Nomad's Chada Katavi | Activities

Activities

Prepare to have your mind blown amidst some of the greatest concentrations of large mammals in the world.

Katavi is a great place to see hippos at any time of year but particularly the dry season, when diminishing water forces them into smaller and smaller pools.

Katavi's crocs aestivate during the dry months, digging caves in the river banks where they slow their metabolism right down and wait for the rain.

Crocodiles aestivate in deep caves dug in the river banks in Katavi National Park.

in the rivers

We see crocodiles and hippopotami everywhere here. As the season progresses and the rivers dwindle, crocs skulk into mud caves or pile themselves brazenly under shady trees. The hundreds of hippos are forced together in ever smaller wallows. Tensions erupt. Sometimes only the strongest of them survive.

Few activities give your soul a lift like striding out of camp onto the open plains, surrounded by wild Africa and its inhabitant.

BUSH WALKS

The wide open spaces of the Chada flood plains with extra wide angle visibility make for a unique brand of rambling. At times you can feel impossibly insignificant against backdrops of golden grass, distant herds of buffalo and piercing blue skies. Yet again, we redefine the meaning of a walk in the park.

In open game drive cars, you can not only see Katavi, you can hear, smell and feel it.

Freedom to explore, on foot, by vehicle. Katavi National Park is the eldorado of safaris.

Explorations and freedom in Katavi National Park.

FREE WHEELING

Very few people or vehicles ever come to stay in this park. The park rules, too, are more relaxed, so our cars are how we like them best - fully open to the air. All this brings with it a huge dose of almost old-fashioned safari freedom, and a special sense of intimacy with this extraordinary natural environment.

Dining al fresco in Katavi National Park. With so much space, why not?

picnics

Why head for cover, when the open-air is so good? We love the eccentricity of rounding a bend in the river to find a fully laid breakfast table and steaming cups of coffee, in front of a pool of hippopotamus. While sharing picnic lunch, as we watch elephants crossing the plains, is as high octane as dining can be.