Katavi is one of the most remote and least-visited parks in East Africa, a genuine off-the-grid wilderness where it's common to go days without seeing another vehicle.
In the late dry season, its shrinking rivers and floodplains create some of the most concentrated hippo pools in Africa, with hundreds of animals crowded into a single remaining waterhole alongside dense crocodile populations.
Huge herds of buffalo, roaming lion prides that specialize in hunting them, and large elephant numbers round out a wildlife experience that feels genuinely untouched.
June to October, when the dry season concentrates wildlife dramatically around the park's remaining water sources.