Katavi and Mahale Safari adventures to western Tanzania. See Wild Africa Drama safari, combine two less visited Tanzania National Parks Katavi and Mahale. A truly wild experience with a very few visitors. Many safari enthusiasts would debate that this is the exemplary Tanzania safari park; we certainly believe it to be the country’s best kept secret. Think about Africa before any discovery of it. That is how you will feel once you get in the park of Western Tanzania.
Home to the largest herds of buffalo on the planet, Katavi National Park like we said is untouched wilderness paradise, situated in the western area of Tanzania adventures. Hippopotamus in their thousands cram dwindling pools, crocodiles dig riverbank caves. Buffalo and elephant fight for waterholes. Lion, hyenas and other predators know this and wildlife watching here becomes even more outstanding.
Game drives in Katavi offer a varied and rewarding experience. Then anticipate the excitement of the predators hunting their dinner as the game move back to the trees in the evenings. Drive along crocodile-infested rivers, through arid palm-studded sand bars, and skirt seasonal lakes, seeing quantities of game reminiscent of a bygone era.
Mahale Mountains National Park, an isolated mountain on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, is famous for one thing, chimpanzee. Due to extensive research over the last 40 years, the chimpanzee populations in Mahale are habituated, as a tourist you can just sit there and let them walk around you. A fantastic experience, literally time spent with our closest relative. The chimp populations in Mahale number a few hundred and in Gombe National Park further north, perhaps only 80 remain in this isolated park. Come and experience African wild with Wild Drama African safari!
What to see in Katavi National Park and Mahale Mountain National Park – Elephant, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotamus, Chimpanzee, savannah and big swamps
- Most remarkable hippo viewing in Africa.
- Abundantly of Lions, Buffalo and Elephant
- Decent overall game viewing
- Truly remote and free atmosphere
- Chimp tracking is good
- Swim in Lake Tanganyika,
- Home of Africa’s last remaining Chimpanzee
- Most interesting wildlife watching.
- Top choice in Western Tanzania
- Mahale mountain National Park harbors the largest population of eastern chimpanzees.
- Some of the continent’s most intriguing wildlife watching.
- Downside to that idyllic preserve is how challenging to get there.
- Spend almost a day to arrive and another one when you depart.
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Ihama Lodge
Is a newly opened Lodge, situated in its own forest reserve bordering one of the rare places left in Africa, undiscovered Katavi National Park. The Lodge set up along the mighty Sitalike River near the Katavi gate, the Eastern gate to the Katavi National Park.
KATAVI NATIONAL PARK
Arrive in Mpanda from Dar es salaam or arusha by flight right away you will start your journey to Kafavi National Park. You will check in at the park and start the game drive right away. Hot lunch will be served in the park. Gsme drive till sunset.
You will be excited to go out for untamed wilderness. The park set in an extension of the Rift valley between Lake Tanganyika and Lake Rukwa in southwest Tanzania. Enjoy wildly and remote magnificent safari destination. Less tourist ventures this park than others in Tanzania giving chance to experience the magic of Africa at its most unspoiled.
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Ihama Lodge
Is a newly opened Lodge, situated in its own forest reserve bordering one of the rare places left in Africa, undiscovered Katavi National Park. The Lodge set up along the mighty Sitalike River near the Katavi gate, the Eastern gate to the Katavi National Park.
KATAVI NATIONAL PARK
Early morning game drive in Katavi National park. Elephants can be seen daily and the numbers of buffalo are phenomenal with heard upon heard of 1000 strong grazing the dried-out flood plains. Hippos and crocs numbering in the 1000s yet increasingly confined to shrinking pools and mud wallows with regular fights erupting amongst the hippo bulls. Large herds of Topi also concentrate into the flood plains
The predators are here in force especially lion and spotted hyena. Male lions are characterized by very short manes but large powerful bodies. In the hinterland are huge expanses of acacia and broad-leaved woodlands (miombo) and it is here that roan and sable antelope are found as well as Lichtenstein’s hartebeest. You will have dinner and overnight at Ihama Lodge/Katavi Rest House
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KATAVI - MAHALE NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast drive to Mahale via Mwese. 162Km drive over the ridge of the rift valley before face Lake Tanganyika. Lake Tanganyika is the world’s longest lake (673 km) and is about one and half kilometers deep and contains about 16% of the world’s fresh water it is second only to lake Baikal in Russia in volume. It is the purest fresh water on the planet. The lake is home to hundreds of species of fish including bright colored fish known as cichlids. Hippo and crocodile are common across its full extent. You will arrive for hot lunch before breezes at the lake beach.
