SAADANI NATIONAL PARK
Saadani national park is the only National Park in East Africa where you can be enjoying wildlife at one moment, including big game species and then the next be walking along a sandy beach and swimming in the surf of the Indian Ocean. It also has undisturbed nature of the beaches makes it a favorite place for green turtles to lay their eggs and this beach is the most important breeding site for turtles in all of Tanzania.
The terrain is mostly flat but with a wide variety of vegetation types, including broad leafed woodlands (Miombo), extensive areas of open plains with scattered trees, dense riparian vegetation and mangroves. In addition, the park it has attractive palm trees along parts of the coastal beaches which make it to look so beautiful and impressive.
The Park also contain the Wami River meanders slowly through mangrove forests in the southern part and can be enjoyed by boat or canoe. Both hippo and crocodiles are found here, as well as hosts of different bird species. Furthermore, different Wildlife species are abundant in this national park include giraffe, buffalo, warthog, common waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, red duiker, greater kudu, eland, sable antelope, yellow baboon and velvet monkey. Herds of up to 30 elephants are encountered, and several lion prides are present, together with leopard, spotted hyena and black-backed jackal.
Activities
- Game drive
- walking safari
- Swimming and snorkeling