Lake Manyara
Mar 5th, 2010 by janieharmsen
The crescent shaped Lake Manyara National Park adjoins the lake and supports an extraordinarily dense and varied population of wildlife. With its 315kms², the park is relatively small but the scenery is wonderful. In front of the steep wall of the Rift Valley open grassland turns into a landscape scattered with mahogany and fig trees to be taken over by acacia forests and the ground water forest with its abundant wildlife, such as elephants, rhinos, wildebeest, impala, Cape buffalo and giraffe, all present in large numbers. Manyara is also the home of the tree-climbing lion, which can sometimes be seen in the candelabra and sausage trees that line the Simba River.
Lake Manyara is the most beautiful of all alkaline lakes with its innumerable birds as well as supporting hippopotamus. A birdwatcher’s paradise, glossy starlings, weaver birds, eagles and many other species abound especially between October and April, when migrants visit.
Nice place, but I still prefer Serengeti National Park or Ngorongoro.