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Carla
US
Visited:
June 2012
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015
Email Carla | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Lake Manyara Nation Park is absolutely breathtaking!
Lake Manyara was my first introduction to African wildlife outside of a zoo setting. I was in awe. The variety and numbers of animals we saw was great. The scenery was beautiful & diverse - wooded areas full of monkeys & birds, wetlands and vast open plains each had a unique experience to offer.
DBoh
US
Visited:
March 2015
Reviewed: Apr 17, 2015
65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
The Lake Manyara Serena Lodge gives you an excellent view of the Lake Manyara area of Serengeti. The accommodations are excellent, with a pool located on a ledge overlooking this vast wildlife habitat.
JoCo Knoop
NL
Visited:
March 2014
Reviewed: Apr 22, 2015
Email JoCo Knoop | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
Best safari location with most sightings I have ever been to.
Cindy B.
CA
Visited:
January 2015
Reviewed: Apr 23, 2015
Email Cindy B. | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
So much beauty! Wildlife abounds! Each time you start to think the search for another animal is starting to take time, something appears!
Thomas Zumbiehl
FR
Visited:
March 2014
Reviewed: Apr 27, 2015
Email Thomas Zumbiehl | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: 2-5 safaris
We have visited this park among several others during a honeymoon trip back in 1999. This was our first safari but we have been enjoying this so much that we still remember this as the best trip of our life and keep dreaming of getting back there.
This was the first park of our trip. We saw a lot of monkeys and birds.
wildlifepictures.se
SE
Visited:
December 2011
Reviewed: May 3, 2015
65+ years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Small but one of my favorite parks in Tanzania. Wildlife and birds are abundant, however depending on the water-level on Lake Manyara.
Gaston Maqueda
CA
Visited:
November 2014
Reviewed: Jun 9, 2015
Email Gaston Maqueda | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: over 5 safaris
Beautifull place
I started my Tanzania trip in Lake Manyara and there was my first wildlife encounters of my eastern Africa trip
Drive around the Rift Valley is an awsome experience and we found a lot of wildlife there
Baboons, Blue and Vervet monkeys in the jungles, Elephants, giraffes, buffalos, waterbucks, dik dik, zebras, hippos are easy to spot
One of the best thinks is the new flamingo watching platform. I spent hours there watching and photographing flamingos.
Lake Manyara
Absolutely Worth it
nore2025
US
Visited:
January 2015
Reviewed: Jun 9, 2015
Email nore2025 | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
One of The Beauty of Tanzania
When you get to the park you are greeted by a troop of baboons and free WiFi, so don't be shy to post pictures when you are there. The drive through the park you see beautiful birds like the African grey hornbill, then you will see giraffes and herds of elephants. The tour only gets better from there especially when you visit the hippo pool and get very close to more elephants crossing the road. The herds of African Buffalo are very eye catching notably when they start shaking their heads.
Moses had packed a very tantalizing lunch that included some sandwiches and some
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of Tanzanian best foods like samosa, chapati, kitumbua, many other eatables and some drinks and desert.The highlight apart from the whole enjoyment, was Moses who had a nice vehicle for a Safari and as a local he knew the best places and times to see the animals as they come out to feed or relax.
TK
PL
Visited:
September 2014
Reviewed: Jun 28, 2015
20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lake Manyara is a perfect place for birdwatchers and a gentle introduction to safari for others.
We've seen lots of Elephants in the Lake Manyara National Park. Really, lots of them. And they were so close! We didn't manage to get so close to elephants in Serengeti as we did in Manyara.
It's also a terrific place for bird-watching. We were not a great birds enthusiasts but seeing so many flamingos at one place was a wonderful experience.
If you are not a birdwatcher I would recommend visiting Manyara before entering Serengeti. It's just a great introduction to Safari. You can also spend a night near Manyara in a comfortable lodge instead of campsite. Lodges are much cheaper here than in Serengeti or Ngorongoro.
Diana023
CA
Visited:
January 2015
Reviewed: Jul 24, 2015
35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lush !
It is a refreshing new vista which you would not expect in Africa.Gorgeous scenery and we saw elephants up close .We were not lucky to see the tree climbing lions but saw wildlife in plenty.Lots of birds and trees and little rivulets which made it so pretty.Park facilities were excellent though we just visited for a day.