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User Reviews of Lake Manyara National Park (288 Reviews)

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Average User Rating

3.9722 / 5 4 /5
3.8696 / 5 4.2202 / 5 3.9344 / 5 4.0900 / 5

Rating Breakdown

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4 star 91 / 10 91
3 star 73 / 10 73
2 star 17 / 10 17
1 star 2 / 10 2
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Male avatar icon AyBee France flag FR       Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Jan 8, 2018

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

The review below is the personal opinion of AyBee and not that of SafariBookings.
3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 5

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.

Male avatar icon Leandro Rosa Novo Vita Brazil flag BR       Visited: December 2017 Reviewed: Jan 6, 2018

Email Leandro Rosa Novo Vita  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

The review below is the personal opinion of Leandro Rosa Novo Vita and not that of SafariBookings.
3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 3 / 5 5 / 5 3 / 5

Beautiful scenery. Lush vegetation and mountains. It lacks diversity of animals and predators tough.

Avatar icon Carolyn Widas Canada flag CA       Visited: October 2017 Reviewed: Nov 6, 2017

Email Carolyn Widas  |  Experience level: first safari

5 / 5 5 /5
5 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 4 / 5

Beautiful in all aspects including the history, the sunrise and the game.

Female avatar icon Pole pole United States flag US       Visited: September 2017 Reviewed: Oct 24, 2017

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

5 / 5 5 /5
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Lots of hippos and bands of baboons.

Female avatar icon Roxanne Canada flag CA       Visited: July 2010 Reviewed: Aug 18, 2011

Email Roxanne  |  35-50 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5
4 / 5 4 / 5 4 / 5 5 / 5

The birds were amazing in the waters edge.

Avatar icon Courtney Visited: May 2011 Reviewed: Aug 10, 2011

4 / 5 4 /5
4 / 5 5 / 5 5 / 5 3 / 5

This was our first park. It seemed a little smaller than the others we visited but, it was much more lush. We observed a variety of baboon and monkeys here that we did not see elsewhere. Convenient to lodging and was not crowded at all. Great introduction. We stayed at Kirimuru Tents which was awesome!

Male avatar icon gavathome New Zealand flag NZ       Visited: February 2011 Reviewed: Aug 8, 2011

Email gavathome  |  35-50 years of age

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3 / 5 3 /5
2 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 5

Very dry and dusty, also was very hot and uncomfortable. Would recommend going at a different time of year, we went in February.

Male avatar icon mrdiggler Germany flag DE       Visited: June 2011 Reviewed: Jul 15, 2011

Email mrdiggler  |  20-35 years of age

The review below is the personal opinion of mrdiggler and not that of SafariBookings.
3 / 5 3 /5
2 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5 2 / 5

go and have a half-day excursion (hunting, "smoking") to the Hadzabe people!!

Male avatar icon bruges00 Belgium flag BE       Visited: August 2008 Reviewed: May 3, 2011

Email bruges00  |  35-50 years of age

4 / 5 4 /5

Great scenaries around the lake. Cats, giraffes and elephants easily spotted while they go to the lake to drink at evening or inside the vegetation on the way to the lake. Rich also of hippos, flamingos and many other species of birds. Sunset is great moment to go, lovely colours on the horizon. On the way to the park, one may think to make a stop in the Mtowambu village: Very interesting the guided tour aroiund the village, organised by local people and with provents going to local population. One day is in my view enough.

Female avatar icon Ina Lokhorst Netherlands flag NL       Visited: June 2025 Reviewed: Jul 9, 2025

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

4 / 5 4 /5
3 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5 4 / 5

Lake Manyara is a beautiful wildlife park, but we didn’t see that much animals. We saw many elephants so that was nice!