Mbali Mbali Katavi Lodge is ideal for the traveller looking for a truly remote experience away from regular tourist routes. Katavi is the third largest yet least visited park in Tanzania, offering a true wilderness safari.

The park’s main geographical features are the wetland grass plains to the north and the palm-fringed Lake Chada to the south-east, but the main focus for game viewing within the park is the Katuma River. During the rainy season, these lush, marshy lakes are a haven for myriad waterbirds, and they also support Tanzania’s densest concentrations of hippos and crocodiles. During the dry season, when the floodwaters retreat, the Katuma River, reduced to a shallow, muddy trickle, forms the only source of drinking water for miles around, and the flanking floodplains support spectacular numbers of game. A flock of pelicans are frequent visitors to the area.