Is a beautiful protected area located in Tanzania in Arusha and Manyara regions with city of Arusha, Babati as the nearest city, this park stretches over Lake Manyara and Great Rift Valley covering an area of 325 square kilometers with 230 square kilometers covered by Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara national park is found in the northern safari circuit of Tanzania and situated along the route leading to Ngorongoro conservation area and Serengeti national park, the park is part of the larger  Lake Manyara Biosphere Reserve established in 1981 by UNESCO as part of its man and the Biosphere Programme.

Lake Manyara

Is a shallow alkaline lake covering a reasonable area of Lake Manyara national park, the lake is a major attraction in the park covering a surface area of 230 square kilometers and a depth of 3.7 meters. Lake Manyara is the 7^th largest lake in Tanzania at the surface elevation of 1,045 meters above the sea level, the lake is a great birding site hosting thousands of flamingoes which create a pink shade on the shores of the lake. Lake Manyara is a great site for birding and canoeing safari experience.

Wildlife

This national park hosts plenty of wildlife species thriving in marshlands, acacia woodlands, savannah grassland dominated area of the park and the forest galleries, and the park is famous for hosting tree climbing trees, huge population of elephants and a huge troop of baboons with over 100 individuals which is considered to be the largest in Africa. Other animals residing in Lake Manyara national park include hippos, antelopes, zebras, Thomson gazelle and Grant ’s gazelle, wildebeests, waterbuck, impalas, warthogs, giraffes cape buffalo and many more. This national park is a home to many predators such as lions, leopard, African wild cat, spotted hyena, bat-eared fox, genet, honey badger and serval, cheetah and African golden cats are occasionally spotted in the park.

Birdlife                                                                                        

This national park is a great habitat for bird life host exceptional bird species, in the park most bird species live on the banks and in the middle of Lake Manyara and others in the savannah woodlands. This national park is a habitat for over 400 bird species with migratory species from Eurasian locations, raptors, unique and endangered species to  (Rufous tailed weaver, Ashy starlings and black-collared lovebird). Bird species in this park include pink shaded flamingoes, pelicans, crowned eagles, crested guinea fowl, slivery checked hornbills, egrets, stilts, herons, spoonbills, stalks, wanders, Narina trogon, pangani long claw, crowned hornbills, Schalow’s turaco, emerald cuckoo, crowned plover, two-banded courser, black-faced sun grouse and many more.