Saadani National Park

Saadani National Park is the only national park in East Africa with some Indian Ocean beachfront. It is also the newest national park in Tanzania. The beach area attracts many animals, especially in the early morning.

Plenty of wildlife can be found within Saadani National Park including giraffe, buffalo, warthog, common waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, red duiker, greater kudu, eland, sable antelope, yellow baboon and vervet monkey. Herds of 30 or more elephants have been seen along with prides of lions.

The Wami River to the south has an extensive variety of bird life, common sightings include fish eagles, hammerkops, kingfishers and the lesser flamingoes. The range of bush, river and sea birds is vast