Saadani National Park is where the beach meets the bush.
It is Tanzania’s 13th National Park where tourists can view animals basking along the Indian Ocean.
The park has an area of 1062 square kilometres and was officially gazettes in 2005 from a hunting block.
It is the only wildlife sanctuary bordering the sea.
Wildlife population has been increasing in recent years and includes four of the Big Five, namely lions, African bush elephants, Cape buffaloes and leopards.
Masai giraffe, heartebeest, waterbuck, wildebeests, reedbucks, duikers, dik-diks, yellow baboons, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, Colobus monkeys, mongooses, genet cats, porcupines, sable antelopes, warthogs, hippos, crocodiles, nile monitors are also found in the park.
