Safaris
- Lake Manyara National Park -
The park is located 130 kms west of Arusha town between the cliff of Great Rift Valley and Lake Manyara. The park is 330 sq. kms and 230 is covered by Lake Manyara. The park contains a large variety of habitats such as rift wall, acacia woodlands, area of open grassland to mention but few being able to support large numbers of species. The most famous spectacle in the park are the tree climbing Lions, which are occasionally seen on the branches of acacia trees. Other animal are found in the area includes large herd of buffalo's, elephants, giraffes, impalas, monkeys, baboons, hippos, as well as million of pelican and flamingos and great variety of smaller animals which can be observed in the course of the single day.
Establishment: 1960
Area: 330sq km (220sq km is the lake)
Location: Between latitudes 3o20' and 3o40' S and longitude 35o45' E
Features: Rift wall of the Great Rift Valley, the lake, groundwater forest
Altitude: 945m above sea level
Attractions: Rift wall, tree climbing lions, groundwater forest, lake, birds, hot water sulphur springs
Common animals: Aardvark, baboon, bat eared fox, buffalo, bush pig, bushbuck, civet, cheetah, dik dik, duiker, elephant, genet, gerenuk, giraffe, gazelles, hartebeest, hippo, honey badger, hyrax, hyena, impala, jackal, klipspringer, leopard, lion, mongoose, oryx, oribi, reedbuck, serval cat, squirrel, suni, warthog, waterbuck, wildebeest, vervet monkey, zebra and zorilla.
Distance and time: 130km from Arusha (2 to 2 and a half hours), 95km from Tarangire (1 to 1 and a half hours)
Best time to visit: January - November
