Lake Manyara National Park is among the astonishing parks located in northern Tanzania. The park offers beautiful landscapes and is home to amazing African wildlife.
The soda & alkaline lake is shallow and reaches a maximum depth of 3.7 m while the vegetation changes from groundwater forests to flood plains and lastly to vachellia woodlands.
Lake Manyara National park covers an area of 325 km2 which about 230 km2 is of the lake surface.
Lake Manyara is located 124 km from Arusha town between the Ngorongoro conservation area and Tarangire National Park.
It is a 2h 30mins drive from Tanzania’s main tourist hub, Arusha city.
The park is famous for the tree-climbing lions, the concentration of elephants, and large groups of migratory birds.