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Lake Manyara National Park
Lake Manyara National Park is one of the
finest and most interesting parks of Tanzania with a large number of wild
animals. The park covers only 330 km2 – small compared to other Tanzanian parks
– of which two-third is water. Like most other lakes of the Rift Valley, Lake
Manyara is a shallow soda lake that is fed by groundwater and depending on the
season varies in size. The rest is a thin strip of land located between the
lake and the rocks and which can only be reached by a few roads. The park and
the lake owe their name to the manyara-scrub, which is used by the Maasai to
protect their fields. Near the entrance to the park you will find the
manyara-scrub. The first part of the park consists of dense forest with high
trees, including mahogany trees, crotonic, fig trees and various types of
palms. Around the dense undergrowth of wild flowers are countless butterflies.
This part of the park is not as suitable for spotting game, because it is very
difficult to look through the dense forest.
When you drive further into the park, you can
see groups of anubis baboons and sykes monkeys play along the side of the road.
Bushbucks will appear out of the bushes and it is very possible you may bump
into an elephant on the road. Elephants often use the road so that they do not
have to go through the thick bush. Also remember to look up once in a while.
Just like in Tarangire, the lions are sometimes in the trees and also a lot of
leopards live in this area (though you have to be lucky to spot them). If the
big cats cannot be found in the trees, there are a lot of birds to spot in the
trees.
The further you go in the park, the drier it gets.
Gradually the forest opens up and the vegetation changes, with a lot of baobab
trees. The change in vegetation also results in other types of game. In this
part of the park buffalo, wildebeest, zebra and giraffe have their home. In the
air, eagles are looking for a prey. On the south side of the park there are a
number of steamy hot springs.
Where is Lake Manyara and
How big is it?
Size: 330 sq km (127 sq miles), of which up to 200 sq km
(77 sq miles) is lake when water levels are high. Location: In northern
Tanzania. The entrance gate lies 1.5 hours (126km/80 miles) west of Arusha
along a newly surfaced road, close to the ethnically diverse market town of Mto
wa Mbu.
How to get to Lake
Manyara
By road, charter or scheduled flight from Arusha, en
route to Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater.
What to do in Lake
Manyara
Game drives, night game drives, canoeing when the water
levels is sufficiently high.
Cultural tours, picnicking, bush lunch/dinner, mountain bike tours, abseiling and forest walks on the escarpment outside the park.
Cultural tours, picnicking, bush lunch/dinner, mountain bike tours, abseiling and forest walks on the escarpment outside the park.
When to go to Lake
Manyara
Dry season (July-October) for large mammals;
Wet season (November-June) for bird watching, the waterfalls and canoeing.
Wet season (November-June) for bird watching, the waterfalls and canoeing.
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