Saadani National Park

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Basic ecotouristic information on Saadani National Park (Tanzania) - localization, access, characteristic, fauna and flora, possible activities.

LocalizationSaadani

Northeast Tanzania, about 200 km northwest from Dar es Salaam

Access

Easy except rainy season. By car about 4 hours’ drive from Dar es Salaam via Chalinze. Zanzibar is about 40 km away from the Park. Transfer by airplane can be arranged to Mkwaja or Saadani airstrip.

Characteristic

1 062 km2; Stripe of a flat landscape along the coast of the Indian Ocean. The only Tanzanian sanctuary bordering the sea. It offers a unique combination of both marine and mainland flora and fauna. Typical ecosystems: sea and sea coast, wetlands, freshwater ecosystems, dry forest, grasslands, mangroves, salines, sand dunes.

Fauna + Flora

Species List - See the Attachment

Possible activities

Saadani

Walking excursions through the park, game drives

Boat trips, swimming, snorkelling, fishing

Note

Best time to visit I-II and VI-VIII (the best game viewing)

Roads are sometimes impassable in IV-V.

Saadani Village is worth a visit as it used to be an important centre of the slave trade in the 19th century.

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Saadani National Park - Fauna and Flora (1124.404KB)