours without seeing another person.

Eleanore Avery   –  
United States US
Visited: February 2012 Reviewed: Apr 19, 2017

Email Eleanore Avery  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Eleanore Avery and not that of SafariBookings.
Overall rating
2/5

Very remote in western part...I only stopped there on way to Mahale park. canals restrict viewing because you cannot cross canals. Lots of Hippos.

Philippe Z.   –  
Norway NO
Visited: January 2011 Reviewed: Mar 16, 2017

Email Philippe Z.  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Overall rating
5/5

A great place, like Ruaha, with great wildlife viewing. Actualy fantastic lions viewing in some part of it (sorry i won t say exacly where) when I visited in october 2009. We also saw hyenas, elephants, lots of giraffes, large herds of buffalos, diferent species of antelopes, crocs, birdlife etc.

Selestinus Emanuel   –  
Tanzania TZ
Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Mar 24, 2016

Email Selestinus Emanuel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

Isolated, untrammelled and seldom visited park
Overall rating
5/5

Katavi is a true wilderness, providing the few intrepid souls who make it there with a thrilling taste of Africa as it must have been a century ago.

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. 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.

Average User Rating

  • 4.6/5
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