LAKE MANAYARA NATIONAL PARK

LAKE MANYARA National Park

NATIONAL PARKS

10 to 30 square miles
•Excellent hippo viewing
• Unique alkaline lake habitat
• Elevated walkway overlooking flamingos
•Colorful flocks of birds – over 300 species

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MANAYARA NATIONAL PARK

NORTHERN ZONE

Lake Manyara national park lies in a very dramatic setting against the steep western wall of the Rift Valley located 125 km southwest of Arusha town. It is one of Tanzania’s smallest National Parks, with most of its area being covered by the lake. It was established in 1960 having previously been a game reserve, and in 1981 became part of a world Biosphere. It is the place where Dr. Lain Douglas Hamilton did his pioneer studies on the African elephant. Douglas Hamilton’s book ‘Among the Elephants’ is an account of his time in Lake Manyara. At the entrance of the park, there is a prevalent tall forest, sustained by underground water dominated by evergreen forest. The majority of the land area of the park is a narrow strip running between the Great Rift Valley wall escarpment to the west and Lake Manyara, an alkaline or soda –lake to the east. Lake Manyara national park is a beautiful park with its evergreen vegetation and tropical forests of giant fig and mahogany trees. The park is famous for its tree-climbing lions spending most of the day spread out along the branches of sausage trees and acacia. Further on to the Manyara rift valley escarpment the heated volcanic grounds underneath stream out heated water that steams and bubbles adjacent to the lakeshore. The park is particularly noted for its huge herds of buffalo and elephants, also giraffes, hippos, reedbucks, warthog, wildebeests, and zebras as well as large troops of baboons and monkeys.

FACTS

TYPOGRAPHY | ACTIVITIES|ACCOMODATION|SPECIES|

TOPOGRAPHY

Accacia woodlands
baobab trees
riverine grassland
rocky hilltops

ACTIVITIES

Day game drives and night game drive
Walking safaris
Bird watching
Cultural excursion
Hot air balloon

ACCOMODATION

Public campsites.
Special campsites.
Seasonal campsites.
Hostels

SPECIES

buffalo, zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, oryx, eland, kudus, impala, gazelle, warthog, baboon, vervet monkey, lion,leopard and cheetah.

DESTINATIONS

TANZANIA

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SERENGETI

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NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA

NGORONGORO

BIGEST CALDERA

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KILIMANJARO MOUNTAIN

MT. KILIMANJARO

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN AFRICA

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ZANZIBAR
ISLAND

ZANZIBAR

SPICE ISLAND

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