5 Days 4 Nights Itinerary
Day 1: Arusha to Katavi National Park:
7:00 am – You will be picked up from your hotel in Arusha and transferred to the airport to board a shared chartered flight to Katavi National Park where a vehicle shall transfer you to your lodge camp for lunch.
1:00 pm – Afternoon/early evening Game Drive (if time will allow). Evening Sundowners.
7:30 pm – Dinner and overnight in Katavi.
Day 2: Full day in Katavi National Park:
7:00 am – Light breakfast
7:30 am – Go for morning Walking Safari (if booked within package) or morning Game Drive. Return to the lodge camp for Brunch/early lunch. Afternoon at leisure then have some tea before going for afternoon/early evening Game Drive. Evening Sundowners.
7:30 pm – Dinner and overnight Katavi.
Day 3: Full day at Katavi National Park:
7:00 am – Breakfast
8:00 am – Full day Game Drive with picnic lunch at Katavi National Park. 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.
The bulk of Katavi supports a hypnotically featureless cover of tangled brachystegia woodland, home to substantial but elusive populations of the localized eland, sable and roan antelopes. But the main focus for game viewing within the park is the Katuma River and associated floodplains such as the seasonal Lakes Katavi and Chada. During the rainy season, these lush, marshy lakes are a haven for myriad water birds, and they also support Tanzania’s densest concentrations of hippo and crocodile.
It is during the dry season, when the floodwaters retreat, that Katavi truly comes into its own. The Katuma, reduced to a shallow, muddy trickle, forms the only source of drinking water for miles around, and the flanking floodplains support game concentrations that defy belief. An estimated 4,000 elephants might converge on the area, together with several herds of 1,000-plus buffalo, while an abundance of giraffe, zebra, impala and reedbuck provide easy pickings for the numerous lion prides and spotted hyena clans whose territories converge on the floodplains.
3:30 pm – Return to the lodge camp. Evening Sundowners.
7:30 pm – Barbecue dinner and overnight in Katavi.
Day 4: Full day at Katavi National Park:
7:00 am – Light breakfast
7:30 am – Go for morning Walking Safaris (if booked within package) or go for morning Game Drive. Return to the lodge camp for Brunch/early lunch, afternoon at leisure. Have tea then go for afternoon/early evening Game Drive. Evening Sundowners.
7:30 pm – Dinner and overnight in Katavi.
Day 5: back to Arusha:
7:00 am – Breakfast
8:00 am – Your driver guide will transfer you to Katavi airstrip where you shall board a shared charter flight back to Arusha with packed lunch.
