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Rick Johnson
US
Visited:
November 2008
Reviewed: Mar 21, 2012
35-50 years of age
Lake Manyara NP was our first foray into the African wildlife scene and we were not disappointed. Lions, hippos, giraffes, flamingos, baboons, elephants, gazelle, impala, monkeys, and birds, birds, birds.
The best piece of advice I can offer for Lake Manyara or any other safari is to make sure you have a good guide/driver beforehand. You might have to pay a little more for a top guide, but it is well worth the cost. If you can afford a private guide/driver, even better. Ours was exceedingly knowledgeable about the environment and the wildlife. He was able to spot and point out animals that we would have never seen our own. A place like Lake Manyara is quite scenic to drive through, but when someone is able to point out and describe things you would not otherwise notice, it makes the experience truly memorable.
Jennifer Henderson
US
Visited:
June 2018
Reviewed: Jul 5, 2018
Email Jennifer Henderson | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
A great place to start your safari. Great assortment of animals in a beautiful setting.
Diane
US
Visited:
June 2018
Reviewed: Jun 26, 2018
Email Diane | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Gordon Magee
US
Visited:
February 2018
Reviewed: Feb 27, 2018
Email Gordon Magee | 65+ years of age | Experience level: first safari
John C.
US
Visited:
December 2017
Reviewed: Feb 13, 2018
Email John C. | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Not as good wildlife sighting as the other parks we saw but still very good. Many more monkeys and baboons than other places. We saw some elephants in the dense forest as well
Carolyn Widas
CA
Visited:
October 2017
Reviewed: Nov 6, 2017
Email Carolyn Widas | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful in all aspects including the history, the sunrise and the game.
Pole pole
US
Visited:
September 2017
Reviewed: Oct 24, 2017
Email Pole pole | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Jan
GB
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Mar 2, 2025
Email Jan | 50-65 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Beautiful ark, less busy than the others, very green with lots of trees
Joel
US
Visited:
February 2025
Reviewed: Mar 1, 2025
Email Joel | 20-35 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Heaven for elephants and baboons
Lake Manyara also gives you the opportunity to go on a walking safari. An armed park ranger took us on an hour and a half hike, which was an excellent experience getting to experience the bush on foot and learn about the plants and animal signs from the ranger. We got lucky and saw a mother and juvenile elephants drinking at a stream. Wow, what a thrill! It was actually pretty intense because the mother
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started walking in our direction and could have easily charged over the stream, but the park ranger handled it with aplomb and made some loud noises to turn the elephant around.Lake Manyara was our last stop on our safari. To me I enjoyed it just as much as the heavy hitters like Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Better than Tarangire (though I saw Tarangire in February and it's probably better in the dry season when the wildlife is more concentrated).
Ana
PT
Visited:
January 2025
Reviewed: Feb 8, 2025
Email Ana | 35-50 years of age | Experience level: first safari
Lake Manyara has such a beautiful vegatation with huge trees - even without the animals, the park itself, the lake and the vegetation would be worthy!
This was also the park with less cars and people, and I felt less stress within the animals.