Remains on of the most unchartered national park in Tanzania , created in 1974, the park is located in the Katavi region in western Tanzania ,the park is less frequetly visited hence making it unspoiled in nature. One of Katavi’s distinguishing features is the vast flood plain, which is split by the Katuma River and other seasonal lakes.The lakes are home to large schools of hippos, crocodiles, and more than 400 different species of birds. One of the attractions in Katavi is the hippos at the conclusion of the dry season, when as many as 200 try to cram into a pool of water.
Katavi National Park comes to life during the dry season , in dry seaons water areas become the top hangout spots, when herds of impala, reedbuck, lions, zebras, and giraffes can be seen around the last few ponds and streams.
Tens of thousands of elephants and buffalo gather in the park as the floodwaters subside.
Arusha national park :
Arusha National park is park regardless of being small in comparison with other national tanzania parks, the park constitutes adiverse habitat to mention forests, craters lakes such as Ngurdoto crater , for the wildlife and bird species.
Arusha National parks forms a great destination for your Tanzania safari / Tanzania tours as its occupied with wildlife such as zebras, buffaloes, wathogs and primates such as white and black colobus monkeys sighted in the forests in the national park.
The park also hosts a wide aray of birds to mention forest birds, water birds. some of the bird species include kori bustard, little egret, cuckoos, common ostrich , namaqua doves among others.
Most of the guests that frequent Arusha national park head to see the wildlife but also they have to hike mount Meru Tanani’s second highest mountain. Mount meru’s slopes leads t othe park that gives awsome views of the volcanic cone up to several hights above sea level.u