ANIMALS IN LAKE MANYARA: Lake Manyara national park is among the oldest national parks in Tanzania and also among the popular wildlife destinations in Tanzania located in the North. It is the smallest park among the parks in the Tourism North circuit, nonetheless, Lake Manyara national park has a variety of rich habitats that support a diverse animal and birdlife offering great wildlife viewing experiences.
Acacia woodlands, swamps and marshes, forested areas and Lake Manyara are the habitats in Lake Manyara national park that house the different animal species found in the park.
Notable animals commonly seen while on game drives in Lake Manyara national park
African elephants, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, wildebeest, zebras, olive baboons, blue monkeys, vervet monkeys, spotted hyenas, lions with a unique trait of climbing trees, bushbucks, waterbucks, impalas, klipspringers, leopard, clawless otter, Thompson’s and grant’s gazelles, warthogs, bat-eared foxes, African wild cat, black-backed jackals, genet cats, mongoose, African civet, African golden cat among others.
Lake Manyara national park also has a rich bird life of over 400 bird species with the most common being the lesser flamingos and feed and breed in the alkaline Lake Manyara, a lake that cover two thirds of the park area.
Best time to visit Lake Manyara national park
Lake Manyara national park can be visited any time of the year, But for the best game viewing experiences with high chances of spotting the animals, is during the dry season when the vegetation has thinned out providing good visibility and also during the dry season, animals converge around the lake and the few available water sources, making it easy to find them during game drives.
To see the animals in Lake Manyara national park, take part in:
- Day game drives
- Guided night game drives
- Guided nature walks
- Hot air balloon safaris
- Canopy tree walk
- Canoeing on Lake Manyara
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