Katavi ndi chipululu chenicheni, chopanda anthu ambiri, komanso chosadetsedwa, chomwe chimapatsa anthu ochepa olimba mtima omwe amasangalala ndi Africa monga momwe chinalili zaka zana zapitazo. Paki yachitatu yayikulu kwambiri ku Tanzania, ili kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa dzikolo, mkati mwa gawo lodulidwa la Rift Valley lomwe limathera m'malo osaya komanso ofunda a Nyanja ya Rukwa.
Gawo lalikulu la Katavi limasunga nkhalango ya brachystegia yopapatiza, komwe kuli mitundu yambiri koma yosaoneka bwino ya nswala, sable ndi roan antelopes.
Koma cholinga chachikulu chowonera nyama m'pakiyi ndi Mtsinje wa Katuma ndi malo otsetsereka monga Nyanja za Katavi ndi Chada zomwe zimakhala ndi nyengo. Mu nyengo yamvula, nyanja zobiriwira komanso zokhala ndi madambo amenewa ndi malo abwino okhala mbalame zambiri zam'madzi, komanso zimathandiza kuti mvuu ndi ng'ona zikhale zambiri ku Tanzania.
Ndi nthawi yachilimwe, pamene madzi osefukira amabwerera m'mbuyo, pomwe Katavi imalowa m'malo ake enieni. Katuma, yomwe imakhala ndi matope osaya, ndi malo okhawo omwe amapezera madzi akumwa mtunda wautali, ndipo malo osefukira m'mbali mwake amathandizira kuchuluka kwa nyama zomwe sizikhulupirira.
Njovu pafupifupi 4,000 zitha kusonkhana m'derali, pamodzi ndi magulu angapo a njati zoposa 1,000, pomwe njati zambiri, mbidzi, impala ndi nswala zimathandiza kuti mitundu yambiri ya mikango ndi mafuko a afisi omwe madera awo amasonkhana m'malo otsetsereka.
Chiwonetsero chapadera kwambiri cha nyama zakuthengo ku Katavi chimaperekedwa ndi mvuu zake. Kumapeto kwa nyengo yachilimwe, mbalame zokwana 200 zimatha kugwera pamodzi m'dziwe lililonse la mtsinje lozama mokwanira. Ndipo pamene mvuu zambiri zikusonkhana pamalo amodzi, mpikisano wa amuna ukukulirakulira - ndewu zamagazi m'malo ndizochitika tsiku ndi tsiku, ndipo yamphongo yogonjetsedwayo imakakamizidwa kubisala m'malo otseguka mpaka itapeza chidaliro chokwanira kuti ipange vuto lina.
