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User Reviews of Lake Manyara National Park (286 Reviews)

Lake Manyara Safaris Lake Manyara National Park
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Average User Rating

3.9720 / 5 4 /5
3.8723 / 5 4.2218 / 5 3.9377 / 5 4.0909 / 5

Rating Breakdown

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4 star 89 / 10 89
3 star 73 / 10 73
2 star 17 / 10 17
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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
4 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 0 / 5

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.

Male avatar icon Andre Vilaça Portugal flag PT       Visited: August 2023 Reviewed: Sep 15, 2023

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

4 / 5 4 /5
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Less animals, but the only place where i saw leopards and pitons.

Female avatar icon Lyndsey Deane United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Aug 21, 2023

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

4 / 5 4 /5
4 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 0 / 5

A small park and so condensed wildlife, we had amazing up-close baboon and elephant encounters here. A day is enough to see the best of what it has to offer.

Male avatar icon Glenn Fisher United States flag US       Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2023

Email Glenn Fisher  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

4 / 5 4 /5
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Very scenic park. Lots of baboons and monkeys. Beautiful scenery and forests but because of dense vegetation, harder to spot animals. We saw one elephant, a few antelope but mostly troop after troop of baboons.

Female avatar icon Giulia Caserta Italy flag IT       Visited: July 2023 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2023

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

4 / 5 4 /5
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Wonderful forest full of monkeys and elephants, coming from everywhere just in front of us. unfortunately, we did not see and lion tree.