Lake Manyara National Park is well known for its tree climbing lions, the soda lake, flamingos and its breathtaking scenery.  The park is located on the way to Ngorongoro crater and Serengeti. Lake Manyara’s alkaline soda lake is home to incredible array of bird life, Pink Flamingo.

While Manyara lacks the raw drama of northern circuit destinations, its vegetation is diverse, ranging from savannah to marshes to evergreen forests and it supports one of the highest biomass densities of large mammals in the world.

The main attraction of Lake Manyara is :

• Tree climbing Lions, it is the only kind of species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season.

• Interesting game viewing of large family of primates.

• It has an rusty gold 600 metre high rift valley escarpment

• The pink Flamingos stoop and graze by the thousands colourful specks against the grey minerals of the Lake shore.

• Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment.

Activities in Lake Manyara :

Game drives :

The game in Lake Manyara includes plenty of elephants, wildebeest along with so many giraffes and buffalo. The numbers are very famous in terms of zebras, impala, warthog and waterbuck.

Birding :

The life of birds here is exceptionally differing as regards to the inhabitants. Often you will be able to see flocks of pelicans and pink shading of distant flamingos in the middle of Lake.

Why to visit Lake Manyara :

his is the spot for excellent bird watching; tree climbing lions, dramatic escarpment scenery.

When to visit Lake Manyara :

It is good to watch wildlife all year around in Lake Manyara Park but the best time would be during the dry season which runs from late June to September.

By Air: You can fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport or you can fly directly to Lake Manyara Airport. There are also charter flights from Arusha and Serengeti to Manyara Airstrip.

By road: Lake Manyara is in a distance of 126 kms and can be easily be reached by car.