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Mwanza Tourism Tanzania

Karibu Tanzania

Lake Manyara National Park Safari

Lake Manyara National Park is a scenic gem, with a beautiful lake of Lake Manyara which attracts so many flamingos and other more than 400 birds’ species. The other things which make Lake Manyara National Park unique from other national parks are mountains, stretching for 50km along the base of the rusty gold 600 meters high Rift Valley escarpment.
The word Manyara come from the Swahili word Mnyaa which is a plant found in many areas of Manyara. The size of the park is 330 square km (127 square miles), of which up to 200 square km (77 square miles) is lake when water levels are high.

Lake Manyara National Park Entrance
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Contrasting with the intimacy of the forest is the grassy floodplain and its expansive views eastward, across the alkaline lake, to the jagged blue volcanic peaks that rise from endless Maasai steppes. Large buffalo, giraffe, wild beast and zebra herds flock on these grassy plains. Inland of the floodplain, a narrow belt of acacia woodland is the favoured haunt of Manyara’s legendary tree climbing lions and impressively tusked elephants.

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The road winds through an expanse of lush junglelike groundwater forest where hundred strong baboon troops lounge nonchalantly along the roadside, blue monkeys scamper nimbly between the ancient mahogany trees, dainty bushbuck tread warily through the shadows, and outsized forest hornbills honk cacophonously in the high canopy which are found in a park. When a tourist is at the top of the mountain is when will see the scenic beauty of Lake Manyara National Park.

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Hot Spring
One of the impressive places at Lake Manyara National Park is the Hot Spring, where you can find very hot water. The place is so unique and beautiful.
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Lake Manyara National Park has the largest elephants of all in Tanzania
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What to do
Game drives, night game drives, canoeing when the water levels is sufficiently high. Cultural tours, picnicking, bush lunch/dinner, mountain bike tours, abseiling and forest walks on the escarpment outside the park.

When to go
Dry season (July-October) for large mammals;
Wet season (November-June) for bird watching, the waterfalls and canoeing.