nature

Lake Manyara is a fairly small park and is home to many types of birds. You can often see both flamingos and storks. The feeling in the park is not that you are driving around on a savannah but rather that you are entering a jungle as the vegetation is very dense with many different types of plants. This makes it different from the other parks in Tanzania. In the park is a large lake that covers a relatively large part of the park and around it many animals gather to drink. From being a place for hunting, it is now one of the more popular parks in Tanzania.

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wildlife

Lake Manyara is famous for its tree-climbing lions. Lions climbing trees is extremely rare, but in this particular park you can see it if you're really lucky. Just like the leopard, it stays high up in the trees during the day. There is also a large population of elephants, which often move together in large groups. Other animals in the park include hippos, antelopes, giraffes, buffalo and many different types of monkeys. The park is well located to combine with the other major parks.

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experience
"the big five"

LION

The lion is the only feline that lives and hunts in packs. In the pride, it is mainly the female lions that hunt and the males that defend the pride and its territory. Their roar is powerful and can be heard from 5 miles away. Usually the pride consists of a majority of females. They raise their cubs together and the cubs can be fed breast milk by any of the females. A lion can eat up to 40-50 kg of meat at a time, the equivalent of about 400 hamburgers.

Buffalo

The buffalo is one of Africa's most dangerous animals and is known by many as "the black death". They can sometimes even kill lions. They have poor eyesight, but an exceptionally good sense of smell. A buffalo can be unpredictable, especially when alone and injured. It is said that they never forget or forgive and on many occasions they have attacked hunters who have previously tried to kill them. This has made the buffalo the animal that kills the most hunters. This behaviour and the fact that they have sharp horns means that they have not been successfully tamed.

Elephant

The elephant is the world's largest land animal and also one of the world's most intelligent animals. It can weigh up to 6 tonnes, heavier than a car. Elephants are emotional and can both cry and laugh. They can talk to each other from a few miles away by stamping on the ground and can even smell water up to 2 miles away. With its trunk, an elephant can pick up a single blade of grass, but it can also lift an entire tree. An elephant is pregnant for almost 2 years.

rhinos

The rhino has been around for an unlikely 60 million years. There used to be 30 species of rhinos, but there are only 5 left. You might not believe it, but the rhino is a fast animal. However, they are poor swimmers and they have small eyes and very poor eyesight. Fortunately, they have no natural enemies on the savannah. But many poachers want their horns. The horn is made of heavily twisted hair and is used for defence, but also for digging. If a horn breaks off, it grows back.

leopard

Leopards are agile and fast and are not social animals, usually living alone. During the day they often rest on a branch in a tree and at night or dawn they hunt. Their vision in the dark is seven times better than a human's. They kill their prey in lightning-fast attacks. Leopards are very strong and to prevent lions and hyenas from stealing their prey, they drag their prey up a tree. Their catch can be anything from a baboon to an antelope.

Safari in Lake Manyara

nature

wildlife

experience
"the big five"

LION

Buffalo

Elephant

rhinos

leopard

combine safari with zanzibar

5 days and 6 nights

nature

wildlife

experience"the big five"

LION

Buffalo

Elephant

rhinos

leopard

combine safari with zanzibar

5 days and 6 nights

Right now we offer 10% discount on bookings made more than 6 months in advance.

experience
"the big five"