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MAHALE - Chimpanzee Experience
Early breakfast drive to Mahale Park for Chimpanzee trekking. You will be briefed how to behave and all hygiene issues before meeting the chimps. You will need also to wear mask all the time.
Chimp watching. To get to the only habituated group of chimps, the M group, one climbs up through the mountain forest on a network of simple cleared paths to get into touch with the chimps and when one does the experience is extraordinary to the point of being bizarre.
The chimpanzees go on with their lives- walking, sleeping, fighting politicking eating etc as if they are not there. They take virtually no notice of visitors this is perfect, because you never feel like you are intruding.
After spending the strictly controlled 1 hour with chimps, you return to your accommodation facility to wash off the sweat, have delicious lunch and spend the rest of the leisure; or perhaps one of the number of the activities.
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MAHALE - MPANDA
Breakfast followed by short break at the Lodge before driving back to Mpanda. We are expecting you to have lunch at the Lodge before the drive. Dinner and overnight at Mpanda.
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FLY BACK TO DAR ES SALAAM
Drive to the airport. Flight back to Dar es salaam.
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Katavi and Mahale Safari adventures to western Tanzania. See Wild Africa Drama safari, combine two less visited Tanzania National Parks Katavi and Mahale. A truly wild experience with a very few visitors. Many safari enthusiasts would debate that this is the exemplary Tanzania safari park; we certainly believe it to be the country’s best kept secret. Think about Africa before any discovery of it. That is how you will feel once you get in the park of Western Tanzania.
Home to the largest herds of buffalo on the planet, Katavi National Park like we said is untouched wilderness paradise, situated in the western area of Tanzania adventures. Hippopotamus in their thousands cram dwindling pools, crocodiles dig riverbank caves. Buffalo and elephant fight for waterholes. Lion, hyenas and other predators know this and wildlife watching here becomes even more outstanding.
Game drives in Katavi offer a varied and rewarding experience. Then anticipate the excitement of the predators hunting their dinner as the game move back to the trees in the evenings. Drive along crocodile-infested rivers, through arid palm-studded sand bars, and skirt seasonal lakes, seeing quantities of game reminiscent of a bygone era.
Mahale Mountains National Park, an isolated mountain on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, is famous for one thing, chimpanzee. Due to extensive research over the last 40 years, the chimpanzee populations in Mahale are habituated, as a tourist you can just sit there and let them walk around you. A fantastic experience, literally time spent with our closest relative. The chimp populations in Mahale number a few hundred and in Gombe National Park further north, perhaps only 80 remain in this isolated park. Come and experience African wild with Wild Drama African safari!
What to see in Katavi National Park and Mahale Mountain National Park – Elephant, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotamus, Chimpanzee, savannah and big swamps
- Most remarkable hippo viewing in Africa.
- Abundantly of Lions, Buffalo and Elephant
- Decent overall game viewing
- Truly remote and free atmosphere
- Chimp tracking is good
- Swim in Lake Tanganyika,
- Home of Africa’s last remaining Chimpanzee
- Most interesting wildlife watching.
- Top choice in Western Tanzania
- Mahale mountain National Park harbors the largest population of eastern chimpanzees.
- Some of the continent’s most intriguing wildlife watching.
- Downside to that idyllic preserve is how challenging to get there.
- Spend almost a day to arrive and another one when you depart.
