Game Reserve

Pande Game Reserve

A coastal forest on the edge of Dar es Salaam

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Location Tanzania

Park Type Game Reserve

About Pande Game Reserve

Pande is the smallest game reserve in Tanzania, about 15 km² in the Kinondoni and Ubungo districts of Dar es Salaam, roughly 45 km north-west of the city centre. It was a forest reserve from 1952 and became a game reserve later.It is part of the Eastern Arc and Coastal Forests biodiversity hotspot and is an Important Bird Area. The name comes from Mabwe Pande, "stones of Pande", where pe...

It is part of the Eastern Arc and Coastal Forests biodiversity hotspot and is an Important Bird Area. The name comes from Mabwe Pande, "stones of Pande", where people once broke stones for sale.

Category: Game Reserve
Area: 15 km²
Location: Dar es Salaam
Gazetted: 1994 (GN 216); forest reserve from 1952

Country

Tanzania

Type

Game Reserve

Safaris

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When to Visit

Open all year; the dry months make walking easier.

Peak season

Shoulder season

Wet / off-season

Wildlife

Baboon, vervet monkey, black-and-white colobus, galago, shrews, hares, slender mongoose, African civet, bush pig, bushbuck, suni and dik-dik, plus frogs, chameleons, geckos, monitor lizards and snakes such as the African rock python.

Activities

Game viewing, nature walks, bird watching, camping and nature-trail cycling, with picnic sites and quiet places in the forest.

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Get There

About 45 km north-west of Dar es Salaam city centre and 16 km from the coast.

Information based on the Tanzania Wildlife Management Authority (TAWA) protected-areas listing.

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