Lake Manyara National Park | Safari Camps

Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara National Park is best used as a soft introduction to a thrilling safari in Tanzania, with the added bonus of a combo tour to Kenya. Experience exceptional wildlife sightings and breath-taking landscapes while staying at top of the range safari camps on the edges of pristine wilderness areas.

Explore the shores of the lake where more than 400 bird species, including thousands of pink flamingos and pelicans, huddle on their perpetual migration. Lake Manyara National Park is a remarkable Tanzania destination and Voyage2Africa promises detailed information here on safaris plus camps and lodge accommodation – unbeatable packages and itineraries ensure your African holiday is worth every cent!

One of the many lakes linked to the East African Rift, you can find Lake Manyara in the Arusha Region, the seventh-largest lake in Tanzania extending a vast 470 square km. Only one small section falls within the boundaries of the Lake Manyara National Park and is also part of the Lake Manyara Biosphere Reserve, established in 1981 by UNESCO as part of its Man and the Biosphere Programme.

The name Manyara may come from the Maasai word “emanyara”, which is the spiky, protective enclosure around a family homestead (boma) – almost like the 600 m high rift escarpment hems in the lake.. Or the name could come from the Mbugwe tribe, who live in the Lake Manyara area, and their word “manyero” for a trough or place where animals drink water.

Highlights

Go birding at the lake and be astounded by the millions of flamingos and pelicans that choose to come and feed here in the shallows while the floodplains are brimming with egrets, spoonbills, storks and stilts. Look for Crowned Eagles in the forests and silvery cheeked hornbills too.
Elephant lovers will be in their element with the amazing herds of these graceful grey mammals gracing the acacia woodlands and lush forests, drinking at the edge of the lake in their hundreds.
Take a walk along the tree-top canopy walk from the height of a tree, way up high, feel like a bird watching over the wildlife below – see what lives in the branches around you, from the insects and lizards to the raptors and primates.
Exploring the park brings you closer to the Masaai pastoralists in their traditional red robes, wandering around cattle bomas – grab a bicycle for hire and tour the area or take a forest walk and set off in a canoe to find out more about the lake.

Did you know?

Lake Manyara National Park has become famous for its pride of amazing tree-climbing lions and tourists come to seek them out – there is only one other pride in Africa that does this, the pride in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda.