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Mary Lee Tennant
US
Visited:
December 2012
Reviewed: Jan 28, 2014
Email Mary Lee Tennant | 65+ years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Excellent hilly views . Our lodge here had a swimming pool which the children ( 6 to 15 years ) loved . Was a pleasant introduction to the different terrains of Tanzania.
An Droid
DE
Visited:
April 2011
Reviewed: Sep 8, 2012
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lake Manyara is the smallest of the 4 national parks we visited on our safari (the others were Ngorongoro, Serengeti and Tarangire). This is probably the only 'bad' thing about it (although that is 'spoiled me' talking). The alkaline lake is a unique ecosystem with loads of rare things to witness in and around it.
JerseyMolly
US
Visited:
August 2012
Reviewed: Sep 5, 2012
Email JerseyMolly | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
We visited several safari parks on this trip, but at Lake Manyara the animals were amazingly close, like nothing I've ever seen before. There were lots of pelicans and storks on the lake, what a great sight!
petuschok
Visited:
October 2008
Reviewed: Aug 17, 2012
seltzca
US
Visited:
October 2011
Reviewed: Jun 21, 2012
Email seltzca | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We had spectacular elephant encounters at Lake Manyara and didn't leave the park until we absolutely had to. That said, it's very popular so you often see other tourists.
Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar
TZ
Visited:
July 2011
Reviewed: May 14, 2012
Email Sheikh. Ghulam Sarwar | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
This was particularly thrilling because it was our first safari
ShamaJaffer
TZ
Visited:
August 2009
Reviewed: Mar 29, 2012
20-35 years of age
Rick Johnson
US
Visited:
November 2008
Reviewed: Mar 21, 2012
35-50 years of age
Lake Manyara NP was our first foray into the African wildlife scene and we were not disappointed. Lions, hippos, giraffes, flamingos, baboons, elephants, gazelle, impala, monkeys, and birds, birds, birds.
The best piece of advice I can offer for Lake Manyara or any other safari is to make sure you have a good guide/driver beforehand. You might have to pay a little more for a top guide, but it is well worth the cost. If you can afford a private guide/driver, even better. Ours was exceedingly knowledgeable about the environment and the wildlife. He was able to spot and point out animals that we would have never seen our own. A place like Lake Manyara is quite scenic to drive through, but when someone is able to point out and describe things you would not otherwise notice, it makes the experience truly memorable.