GAME PARKS AND RESERVES

Lake Manyara National Park

Bordered by the dramatic western escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park is renowned among ornithologists for its superb bird life, more than 350 species, including storks and flamingos.  Also of great interest are its famous tree-climbing lions and its abundance of hippos that can be observed at closer range here than at most other places. The park also boasts elephants, giraffes, gazelles, impalas, Cape buffalos, wildebeests, baboons and forest monkeys, hyenas, and a great number of smaller mammals. This wide variety of animals make their home in 127 square miles of diverse habitats: the rift wall, ground water forest, acacia woodland, open grassland, swamp, lake shore, and the lake itself.