Day Trip To Saadani National Park From Tanga City

Saadani National Park is the only Wildlife park in East Africa whereby the beach meets the bush. It is very good for bird watching, elephants, giraffes and herbivores. Other activities in the park include a river cruise for crocodiles & hippos on the Wami River, which joins the Indian Ocean.

Saadani National Park’s coastal location is ideal if you’re looking for both bush and beach in one destination. It is the only bush-meets-beach wildlife sanctuary in East Africa making it wonderfully unique and worth a visit if your route permits.

At 1100km-square, Saadani is a comparatively small park. However, what it lacks in size, it makes up for with the variety of safari it offers as well as the diversity of its terrain. Saadani is steeped in history, located in the centre of Bagamoyo to the south, Pangani to the north and Zanzibar to the east. Relics of a long trading and cultural history can be identified, with a keen eye, around current small settlements and even within our Simply Saadani Camp. The coastal and river location features mangrove and salt flats.

A fantastic area just south of Simply Saadani Camp are the salt flats and the location of Babs’ Camp in the elephant Island private conservancy. This is a superb area for foot safaris where one can get out of the game drive car and wander the salt flats studying the myriad animal prints.

Highlights

• Enjoy game drives and wildlife safaris
• Relax on a river cruise/boat trip