Lake Manyara National Park
User Reviews (259)
Tanzania Parks
CA
20-35 years of age
Lake Manyara is an interesting location that is very different from what one expects in East Africa. The lake provides year-round water, which makes Lake Manyara green and lush, and this location is one of the best for monkeys and baboons. We found, however, that the game drive here was a bit lacking compared to the other three locations we visited. The lake is full of flamingos, but there are no roads passing nearby (at least there were not when we did our game drive), so all we saw was a pink haze in the distance. We also saw small numbers of elephants, lions, giraffes... but after being spoiled by the amount of wildlife in the other parks, we were a wee bit disappointed. It is interesting to see this location, due to its dissimilarity from the other parks, but if you want to save money by cutting a day from the safari, this is the one to skip.
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Email Haavard | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A lot of elephants. This is the place where you come clostest to the elephants. There is some gaselles and monkeys here, but not that many other animals.
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Email Polwach Wudhikulprapan | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lake Manyara is pretty small comparing to other national parks we visited. What we like about this place is that we saw lions resting on the trees which was quite spectacular, thanks to the springwater that has an influence on their behaviors. There were not so many kinds of wild animals to see here although olive baboons were notably abundant. The lanscape is a mix of plain and forest and not so scenic as Serengeti or Ngorongoro.
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Email Beth | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
It was rainin and one of the rivers flooded so we were unable to access a large portion of the park it seemed. It is heavily forested which made it difficult to spot wildlife, but still very beautiful.
Email Robert | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Wrong time of year for the flamingos, wild life was poor.
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Email Matrishva Vyas | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Manyarra can be considered as an opener, a soft introduction to exciting safari ahead in Serengeti and Ndutu area.
For bird lovers it is good, and the fact that it is on the way and breaks the journey time, it must be explored.
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Email AyBee | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Going to manyara at the end is not really worth it, too much bush, more difficult to spot animals, there are apparently climbing tigers, but difficult to find.
there were thousands of flamingos, but they are too far to really understand how many they are.
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Email Leandro Rosa Novo Vita | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Beautiful scenery. Lush vegetation and mountains. It lacks diversity of animals and predators tough.
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Email David L | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
There are some elephants. There are lots of monkeys. There are birds. The park itself is dying as the lake grows and kills the trees. The other part of the park seems overgrown. You really only see animals that are within 6ft of the road. If you have been on other safari’s, I would recommend skipping it.
The night safari is a waste as well.
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Email Richard S | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
relatively fewer wildlife and not as fulfilling.
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