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Lake Manyara
Located beneath the cliffs of the Manyara Escarpment, on the edge of
the Rift Valley, Lake Manyara National Park offers varied
ecosystems, incredible bird life, and breathtaking views. Located on
the way to Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti, Lake Manyara
National Park is well worth a stop in its own right. Its ground
water forests, bush plains, baobob strewn cliffs, and algae-streaked
hot springs offer incredible ecological variety in a small area,
rich in wildlife and incredible numbers of birds.
The alkaline soda of Lake Manyara is home to an incredible array of
bird life that thrives on its brackish waters. Pink flamingo stoop
and graze by the thousands, colourful specks against the grey
minerals of the lake shore. Yellow-billed storks swoop and corkscrew
on thermal winds rising up from the escarpment, and herons flap
their wings against the sun-drenched sky. Even reluctant
bird-watchers will find something to watch and marvel at within the
national park.
Lake Manyara’s famous tree-climbing lions are another reason to pay
this park a visit. The only kind of their species in the world, they
make the ancient mahogany and elegant acacias their home during the
rainy season, and are a well-known but rather rare feature of the
northern park. In addition to the lions, the national park is also
home to the largest concentration of baboons anywhere in the world
-- a fact that makes for interesting game viewing of large families
of the primates.
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