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Location and size
the Park is located on the north coast, roughly 100km (60 miles) northwest of Dar es Salaam as the crow flies, and a similar distance southwest of the port of Tanga. Its size is 1,100 sq km (430 sq miles)

How to get there       
Charter flights from Zanzibar or Dar es Salaam with possibility of scheduled flights in the future. Thrice-weekly road shuttles from Dar es Salaam taking four hours in either direction. No road access from Dar es Salaam along the coast – follow the surfaced Moshi road for 160km (100 miles), then 60km (36 miles) on dirt.
Road access is evitable from Tanga and Pangani except after heavy rain. 4x4 required.

Interesting features

Palm trees sway in a cooling oceanic breeze. White sand and blue water sparkles alluringly beneath the tropical sun. Traditional dhows sail slowly past, propelled by billowing white sails, while Swahili fishermen cast their nets below a brilliant red sunrise. Saadani is where the beach meets the bush. The only wildlife sanctuary in East Africa to boast an Indian Ocean beachfront, it possesses all the attributes that make Tanzania’s tropical coastline and islands so popular with European sun-worshippers. Yet it is also the one place where those idle hours of sunbathing might be interrupted by an elephant strolling past, or a lion coming to drink at. Wide range of grassers and primates is seen on game drives and walks, among them giraffe, elephants, buffalo, warthog, common waterbuck, reedbuck, hartebeest, wildebeest, red duiker, greater kudu, eland, sable antelope, yellow baboon and vervet monkey. Also, lion, leopard, spotted hyena and black-backed jackal are openly seen. Boat trips along Wami River allows to view hippos, crocodiles and a selection of marine and riverine birds, including the mangrove kingfisher and lesser flamingo, while the beaches form one of the last major green turtle breeding sites on mainland Tanzania. What to do Game drives and guided walks, boat trips, swimming, visit Saadani fishing village, which lies within the reserve, where a collection of ruins pays testament to its 19th century heyday as a major trading port. When to go generally, accessible all-year round, but the access roads are sometimes impassable during April and May. The best game-viewing is in January and February and from June to August. Accommodation One luxury tented camp. Campsites planned.  Tented camps close to the park boundary whiles several in inside the park.