The game drive experience
Our radio-linked game-drive vehicles are equipped with reference books, bush craft kit and plentiful cold drinks. Manned by a trained safari guide, they typically accommodate 7 people and have open sides for optimum safari viewing. Children are welcome.Although Lake Manyara National Park covers an area of only 318sq km, its terrain is so diverse that its mammal and bird lists are some of the most impressive in Tanzania. The Park includes not only a substantial portion of the lake and its shores but also large areas of forest, acacia woodland and open swamplands.
As to wildlife, the park offers abundant sightings of; monkeys, jackals, mongooses, hyena, hyrax, zebra, hippo, warthog, buffalo, Masai giraffe, duiker, waterbuck and impala. Significant numbers of elephant are also resident in the Park whilst sightings of black rhino and leopard are not uncommon. Manyara is also especially noted for its wealth of birdlife being visited by many thousands of sugar-pink Lesser Flamingos, significant numbers of Greater Flamingos and a host of other woodland, plains and water birds.
The night game drive experience
A glimpse in to the nocturnal theatre of the wild
A uniquely specialised activity, which is not permitted within the boundaries of the national parks and reserves, a night game drive is the ultimate safari luxury. Leaving the lodge after dinner, you will be provided with warm ‘shukas' (Maasai wraps); you will then set off to discover the creatures of the night. This is the exclusive domain of hunters such as lions and leopards, and the only time when you may catch a glimpse of such elusive nocturnal creatures as aardvarks, cape hares and bush babies. Your vehicle will also be equipped with a powerful hand-held lamp, which can be used to sweep the bush for likely sightings. Children above 7 years old are welcome.
The famous tree-climbing lions of Lake Manyara
The Park is famous for its spectacular tree-climbing lions, whose unusual behaviour is thought to stem from their desire for cool and shade.
Cost: $90 USD per person
