Tanzania
Lake Manyara
Flamingos, tree-climbing lions and 400 bird species
Compact but impressive: Lake Manyara is the perfect first park for a Tanzania safari.
Request travel proposal →Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania's most underrated parks. The park combines a spectacular salt lake — pink in the rainy season from thousands of flamingos — with lush groundwater forest and open savanna. Famous for its tree-climbing lions: behaviour rarely observed anywhere else in the world. Ideal as the first or last park in a circuit — 2 hours from Arusha.
Area
325 km²
Flamingos
10,000+ in season
Bird species
400+
Unique
Tree-climbing lions
Best time
Nov–May (birds)
Drive from Arusha
± 2 hours
Zones & Areas
Each section of the park has its own character and best season.
Groundwater forest
Lush tropical forest at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment. Habituated baboon troops, beautiful vervet monkeys and the chance of a tree-climbing lion at eye level.
Lake Manyara (shore)
The lake is the heart of the park: hippos in the shallow creeks, hundreds of pink flamingos in the rainy season and elephants pressing to the shore for water.
Open savanna
In the south of the park the vegetation opens up. Buffalo, zebra and impala live here in large numbers. Leopards are also spotted regularly.
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