{"id":15697,"date":"2012-01-18T10:01:06","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T10:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=15697"},"modified":"2018-12-06T10:20:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T10:20:37","slug":"visit-the-only-coastal-wild-life-reserve-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/destinations\/visit-the-only-coastal-wild-life-reserve-in-tanzania.htm","title":{"rendered":"Visit the only Coastal Wild Life Reserve in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saadani National Park is unique in many ways including the fact that it\u2019s the closest wild-life reserve to Zanzibar as well as Dar-es-Salam and also that it\u2019s the only coastal wild-life-reserve in Tanzania therefore allowing the visitors to enjoy not only the coastal lines but also the big-game and the bird-life viewing. To visit this unique place you can book affordable and flights to Tanzania<\/a><\/strong> with us.<\/p>\n

Formed as a Game-reserve in 1964, Saadani Game Reserve covers an area of about 250 square kilometers from south\u2019s Wami River to the North\u2019s Mligaji River with the Moshi-Railway-Line forming the western boundary. A variety of new animal species was introduced in addition to the existing variety of animals after Saadani became a game reserve including the zebras, wildebeests, elands, elephants, giraffes, buffalos, the rare Roosevelt\u2019s-stable-antelope and lions.<\/p>\n

It was 2003 when the Saadani was upgraded to the latest National Park in Tanzania under TANAPA\u2019s directions with its boundaries expanding to include the land north of Mligaji. Mlihaji is an important area to be included as it\u2019s the only area which contains permanent populations of the elephants and also home to the rare sable antelopes. Other areas included were the North Mkawaja, Wami river\u2019s south and the Zaraninge forest which are famous for the variety of indigenous vegetation as well as bird and animal species. At present the total protected area covers more than 1,000 square kilometers with the TANAPA HQ also based in the Mkwaja ranch.<\/p>\n

You can find beachfront luxury accommodations at the View Safari Lodge and transport will also be arranged by them for Zanzibar and Dar-es-Salaam. Another of the beachfront luxury accommodations is the Saadani Safari Lodge which is located within the national park\u2019s boundaries and is about two kilometers away from the Saadani Village. You\u2019ll notice a relationship that is thriving between the village and the lodge as the citizens of the village have benefited from the projects that are supported by the ownership and guests alike.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find eco-based accommodations in the Kisampa Bush Retreat and blends nicely with the natural surroundings providing scenic beauty and complete privacy to the guests Conservation of environment is what Kisampa focuses on whose camp is located with a private conservation\u2019s confine which focuses on nurturing many community-initiatives for the local village of Matipwili.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find plenty of activities to do including bush walks, birding, camping and visiting local village\u2019s community to canoe in the Wami River. Game Drives can also be arranged in the park which allows viewing a decent wild-life variety. You can access Kisampa through a half hour flight or a three hour drive from Zanzibar or Dar-es-Salam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Saadani National Park is unique in many ways including the fact that it\u2019s the closest wild-life reserve to Zanzibar as well as Dar-es-Salam and also that it\u2019s the only coastal wild-life-reserve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-15697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15697"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41201,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15697\/revisions\/41201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15697"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=15697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}