Katavi National Park map
An interactive map of the park, the coordinates worth saving before you lose signal, and how to navigate a park where the signal is mostly gone the moment you leave Mpanda.
Interactive map of Katavi National Park
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Lodges without a confirmed location are not on the map yet: Palahala Luxury Camp and TANAPA campsites.
Everything on the map
Lodges and camps 5
- Chada KataviTop-end · From $910 pppn
- Katavi Wildlife CampHigh-end · From $445 pppn
- Mbali Mbali Katavi LodgeHigh-end · Roughly $500–690 pppn
- Riverside Camp, SitalikeBudget · Roughly $20–50 pppn
- TANAPA Katavi Rest House (location approximate)Budget · $30 pppn
Campsites and park camps 4
- HippogardenCampsite · outside the park
- Ikuu Public Campsite
- Lakeshore Lodge CampingCampsite · outside the park
- TANAPA Bandas
Pans and waterholes 3
- Chada
- KanyezibaPan · outside the park
- Katavi
Rivers and springs 8
- IfumeRiver · outside the park
- Katuma River
- Kavuu River
- MafunziRiver · outside the park
- ManyoRiver · outside the park
- MpandaNearest town, ±40 km north: last reliable fuel, supplies, airport (MPA) and railhead
- NkambaRiver · outside the park
- Rungwa RiverRiver · outside the park
Viewpoints 2
- Lyamba la mfipaViewpoint · outside the park
- Plus 1 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Picnic sites 1
- Kavuu Picnicsite
Airstrips 3
- Ikuu AirstripThe park's airstrip, served by Safari Air Link on Mondays and Thursdays
- Kipili Airstrip
- Mpanda AirportAirstrip · NPY HTMP
Towns 15
- ChamalendiVillage
- Ibindi KusiniVillage
- IlalanguluVillage
- KasegeseVillage
- KibaoniVillage
- LunguyaVillage
- Majimoto
- MatandalaniVillage
- MirumbaVillage
- MpandaNearest town, ±40 km north: last reliable fuel, supplies, airport (MPA) and railhead
Show the other 5 towns
- MwamatigaVillage
- NkungwiVillage
- SitalikeVillage
- UkingwaminziVillage
- UseviaVillage
Fuel 6
- Allyen Fuel Station
- Allyen High Way Fuel Station
- Esso Service StationFuel station · Esso
- GBP
- GBP
- Plus 1 without a name in OpenStreetMap
Clinics 14
- Afya DispensaryHospital
- AMEC DISPENSARY
- Kakese
- Kasekese
- Kasimba
- Katavi Regional Referral HospitalHospital
- King Solomon Sanitarium Clinic
- Murumba Dispensary
- Nsimbo DispensaryHospital
- SDA DISPENSARY
Show the other 4 clinics
- Sibwesa
- St.Aloyce
- Tmc Disp
- Town Clinic
Download the official park map
TANAPA publishes park information pages for Katavi but no detailed downloadable road map, which is a genuine gap. The visitor guide page is the closest official reference, and rangers at Sitalike gate can advise on which tracks are currently passable, which changes with every wet season.
Key coordinates
Save these before you go. Mobile coverage inside the park is patchy at best, and a set of waypoints in an offline app will get you out of trouble faster than anything else.
| Place | What it is | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Sitalike gate & park HQ | Main entry on the Mpanda–Sumbawanga road, TANAPA rest house and public campsite nearby | -6.6200, 31.1300 |
| Mpanda | Nearest town, ±40 km north: last reliable fuel, supplies, airport (MPA) and railhead | -6.34295, 31.07299 |
| Ikuu airstrip | The park's airstrip, served by Safari Air Link on Mondays and Thursdays | -6.90874, 31.16648 |
| Katisunga plain | The great central floodplain: buffalo, topi and most of the camps | -6.8500, 31.1500 |
| Lake Katavi floodplain | Seasonal lake in the north, near the spirit tree of Katabi | -6.6700, 31.0500 |
| Lake Chada floodplain | Seasonal lake in the south-east, buffalo and stork country | -7.0500, 31.3500 |
Getting a map that works offline
- Tracks4Africa is the standard for East African parks: paid, but the track data is far better than anything free and it includes camps and distances.
- OsmAnd and Organic Maps are free and use OpenStreetMap data. Download the Tanzania region before you leave and you will have the main tracks.
- Google Maps offline areas cover the Mpanda–Sumbawanga road but are unreliable on the park's internal tracks.
- TANAPA advises overlanders here to carry a satellite phone or radio, which tells you what to expect from the mobile network.
A note on accuracy
Coordinates here are approximate, good enough to navigate towards but not survey-grade. Katavi's tracks cross black cotton soil that reshapes itself every wet season, so a track shown on any map may be impassable or rerouted. Ask the rangers at Sitalike what is currently open, and take their answer seriously.
Off-road driving is restricted throughout the park to protect the floodplains, and driving is daylight-only, so plan every route to end at your camp well before 18:00.