Lake Manyara National Park provides a unique wilderness experience. Including diverse landscapes such as the Rift Valley soda lake, open grasslands, dense woodlands and stunning mountainsides.

Lake Manyara, lake in northern Tanzania, 60 miles (100 km) west-southwest of Arusha. It is 30 miles (50 km) long and 10 miles (16 km) wide and contains salt and rock phosphate deposits. Lake Manyara National Park, founded in 1960 and covering 124 square miles (320 square km), contains five distinct vegetation zones.

Its ground water forests, bush plains, baobab 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.

This 60 °C geothermal feature is formed by underground water that passes through hot volcanic magma rocks of the great rift valley.

It is commonly said that Lake Manyara is one of best the parks in Africa for birdwatchers. If you are a bird-watching enthusiast, then going on a lake Manyara safari is a must on your Tanzania safari program. … The extraordinary concentration of birdlife has made this place world-renowned among ornithologists.