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This small park is sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large sodiforous Lake Manyara. It is a pretty location, with a good range of game, including giraffe, elephant, baboon and the rarely seen tree-climbing lion.

These days the park suffers both from encroachment of the fast growing settlement and from heavy drive-by safari traffic in its northern sector. We therefore tend to skip Manyara on most of our high season trips in favour of wilder areas beyond.

That said, the remote southern sector remains a decent area for safari, being only really accessible to guests overnighting at the exclusive Manyara Tree Camp or at the other extreme, camping in at Manyara Bivouac.