Manyara National Park

Located in the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania, Lake Manyara is the centrepiece of the Lake Manyara National Park. Lake Manyara is a soda lake and its 230km² surface covers two thirds of the park’s total area.

Lake Manyara National Park is home to a diverse range of stunning landscapes, including marshland, dense acacia woodland, and steep rocky slopes. famous for housing vast flocks of flamingos, tree-climbing lions, and one of the highest concentrations of elephants in all of Tanzania.

Manyara National Park
Manyara National Park
Manyara National Park
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  • TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, NGORONGORO CRATER, SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK, AND ZANZIBAR BEACH SAFARI
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Activity 01

Game Driving

Lake Manyara National Park is one of the breath-taking wildlife-rich parks in Tanzania. It is known to host the largest herds of elephants the biggest land animal in the world. It is also famous for its tree climbing lions which are very unique from the Lions found in other parks in Tanzania like the Serengeti National park or the lions found in Tarangire National parks. This behaviour of the lions is unexplainable scientifically, but there is nothing more rewarding on a safari tour than spotting the tree climbing lions. The other animals that can be viewed in the park include the famous Big five animals ( Lions, leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes and Rhinos both the black and the white rhinos are available in the park . Other animal species are; wildebeest, zebras, Giraffes, Hyena, Hippopotamus, impala, Bushbuck, Blue and vervet monkeys, Baboons, cheetahs, blue and vervet monkeys among other animals.

Activity 02

Bird Watching

The different scenery of the park provide habitats for variety species of birds, the most common are the pink lesser flamingos which are found on the shores of the lake in their hundreds of thousands feeding on the dead algae. It is one of the important bird area with over 400 recorded species of birds making the park a birding destination. On a typical birding safari one is likely to see the following birds; Squacco Heron, Crested Heron, silver cheecked Hornbill, purple swamphen, African jacana, Rufous Bellied Heron, knob billed duck, Giant kingfisher, African fish eagle, African grey Hornbill, Abdim’s storks, comb duck, crowned eagle, Greater flamingos, Hermerkops, little stint, southern ground Hornbill, Spur-winged goose, pied Avocet, Hottentot teal, Von der deckens Hornbill among others.

Activity 03

Treetop Walking

Lake Manyara National Park has a treetop walking path which is 18m high from the ground, is a suspended bridge that offer the birds eye view of the park vibrant wildlife. The treetop walking safari has one of the best views of the lake from the forested area where it gradually rises from the ground ,one has the opportunity to view different birds from the forest, types of trees in the forest, the parks sceneries and landscapes.

Activity 04

Canoeing

The canoes is the perfect means yo explore lake Manyara, the sizeable flamingos in their numbers to the Hippo point which is found in the Southern part of the lake, Activities to do at Lake Manyara National Park. The lake water is alkaline and salty ,which provides a good habitat for the growth of algae. The algae provide the food to the thousands of the pink birds. The hippo point is the major tourist attractions during canoeing and they are seen mostly enjoying their viewing and taking photographs. Canoeing takes approximately two and half hours ,with its departure time being scheduled at 10:00 hrs to 12:30hrs.

Activitiy 05

A visit to the masaai village

The Maasai are known for their unique culture, the Maasai moran jump dance which is used to entertain the quests by singing and jumping straight in the air. They are also easily identified with their “shukas” the peace of sheet worn in which they wrap it around their bodies. The Shukas are of different colours, Red, blue and black . They live in homes called manyattas made from sticks, mud and cow dung constructed by their women. The community depend on cattle and everything they do circulate around this assets

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