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User Reviews of Lake Manyara National Park (288 Reviews)

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3.9722 / 5 4 /5
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Female avatar icon Diana Moss South Africa flag ZA       Visited: June 2015 Reviewed: Sep 3, 2015

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

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It's a beautiful & scenic park with varied landscapes (dense forests, and the wide open expanses around the lake) and more giraffe than we have ever seen in one place. We did not, however, see the fabled "tree climbing lions" - which we saw plenty of in the Serengeti National Park.

Female avatar icon Barbara United States flag US       Visited: October 2015 Reviewed: Oct 26, 2015

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

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Baboons

Female avatar icon Barbara United States flag US       Visited: October 2015 Reviewed: Oct 26, 2015

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

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Beautiful! Smelled wonderful

Male avatar icon humphfrey New Zealand flag NZ       Visited: September 2015 Reviewed: Oct 31, 2015

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

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the natural beauty is very excellent small national park with variety of species

Male avatar icon Critidoc United States flag US       Visited: May 2015 Reviewed: Nov 16, 2015

Email Critidoc  |  65+ years of age  |  Experience level: 2-5 safaris

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Lots of wildlfe and few tourists, great guides

Male avatar icon mmeuni2 France flag FR       Visited: August 2015 Reviewed: Feb 26, 2016

Email mmeuni2  |  50-65 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Lake attracts many animals that come to drink . there is impressive colonies of pelicans and pink FLAMMANDS .
We had a tent Lodge facing the lake outside our room went wildebeest and zebras.

Male avatar icon drchristo4 United States flag US       Visited: August 2015 Reviewed: Mar 17, 2016

Email drchristo4  |  35-50 years of age  |  Experience level: first safari

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Great birding destination. Attractions include pelicans, storks, hornbills and blue monkey. Its become rarer to see the tree climbing lions that this park was famous for

Male avatar icon Selestinus Emanuel Tanzania flag TZ       Visited: October 2014 Reviewed: Mar 24, 2016

Email Selestinus Emanuel  |  20-35 years of age  |  Experience level: over 5 safaris

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Stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty-gold 600-metre high Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara is a scenic gem, with a setting extolled by Ernest Hemingway as “the loveliest I had seen in Africa”.

The compact game-viewing circuit through Manyara offers a virtual microcosm of the Tanzanian safari experience.

Male avatar icon Kristof Eelen Belgium flag BE       Visited: July 2013 Reviewed: Nov 25, 2016

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

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Lake Manyara is excellent for bird watching: kingfishers, African hornbills, ibises, helmeted guineafowls, grey crowned cranes, flamingoes, herons, etc. We've also seen lots of other interesting animals: chimps in a tamarind tree, blue monkeys, baboons, elephants, antelopes, Nile monitors, etc. Beware of tsetse flies: no panic is needed, but don't wear black of dark blue clothes, no short sleeves or trousers and use a strong insect repellent! In the rainy season, only a part of this park is accessible because of the high water level, so go to Lake Manyara during the dry season!

Male avatar icon Toffael Rashid United Kingdom flag GB       Visited: October 2016 Reviewed: Dec 24, 2016

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

Perfect introduction to East African Safari

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Lake Manyara was my first ever visit to a safari trip in Africa. I did not know what to expect, but within moments of entering, I was welcomed by 100s of baboons, birds and a pair of elephants!

Over the course of the next 10 hours, I saw many changing landscapes: forestry, open plains, grasslands, swamplands and of course the lake itself. Each supported its own eco system and food chain and all were teeming with life.

There were so many types of birds, culminating with 100s of beautiful pink flamingoes. Likewise, the grazers were very well represented to plenty of zebra, gazelles and antelopes. And of course there were many giraffe and a few elephants and hippo's too! I was certainly not disappointed with the amount of animals that were always close by.

However, what I enjoyed most about Lake Manyara was the lake itself. It was an amazing scenic backdrop for life in the bush. All in all, Lake Manyara was the perfect introduction
Read more to Africa's wildlife and a perfect place to quickly learn and get ones bearings before moving onto the more famous Ngorogoro and Serengeti parks. Im certainly glad I did it first.