KATAVI NATIONAL PARK
Recently extended southward to cover 4500 sq km the main features of Tanzania's third largest park, located about 40 km south-east of the town of Mpanda, are Lake Katavi, with its vast floodplains, the palmfringed Lake Chala and the Katuma River. The park is noted for its Miombo woodland and is home to buffalo,elephant, leopard, lion
and zebra. Antelope species include eland, impala, topi, roan, and sable. Water fowl are abundant with Lake Chala particularly rich in bird-life with over 400 species recorded. Katavi also boasts Tanzania's greatest concentration of hippo and crocodile.

Getting there: By air from
Arusha or Dar es Salaam. Or a
day's drive from Mbeya or, in the
dry season, Kigoma

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