LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK DAY TOUR
LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK DAY TOUR
Lake Manyara is popular for its diverse habitats and multiple ecosystems. Around the lake you can find thick rainforests, savannas, wetlands, and acacia forests, sustaining its own set of animals. A major part of the park is submerged under the water, so the game drives will be shorter compared to other parks,
but even within this small region you will find a variety like no other place.
Lake Manyara National park is a great place to visit if you enjoy exploring diverse habitats, beautiful sceneries, plants and birds. Within the park you will find 600+ species of plants itself and hundreds of thousands of birds. Although it hosts several species of animals, from small reptiles like monitor lizards to favourites like Lions, Elephants and Giraffes, their numbers are not as high as you would find in other parks. So if you are mostly interested in wildlife only and the idea of seeing diverse habitats/beautiful scenery, variety of birds doesn't sound as exciting,
then you might perhaps have a better experience visiting other parks in the region instead of Lake Manyara.
Because of the various habitats, Manyara is able to sustain a great variety of animals.
It has four of the big five: Elephant, Lion, Buffalo, and Leopard. But the numbers of all of these are low compared to what you find in other parks like Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Serengeti.
If you are lucky, you might even be able to spot Lions lounging in the branches of Acacia examining the area and looking out for prey. The chances of seeing them tend to increase during the rainy season.
Elephants can be spotted near pools, woodlands or strolling in the floodplains. You might find them munching on the leaves or enjoying a cool bath. Although, there is a higher chance of viewing a solitary elephant than an entire herd. On some occasions, you might even spot a female with its cute baby!
Buffaloes are present in the same area.
The water that flows in from the escarpments, floods regions of Manyara and creates small pools. Within these pools you can spot the hippos happily bobbing up and down. Although hippos are highly territorial and aggressive, so they might not be on their best behavior but locked in a furious battle when you arrive at the location.
Within the rainforests of Manyara, there is an abundance of primates: the baboons, vervets and blue monkeys. In fact, Manyara boasts one of the largest concentrations of baboons anywhere in the world. Within the Manyara rainforests, baboons and blue monkeys co-exist. The baboons are more structured and powerful than the blue monkeys so they often find themselves seeking protection from the baboons. While looking for food, they might feel safer coming down when the baboon troops are present. Because of this, Baboons have managed to create homes in all Manyara habitats, while blue monkeys find it dangerous to leave the thick rainforests.
Inside these rainforests, you might also be able to spot the Nile Monitor Lizard basking in the sun next to a stream of water, and termites on the ground busy decomposing matter and playing the part in the circle of life.
TOUR PROGRAM
After breakfast, we will leave Arusha or Moshi with packed lunch and drive to Lake Manyara National Park. Nestled at the base of the Great Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park provides a picturesque, varying scenery. We will have a picnic lunch in the beautiful park, Encompassing this area is Lake Manyara Park which is often overlooked, but game-rich and best known for its tree-climbing lions and greater flamingo in this beautiful Lake have time for a full-day game drive then an evening drive back to Arusha for accommodation end of day tour to Lake Manyara National Park.
Estimated driving distance: 3hrs drive to Lake Manyara
Activities: Game drives
TOUR PRICE INCLUDES & EXCLUDES
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TOUR INCLUDES
✓ Private Transport go and return to Moshi
✓ Entrance fees
✓ Lunch box/hot lunch box
✓ Drinking water 1.5-3 litres
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TOUR EXCLUDES
✘ Tip for guide
✘ Travel insurance
✘ Personal hygiene items
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