Lake Manyara National Park

Welcome to Lake Manyara National Park

The lush green vegetation consisting of tall trees of the ground water forest, the tree climbing lions, the soda lake inhabited with thousands of pink-hued flamingos, large water birds and the troops of baboons and blue monkeys and the rift valley escarpment make your safari to this area unforgettable.

The park derives its name from a plant called Euphorbia tirucalli, known as Emanyara in Maasai language and covers an area of 648.7 km.

Getting there

The Park can be accessed by road or air.

Road. The park is 115 km from Arusha city to main gate via Makuyuni-Ngorongoro road.
Air. Can be accessed through scheduled flights to Manyara

Climate

The Park experiences bi-modal rainfall season with short rains starting from November to December and long rains from February to May and dry season is from late June to October.

It is located at an altitude between 850 and 2000 meters with annual average rainfall ranging from 650 to 760mm.

The Park has remarkable attractions most notably the tree climbing lions, Marang’ forest, hot spring, ground water forest, diversity of bird species and the rift valley. Plan your trip by visiting Lake Manyara National Park were you will get exceptional experience that quenches your travel thirst.

Wildlife

Animals found here include elephant, buffalo, hippo, lion, leopard, occasional cheetah, and giraffe. Lions here have opted to rest up during the heat of midday in trees, giving Manyara lions somewhat different behavior.

Birds

The park offers a high diversity of bird species over 390 birds species both migrants and residents including 50 birds of prey, raucous forest hornbills, pink-hued flamingos and flotillas of pelicans.

Hotsprings

Its water is heated by volcanic activity to a temperature of 76.5 0C. The water is an important source of food for lesser flamingos, and the mineral content of the water is associated with curative values.

Ground Water forest

This dense evergreen habitat harbors resident bushbucks, primates, and a multitude of bird species.

The varied habitats

The varied diversity of habitats including the rift valley escarpment, open grassland, woodland and the lake makes the area an ideal place to visit.

Marang' Forest

It lies above the escarpment and harbors elephants, buffalo, duikers, baboons, blue monkeys, leopards, and many forest-dwelling bird species.

Lake Manyara National Park offers a range of exciting activities including day game drives, walking safaris, night game drive, canoeing, canopy tour, bird watching and hot bush meals that gives someone a reason to smile!

Game Drive

Game drive along the lower slopes of the great rift valley inhabited with variety of wildlife species like Elephants, Buffalo, Antelopes, Lions, Leopards and Giraffe gives unforgattable sightings all the day.

Night Game drive

The night game drive safari through diverse ecosystems gives the chance to see nocturnal animals and birds makes you feel like you’ve entered a whole new world!

Walking safari

The present natural walking trails takes you up and down the hills. The trails pass in areas with higher concentration of wildlife and varied habitats providing a chance of exploring the wilderness and getting close to nature

Canoeing

This activity will expose visitors to view the steep escarpment patched with ever green forests as well as getting close to dozens of aquatic and birds species.

There is luxury lodge within the Park, bandas, hostel and a number of campsites.All other overnight options for Manyara are outside the Park including many on the edge of the Rift Valley with wonderful views across the valley.