Lake Manyaara 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 km2.
Lake Manyaara National Park 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.
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 Airstrips.
Lake Manyara National Park Attractions
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.
Wild Animals
Animals found here includes elephant, buffalo, hippo, lion, leopard, occasional cheetah and giraffe.
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 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 harbors resident bushbucks, primates and 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 habors elephants, buffaloes, duikers, baboons, blue monkeys, leopards and many forest dwelling birds species.
Activities
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!
