Named after the legendary hunter Katabi - whose spirit is said to inhabit the park - Katavi National Park in Tanzania lies in an off-shoot arm of the western rift of the Great Rift Valley. Most literature on the park speaks of an isolated, wild and undeveloped area, left as it was hundreds of years ago - and this is what it is. Well known among the few who have been there for its hippos and crocodiles, Katavi however promises much more than a wildlife experience. What the park offers is an experience found nowhere else in Africa today.
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Described by a renowned researcher as 'of all the faunal preserves it is the park of the future', Ruaha is living up to its reputation. Hard hit by poachers in the 1980s the park has returned to its natural state and is now considered one of Africa's greatest wilderness areas. Rivaling Katavi in unspoiled wilderness, Ruaha is more accessible, although still not easy to get to. Tanzania's second largest park supports a great number and diversity of wildlife.
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If southern Tanzania is the next big thing in Africa then Selous Game Reserve is its flagship and up to now has remained virtually isolated from major tourist development. The largest game park in Africa, the Selous, together with Ruaha National Park, makes up one of Africa's greatest wilderness areas, not only in size, but in diversity and experience. Vast, remote and pristine, the area is only now slowly gaining a reputation in the African safari industry
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