Flights to Katavi National Park
Tanzania's third-largest park and one of Africa's emptiest — enormous buffalo herds and hippo pods crowding shrinking dry-season pools, seen by a few hundred people a year.
Quiet by design: caps, permits, or a price that keeps it that way. Plan further ahead; it will still be there.
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No scheduled jet service into TKQ. Fly to DAR (Julius Nyerere International Airport) — 40 airports fly there nonstop — then charter flight from Dar es Salaam or Arusha.
Via DAR — Dar Es Salaam
Dar Es Salaam is the hub for Katavi National Park: 40 airports fly there nonstop, then charter flight from Dar es Salaam or Arusha.
Show the 40 nearest as a list
| From | Airport | Airlines | Flight time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZanzibarTanzania | ZNZ | Air Tanzania, Auric Air, HOP!-REGIONAL, Oman Air, Precision Air, flydubai | ~41m |
| Mafia IslandTanzania | MFA | Auric Air | ~45m |
| TangaTanzania | TGT | Auric Air | ~50m |
| MombasaKenya | MBA | Skyward Express | ~1h |
| DodomaTanzania | DOD | Air Tanzania | ~1h 5m |
| IringaTanzania | IRI | Air Tanzania, Auric Air, FlexFlight | ~1h 5m |
| MtwaraTanzania | MYW | Air Tanzania, Precision Air | ~1h 6m |
| KilimanjaroTanzania | JRO | Air Tanzania, Precision Air | ~1h 10m |
| ArushaTanzania | ARK | HOP!-REGIONAL | ~1h 12m |
| SongeaTanzania | SGX | Air Tanzania | ~1h 20m |
| NairobiKenya | NBO | Air Tanzania, Kenya Airways, Naysa, Precision Air | ~1h 26m |
| MoroniComoros | HAH | Air Tanzania | ~1h 28m |
| MbeyaTanzania | MBI | Air Tanzania | ~1h 28m |
| TaboraTanzania | TBO | Air Tanzania | ~1h 31m |
| MwanzaTanzania | MWZ | Air Tanzania, Auric Air, FlexFlight | ~1h 41m |
| DzaoudziMayotte | DZA | EWA Air | ~1h 47m |
| BlantyreMalawi | BLZ | Ethiopian Airlines | ~1h 58m |
| EntebbeUganda | EBB | Uganda Airlines | ~1h 58m |
| KigaliRwanda | KGL | RwandAir | ~2h 3m |
| BujumburaBurundi | BJM | Air Tanzania | ~2h 5m |
| NdolaZambia | NLA | Air Tanzania | ~2h 18m |
| HarareZimbabwe | HRE | Air Tanzania, Air Zimbabwe | ~2h 31m |
| LusakaZambia | LUN | Air Tanzania, Naysa | ~2h 31m |
| Addis AbabaEthiopia | ADD | Ethiopian Airlines | ~2h 51m |
| MaheSeychelles | SEZ | Air Tanzania | ~2h 55m |
| Victoria FallsZimbabwe | VFA | Air Tanzania | ~3h 2m |
| JohannesburgSouth Africa | JNB | Air Tanzania, Airlink, South African Airways | ~3h 42m |
| KinshasaCongo (Kinshasa) | FIH | Air Tanzania | ~3h 58m |
| Cape TownSouth Africa | CPT | Air Tanzania | ~5h 18m |
| DohaQatar | DOH | Qatar Airways | ~5h 29m |
| DubaiUnited Arab Emirates | DXB | Emirates | ~5h 41m |
| MuscatOman | MCT | Oman Air | ~5h 41m |
| CairoEgypt | CAI | Egyptair | ~5h 58m |
| LagosNigeria | LOS | Air Tanzania | ~6h 2m |
| AccraGhana | ACC | Air Tanzania | ~6h 28m |
| MumbaiIndia | BOM | Air Tanzania | ~6h 35m |
| IstanbulTurkey | IST | Turkish Airlines | ~7h 35m |
| MoscowRussia | VKO | Air Tanzania | ~9h 30m |
| AmsterdamNetherlands | AMS | KLM | ~10h |
| GuangzhouChina | CAN | Air Tanzania | ~11h 45m |
Routings from major airports
| From | Stops | Via | Door to door |
|---|---|---|---|
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW
| 2 stops | AMS → DAR | ~22h 41m |
New YorkJFK
| 2 stops | NBO → DAR | ~19h 10m |
Los AngelesLAX
| 2 stops | AMS → DAR | ~24h 2m |
MiamiMIA
| 2 stops | AMS → DAR | ~22h 6m |
ChicagoORD
| 2 stops | ADD → DAR | ~21h 1m |
LondonLHR
| 2 stops | NBO → DAR | ~12h 45m |
TorontoYYZ
| 2 stops | ADD → DAR | ~20h 9m |
Why it's still quiet
Tanzania's third-largest park and one of Africa's emptiest — enormous buffalo herds and hippo pods crowding shrinking dry-season pools, seen by a few hundred people a year.
The friction
Fly-in only in practice. Nothing about that is changing quickly.
Background
Katavi National Park is a Tanzanian national park created in 1974 and is located in Katavi Region, Tanzania. It is a very remote park that is less frequently visited than other Tanzanian national parks. The park is approximately 4,471 square kilometers (1,726 sq mi) in area, which makes it the third largest national park in Tanzania. The park encompasses the Katuma River and the seasonal Lake Katavi and Lake Chada floodplains.
Questions
- Is there a nonstop flight to Katavi National Park?
- Not by jet. The nearest airport with scheduled service is DAR (Julius Nyerere International Airport), then charter flight from Dar es Salaam or Arusha.
- Which airport do you fly into for Katavi National Park?
- TKQ — Kigoma Airport. Most travelers connect through DAR (Julius Nyerere International Airport).
- When is the best time to visit Katavi National Park?
- Jun–Oct. Fly-in only in practice. Nothing about that is changing quickly.
- What does Katavi National Park cost per day?
- Varies by season.
- Why is Katavi National Park still quiet?
- Tanzania's third-largest park and one of Africa's emptiest — enormous buffalo herds and hippo pods crowding shrinking dry-season pools, seen by a few hundred people a year.