Can we fly instead of driving?

Yes, there is an airstrip and charter flights from Dar take about twenty minutes. For most guests the four-hour drive up the coast is pleasant enough not to justify the cost.

4 Days / 3 Nights · Bush & Beach

Saadani Bush & Beach

Where the elephants walk on the sand

The Journey

Overview

The only national park in East Africa with an Indian Ocean shoreline, and the easiest bush-and-beach combination in the country. A morning game drive, an afternoon boat safari up the Wami River, and a swim before dinner — all within four hours' drive of Dar es Salaam.

Highlights

Game drives on coastal savanna
Boat safari on the tidal Wami River
Swimming straight off the park's beach
Green turtle nesting between June and September
No flights needed from Dar es Salaam

At a glance

Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights
Style: Bush & Beach
Destinations: Saadani
Best for: Dar es Salaam residents · Families · Travellers with only a few days
Pricing: Tailored to season, lodges and group size — request a personal quote.

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Day by Day

How the journey unfolds

Day 1

Dar es Salaam → Saadani

Drive north along the coast, arriving for lunch. An afternoon game drive through palm groves and open grassland, finishing with a sundowner on the beach.

Day 2

Wami River & the bush

A dawn game drive for giraffe, buffalo and waterbuck, then an afternoon boat safari up the Wami — hippo, crocodile, mangrove kingfishers and, at the mouth, the open ocean.

Day 3

Beach & village

A slow morning on the sand, then a walk into Saadani village to see how a fishing community and a national park share a coastline. Turtle nesting visit in season.

Day 4

Return to Dar

A final morning drive on the way out, and back into the city by mid-afternoon.

What's included

Private 4×4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
Professional English-speaking driver-guide
All park entrance and concession fees
Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
Drinking water throughout the safari
Airport transfers
24/7 support from our Dar es Salaam office
Road transfers from and to Dar es Salaam
Wami River boat safari

Not included

International flights and visas
Travel insurance (we can arrange this for you)
Alcoholic and premium beverages
Gratuities for guides and camp staff
Items of a personal nature

Good to Know

Questions, answered

Honestly, modest by Tanzanian standards — you will reliably see giraffe, buffalo, waterbuck and warthog, often elephant, but not the densities of Ruaha or the Serengeti. Come for the combination of bush and ocean, which nowhere else in the country offers.

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