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User Reviews of Lake Manyara National Park (286 Reviews)

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Average User Rating

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

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3 star 73 / 10 73
2 star 17 / 10 17
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Male avatar icon Robert United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Apr 6, 2018

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

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

Wrong time of year for the flamingos, wild life was poor.

Female avatar icon Beth United States flag US       Visited: April 2018 Reviewed: May 29, 2018

Email Beth  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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

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.

Male avatar icon Polwach Wudhikulprapan Thailand flag TH       Visited: June 2018 Reviewed: Jul 8, 2018

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

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

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.

Male avatar icon Sunil United States flag US       Visited: June 2018 Reviewed: Jul 23, 2018

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5

mostly baboons and elephants.

Male avatar icon Dave United States flag US       Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 5, 2018

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
3 / 5 3 / 5 3 / 5 / 5

Small and unimpressive

Male avatar icon Puneet Patel United States flag US       Visited: July 2018 Reviewed: Aug 24, 2018

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

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3 / 5 3 /5
4 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 5 / 5

Very melodramatic park, not much to see or do.

Female avatar icon Louise **** United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: February 2018 Reviewed: Jan 22, 2019

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

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

When you go to the serengetti nothing compares to this. Its quite a small park with limited wildlife

Female avatar icon Lise Pedersen Denmark flag DK       Visited: January 2019 Reviewed: Feb 13, 2019

Email Lise Pedersen  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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3 / 5 3 /5
2 / 5 2 / 5 4 / 5 3 / 5

We simply did not see very much game here! Rain and cloudy weather!

Male avatar icon Donald Gramkow Ethiopia flag ET       Visited: March 2019 Reviewed: Mar 26, 2019

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

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

After a flood in 2013, the park entrance has suffered big destruction and has not yet renovated. The wildlife itself is very interesting, but Serengeti and Tanrangire are much better.

Female avatar icon Ava United States flag US       Visited: July 2019 Reviewed: Jul 30, 2019

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

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

We went to Lake Manyara after visiting the other places, and it's just not as exciting as the Serengeti, or as beautiful as the Ngorongoro crater. They have a lot of cool birds there, a variety of monkeys, and the lake is beautiful with some nice vistas, but you just don't see as many animals here. It may have been a better place to go first, as it felt lackluster when we visited as our last destination. I would have rather spent another day in the Serengeti rather than stopping here.