This recently enlarged 1,200 square kilometers reserve is situated north of Bagamoyo directly west of Zanzibar. Tanzania's only coastal reserve, it is an area of savannah, grassland and unspoiled beaches.

It is the most southerly home of coke's hartebeest, Elephant, leopard, lion, buffalo, giraffe, wildebeest, zebra, colobus monkey rare Roosevelt sable can also be seen, as well as hippo and crocodile.

The entire eastern boundary of the Park is set along the Indian Ocean where white beaches stretch to the horizon in both directions, and sand islands off-shore provide good snorkeling and swimming.