Lake Manyara National Park

Located on the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, Lake Manyara National Park is worth a stop in its own right
Lake Manyara National Park is located between the Ngorongoro crater and Tarangire National Park. It covers 330 squares kilometers. Not to miss is Lake Manyara itself and the tree climbing lions. The park has wetland forest with Mahogany and fig trees, open land, savannah, marshes and acacia woodland. There are large numbers of wild animals such as common zebras, herds of buffaloes and elephants, giraffes, impala, waterbuck, bushbuck, wildebeest, klipspringer, spotted hyena and leopard. Lake Manyara is noted for its wealth of birdlife from the birds of prey to the water birds. Also resident are flocks of flamingoes, pelicans, ostriches, marabou storks, white-backed ducks and goliath heron. In the lake there are of hippos.