SAANANE ISLAND NATIONAL PARK

This is the latest Tanzanian national park to open in 2013 next to Mwanza on the small island of Saanane (0.7 km²), which used to house a zoo. The idea: a mini day walking safari, complete with a picnic lunch, with the option to camp there at night. The park has some zebras, impalas, wildcats and other monkeys and above all many reptiles. The dry season (June-August) is the best time to visit this miniature national park, which is more like a theme park.