LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
Nestling at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park (9322 sq.km) is one of the most
beautiful places in Africa. As you enter the gate, the Park is dramatically marked off by lush green vegetation consisting
of tall trees of the ground water forest which provide home to troops of baboon and blue monkeys. Further down, the
forest opens up into woodland, grassland, swamps and beyond, the soda lake itself where 350 species of birds including
the lively flamingo (lesser and greater), pelican, sacred ibis, grebe and stork can be viewed (a bird watchers paradise).
At the southern end of the Park are hot sulphur springs called Maji moto. The most famous spectacle in the Park are tree-climbing lions who spend most of the day spread out along the branches of Acacia trees 6-7 metres above ground. The Park is also noted for its numerous buffalo, elephant, giraffe, impala, hippo and a great variety of smaller animals which can be observed during the course of a single day. The Park is situated 130km from Arusha.
