Day Trip Manyara

All about the Day Trip Lake Manyara

Lake Manyara National Park

Do you have a free day, maybe before a Kilimanjaro trekking adventure, or are you waiting for a flight to your next destination? This 1-day African safari and tour provide you with an opportunity of visiting Lake Manyara National Park. This tour will be very enjoyable but yet a highlight of African wildlife adventure which will bring you to plan for more days next time.

Size: 330 sq km (127 sq miles), of which up to 200 sq km (77 sq miles) is lake when water levels are high.

Location: In northern Tanzania. The entrance gate lies 1.5 hours (126km/80 miles) west of Arusha along a newly surfaced road, close to the ethnically diverse market town of Mto wa Mbu.

After breakfast you are met by our tour guide/driver, who will deliver a short safari briefing. After briefing you will depart for Lake Manyara National Park with packed lunch. Upon your arrival at Lake Manyara, you will be welcomed by the Great Rift Valley Escarpment view and fun makers’ baboon in large groups at the entrance.

Lake Manyara National Park is one of Tanzania’s most dramatically located African wildlife areas, consisting of a massive but shallow soda lake (covering two-thirds of the park) at the foot of the Great Rift Valley’s western escarpment. The park’s varied habitat attracts a wide variety of animals; including one of Africa’s densely populated African elephant, famous tree-climbing lions, as well as a large flocks of flamingos, attracted by the algae in the Lake.

You will enjoy a picnic lunch inside the park followed by an afternoon game drive, in search of the wildlife and birdlife that Manyara host, you will come along a famous hot spring known as “Maji Moto”. Late afternoon you will depart for Arusha Town or airport depends on your itinerary.

Departure dates

We depart everyday to Lake Manyara National Park. Kindly contact us and we will be happy to arrange a safari for you.