Lake Manyara is a relatively small but pretty national park sandwiched between the Rift Valley escarpment and the large sodiforous lake on the road to Ngorongoro and Serengeti.
Game here is varied, accessible and relatively reliable year round, with highlights including some particularly habituated baboons and elephants around the park gate, plus occasional sightings of the renowned tree-climbing lions.
Increasingly however Lake Manyara has suffered from the twin problems of very heavy safari traffic in its northern sector and encroachment of the fast growing settlement of Mto wa Mbu.
We tend to include Lake Manyara in safaris relatively rarely, generally preferring to concentrate on wilder and lesser visited areas further afield.
However the two options inside the park, Manyara Tree Camp or Lemala Manyara Camp are of significant interest for high-end safaris, since they are both able to provide a much higher quality experience.
Refer to the guidebook for details.
Game here is varied, accessible and relatively reliable year round, with highlights including some particularly habituated baboons and elephants around the park gate, plus occasional sightings of the renowned tree-climbing lions.
Increasingly however Lake Manyara has suffered from the twin problems of very heavy safari traffic in its northern sector and encroachment of the fast growing settlement of Mto wa Mbu.
We tend to include Lake Manyara in safaris relatively rarely, generally preferring to concentrate on wilder and lesser visited areas further afield.
However the two options inside the park, Manyara Tree Camp or Lemala Manyara Camp are of significant interest for high-end safaris, since they are both able to provide a much higher quality experience.
Refer to the guidebook for details.
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