Lake Manyara National Park
User Reviews (277)
Tanzania Parks
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Email Kristof Eelen | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lake Manyara is excellent for bird watching: kingfishers, African hornbills, ibises, helmeted guineafowls, grey crowned cranes, flamingoes, herons, etc. We've also seen lots of other interesting animals: chimps in a tamarind tree, blue monkeys, baboons, elephants, antelopes, Nile monitors, etc. Beware of tsetse flies: no panic is needed, but don't wear black of dark blue clothes, no short sleeves or trousers and use a strong insect repellent! In the rainy season, only a part of this park is accessible because of the high water level, so go to Lake Manyara during the dry season!
I only spent a day there but recall a jackal, baboons on a termite mound, an elephant and hippos. The weaver colony at Lake Manyara Serena Lodge made for good photos.
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Email Olga | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Dry season is not the best time for this park
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Email Linda Hatfield | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
Probably because of the time of year, not many birds were evident. It was only a superficial stop between Tarangire and the Crater.
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Email Isabell | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
The park was quite nice, but after beeing in the Serengeti and Tarangire NP it had no "wow effect" on us. We still enjoyed a visit, but be aware that you won't necessarily see a lion even if the park claims to be the place where you can find lions on trees (which we saw before at Serengeti).
We only had a morning here so can't elaborate too much but the bird life was outstanding here
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Email Geri & Paul | Experience level: first safari
Lake Manyara has a more jungle vibe to it, being more treey. To see the tree lions is the prime reason to visit it.
Email Selestinus Emanuel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.
The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience.
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Email drchristo4 | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Great birding destination. Attractions include pelicans, storks, hornbills and blue monkey. Its become rarer to see the tree climbing lions that this park was famous for
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Email mmeuni2 | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lake attracts many animals that come to drink . there is impressive colonies of pelicans and pink FLAMMANDS .
We had a tent Lodge facing the lake outside our room went wildebeest and zebras.
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