Lake Manyara is one of Tanzania's most dramatically placed parks, lying at the foot of the Great Rift Valley's western escarpment. You enter through a green forest fed by groundwater from the Ngorongoro highlands, where large troops of baboons gather along the road.
Most of the park is taken up by a shallow soda lake that often holds huge flocks of flamingos. Manyara is famous for its tree-climbing lions, which spend the heat of the day stretched along the branches.
Wildlife to look for
- Tree-climbing lion
- Baboon
- Elephant
- Flamingo
- Hippo
- Giraffe
