....NORTHERN TANZANIA PARKS
Arusha National Park
Tarangire National Park
Lake Manyara National Park
Ngorongoro Crater
Serengeti National Park
   
....SOTHERN TANZANIA PARKS
Mikumi National Park
Udzungwa Mountain National Park
Ruaha National Park
Selous Game Reserve
....WESTERN TANZANIA PARKS
Katavi National Park
Kitulo National Park
Gombe National Park
Mahale National Park
   

NORTHERN TANZANIA | Lake Manyara National Park

Manyara is a small but scenic park, excellent for birdwatching and a good area to find elephant, and the potential excitement of spotting a legendary Lake Manyara tree-climbing lion. Manyara is often visited for an afternoon at the start of a safari and/or a morning at the end, as it lies on route to and from Ngorongoro and the Serengeti.

The park is awash with butterflies, particularly just after the long rains, at the end of May and through June. Manyara is a good soft introduction to the safari experience. It is a magical and pretty park that wends its way around a mainly forested driving route between the banks of soda water Lake Manyara and the impressive rise of the Great Rift escarpment.

Elephant, giraffe, buffalo and wildebeest can be found grazing in unexpected clearings or heading towards the water to drink or wash, and the rivers and riverbeds provide scenic vistas for possible animal spottings. Warthog seem to thrive here, growing notably fat and tuskered, and it is a natural playground for baboons and monkeys. The legendary tree-climbing lion of Lake Manyara inspire extensive theorising as to the wonders of evolution, and are also notoriously rarely seen.

 

 
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