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Katavi National Park Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Katavi National Park, Tanzania
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Katavi
... any vehicle problems, this would have been about the worst possible place to have them....we were lucky. This drive brought us to Katavi National park, where we were to stay for a couple nights in order to spend a good long day driving around the park and ...
Katavi National Park
This is a top pick! Katavi National Park We arrived to an extremely hot and dry Katavi Park. We were shocked at the sight of desperate hippos lying in the dwindling "pools" of water. The river is all but completely dry. It is a fight for survival. Giraffe, ...
Fly Camping on Lake Katavi
... our arrival. Instead of being alone, we have a retinue of at least eight support staff. Our destination is the far side of Katavi National Park. We drive north on a secondary road (the best there is). At 4:10 PM, it begins to rain. Anaphi breaks out the ...
The Hippos of Katavi
... or 2.75 inches) in the last week. Trees and grass are popping green everywhere. Bill Given says Katavi National Park is likely Africa's best kept secret. Recent studies show the mammal biomass in Katavi is the highest per square kilometer of ...
Chada Pride Takes a Cape Buffalo
Sunday (10/28/12) - Beth and I are up at 5:30 AM. It is still dark as pitch. We walk to the latrine and stand watch for one another. We wash up in the bowl and bottled water our attendants provided. As we gather our belongings, the first signs of dawn ...
Katisunga Pride Dines on Elephant
... on Katavi. As we approach the Katisunga Plain we spook a group of seven hyenas relaxing under some bushes. In other parts of Tanzania, hyena can be readily approached. Here and in Ruaha, they are very shy. We eat breakfast under a shady sausage tree at ...
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