Establishment:2005
Area: 1148 sq km of land and 30 sq km of sea (Total 1178 sq km)
Location:
45 km north of Bagamoyo
Principal features:
coastal plains and low hills. The Kiono plateau supports the Zara ninge forest in the south – west. Mkwaja North is more broken and rolling hill country; to the south there is the Wami valley.
Altitudes: 0 – 350 metres above sea level.
Major attractions:
Beach and sea, the turtle nesting ground at Madete, the Wami river variety of animals and birds, estuaries and mangroves.
Common animals:
The big 5 animals except rhinoceros, elephant. Other animals including hippo, giraffe, buffalo, bushbuck, bushpig, red duiker, hartebeest, zebra, genet, civet, warthog, monkeys etc.
Distance and time:
50 km from Zanzibar across the Zanzibar channel (3 hours by dhow or 40 minutes by motor boat); 45 kms from Bagamoyo (40 minutes), Dar essalaam is 100 km away from the park and takes close to two hours at a normal driving speed. Best time to visit: January and February and also from June to August.
Facilities:
Tented camp, lodges / hotels (Bagamoyo, Zanzibar), guest house, special camp sites, picnic sites, boat for sailing along Wamirive, airstrips.