Coast & Islands · National Park

Saadani National Park

Where the bush meets the beach.

June–February
approx. 1,100 km²

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Saadani National Park

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Type: National Park
Region: Coast & Islands
Area: approx. 1,100 km²
Established: 2005
Best time: June–February
Access: Approx. 4–5 h by road from Dar es Salaam; 7 h from Nyerere

Overview

Tanzania’s only coastal wildlife park, where savannah, mangroves and the Wami River meet the Indian Ocean.

Saadani is unique in East Africa: a national park that runs right down to the Indian Ocean. Game drives through grassland and acacia woodland can be followed by an afternoon on the beach or a boat trip on the Wami River, where hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds gather among the mangroves.

Wildlife includes elephant, giraffe, buffalo, hartebeest and lion, and green turtles nest on parts of the shore.