Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park is Tanzania‘s famous home to flamingo, pelicans birds, though small in size, this tour destination has many attractions to offer visitors. Lake Manyara National Park is known for flocks of thousands flamingos that feed along the edge of the lake in the wet season. In 1991 there were an estimated 1,900,000 non-breeding Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor) individuals and 40,000 Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) can also be present in large numbers (an estimated 200,000 individuals in 1991) and in all there has been an estimated 1,000,000-2,499,999 individual water birds, however, only 78,320 birds were counted in 1994.

Populations of large migratory mammals that are concentrated primarily in Tarangire National Park, but also move through Lake Manyara National Park include wildebeest, zebra, Thomson’s gazelle and Grant’s gazelle.

Lake Manyara national park has a high concentration of elephants, and some of the largest herds anywhere on earth! Then there are the tree-climbing lions, which are a rarity. Thirdly, the lake is often covered in flamingoes, pelicans and other waterbirds – a beautiful sight.

Then there’s also an exciting canopy walk in the forested portion of the park. And there’s also the hippo pool, which is always stocked with a good number of the wallowing, hefty beasts.