Saadani National Park

Saadani National Park is the only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa where animals have direct access to an Indian Ocean beachfront. Saadani possesses all the attributes that make Tanzania’s tropical coastline and islands so popular with local and international nature lovers. Yet it is also the one place where those idle hours at the beach might be interrupted by an elephant strolling past, or a lion coming to drink at the nearby waterhole! On a game drive to Sadaani, you can see a surprisingly wide range of grazers and primates. You will get to see giraffes, buffaloes, warthogs, common waterbucks, reedbucks, hartebeests, wildebeests, red duikers, greater kudus, sable antelopes, yellow baboons, and velvet monkeys.

Best Time To Visit

The best time for watching wildlife in Saadani is after the rains, in January and February, and from June to August, when there is still plenty of water on the plains and the wildlife stays within the park. As a general bush or beach break destination, Sadaani is good to visit most of the year, except during the peak of the rainy season which is from April to May.

How to get there

When connecting from Dar es Salaam, you have to drive along a good tarmac road for about 3 hours covering nearly 160 km through Chalinze to Mandera village and then connect to the Mvave Park Gate along a rough road covering 65 km. This will get you to the park’s head office.

Alternatively, you can reach Saadani national park from Dar es Salaam via Bagamoyo. Charter flights are connected from Tanga or Dar es Salaam or Arusha or Zanzibar, as well as from many other major towns.

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Saadani National Park