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User Reviews of Lake Manyara National Park (292 Reviews)

Lake Manyara Safaris Lake Manyara National Park
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Average User Rating

3.9795 / 5 4 /5
3.8750 / 5 4.2313 / 5 3.9430 / 5 4.0985 / 5

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3 star 73 / 10 73
2 star 17 / 10 17
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Male avatar icon Alessandro Agazzi Italy flag IT       Visited: July 2024 Reviewed: Aug 10, 2024

Email Alessandro Agazzi  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Poorer than the others. Because of the season, the lake covered part of the land, we did not see the famous climbing tree lions.

Male avatar icon Pedro Marquez Austria flag AT       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 11, 2024

Email Pedro Marquez  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Lake Manyara unfortunately is growing and therefore the water is taking over big parts of the national park. It is still a very nice visit but if time is limite, you can skip it. Still wildlife there is great!

Avatar icon Charles A United States flag US       Visited: June 2024 Reviewed: Jul 5, 2024

Email Charles A  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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High waters from the recent rains limited the accessibility to some of the park. Still saw quite a bit though.

Female avatar icon Jeannette Germany flag DE       Visited: March 2024 Reviewed: Apr 14, 2024

Email Jeannette  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Beautifully green and much vegetation, forest. There are very many Baboons alongside the road and in the trees. The other animals remain to bug extent hidden due to the dense vegetation .

Male avatar icon Benny Dijkhuis Netherlands flag NL       Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Apr 4, 2024

Email Benny Dijkhuis  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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nice little park with lots of elephants up close. also lots of monkeys. lots of greenery and forests.

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Male avatar icon Matthias Austria flag AT       Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Mar 29, 2024

Email Matthias  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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More of a bush vibe where it's not easy to spot animals but you will still see plenty of baboons, elefants and even buffalos

Female avatar icon Elizabeth Goli Australia flag AU       Visited: February 2024 Reviewed: Mar 3, 2024

Email Elizabeth Goli  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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At the time i visited (early February 2024) it was not easy to see animals at Manyara as the grass was long. I saw quite a few baboons, gazelles and birds, but not much else during an afternoon safari. However, Manyara is one of the few places where you can do a night safari. It was a completely different experience and well worth it. We saw several elephants, a leopard, giraffes, white tailed and pygmy mongoose, a genet, dik diks and impala. For this reason I would recommend a stop at Manyara.

Female avatar icon Katja Germany flag DE       Visited: December 2023 Reviewed: Feb 5, 2024

Email Katja  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Te area around the lake seemed very sad with all the dead trees.

Male avatar icon Omar Netherlands flag NL       Visited: October 2023 Reviewed: Dec 14, 2023

Email Omar  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Very nice forest scenery, good change with respect to the other parks. however, because of the dense forest, there is a little less wildlife easily visible than in the savannah biomes. still, lots of baboons, birds, elephants etc.

Male avatar icon Merlin Germany flag DE       Visited: June 2023 Reviewed: Oct 24, 2023

Email Merlin  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

4 / 5 4 /5
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Flora we would not have expected in Tanzania. Many many trees and humid air alongside a huge lake. At some point it looked mysterious, like a deadland with mud and dead trees due to the natron/soda that the lake contains. It had a great djungle/bush vibes with giraffes and elephants surprising in the dense forest. We were not lucky to see any cats.