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Lake Manyara National Park

Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views.

The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is home to an incredible array of bird life that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink flamingo stoop and graze by the thousands colourful specks against the grey minerals of the lake shore. Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment, and herons flap their wings against the sun-drenched sky. Even reluctant bird-watchers will find something to watch and marvel at within the national park.

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Hot Spring

Lake Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay a visit to this park. The only kind of their species in the world, they make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the rainy season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the northern park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world — a fact that accounts for interesting game viewing of large families of the primates.

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.

Tanzania Simba Safari

  • Arusha
  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  • Tarangire National Park
  • Lake Manyara's tree climbing Lions
  • The vast Serengeti
  • The Ngorongoro Crater
  • Tarangire National Park, famed for its Elephants and bird life

7 Nights from £5105pp

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Tanzania Safari in Style

  • Arusha
  • Lake Manyara National Park
  • Serengeti National Park
  • Ngorongoro Conservation Area
  • Tarangire National Park
  • Sunrise Balloon over the Serengeti
  • Fantastic Accommodation
  • Private Safari
  • Exceptional Wildlife

7 Nights from £5880pp

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Lake Manyara Hotels & Lodges

Below is a small selection of the Lake Manyara hotels & lodges we offer on our Tanzania holidays. If the hotel you require is not listed, just give us a call.

Lake Manyara Kilimamoja Lodge

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Lake Manyara Serena Safari Lodge

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