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Saadani N.P.
Sitting at the beach, sipping my Campari and listening to the waves, behind me hearing the sounds of elephants in the shrubs and the twittering of birds, I took a deep breath and suddenly felt as the sea and the river, the sky and the earth, the sands and the trees all became one… And I felt lucky: I was part of it!
Saadani is where the beach meets the bush. We reach it going east from Hatari and Shu’mata towards Zanzibar or vice versa. 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 the nearby waterhole! It is also home to a breathtaking variety of birds, best seen on the boat safaris, which leave from the camp beach, then turn up the nearby Wami River.
Saadani proudly boasts that it offers the rare combination of river, bush and beach. Yet, the camp emphasizes that you are camping among wild animals and the law of the jungle rules. Another night, at Saadani, a pride of lions was wandered through – we made an interesting discovery the following morning when we saw their tracks…
Explorer Hopper (pdf)
Go East short Hopper (pdf)
Go East long Hopper (pdf)
TAE General info (pdf)