Destination
Lake Manyara National Park
A narrow park between the Rift wall and a soda lake.
Lake Manyara packs groundwater forest, open floodplain and a shallow soda lake into a strip beneath the Rift Valley escarpment. It is small enough for half a day and varied enough that the half day is never dull.
The road in runs through dense forest fed by springs at the base of the escarpment, where blue monkeys and baboons are the first thing you meet. Past the forest the country opens onto floodplain and the lake shore.
Manyara is known for lions that rest in the branches of acacias, though they are never a promise. Elephant move through the forest, hippo sit in the pools, and flamingos work the shallows in their thousands when the water level suits them.
It fits neatly between Tarangire and the climb to the highlands, and the escarpment view over the lake on the way out is worth the stop on its own.
Safaris that include Lake Manyara National Park
4 days · Family
4-day family safari
Four days, three parks and short drives, built around the youngest person in the vehicle.
Price on request
5 days · Classic
5-day Tanzania safari
The northern circuit in five days, without a single wasted morning.
Price on request
6 days · Classic
6-day Tanzania safari
The northern circuit done properly: Tarangire, Manyara, Serengeti and the crater.
Price on request
6 days · Honeymoon
6-day honeymoon safari
The northern circuit at your own pace, with the evenings to yourselves.
Price on request
7 days · Migration
7-day Great Migration safari
Seven days built around finding the herds, and the patience to wait at a crossing.
Price on request
9 days · Luxury
9-day luxury safari and Zanzibar
Five days on the northern circuit, then four on the coast, in the best rooms on both.
Price on request
11 days · Beach
11-day safari and Zanzibar adventure
A full week across the northern parks, then four days on the island.
Price on request
13 days · Group
13-day group safari and Zanzibar
Thirteen days, shared with a small group, and six of them on the coast.
Price on request
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