12 reasons why you should visit the Lake Manyara National Park

If you’re heading on a Tanzania safari, a visit to the Lake Manyara National Park is the perfect way to start.

Just under a two hours drive from Arusha, the Lake Manyara National Park is a great pit-stop as you head towards the Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti National Park.

To give you an idea of what you may see, here are 12 reasons why you should visit the Lake Manyara National Park.

African spoonbill spreading its wings. #africa #africanature #africanamazing #africanspoonbill #birdsofafrica #lakemanyara #lakemanyaranationalpark #tanzania #wildlife #wildlifeplanet #wildlifephotography #wildlifeimageoftheday #natgeo #natureaddicts #naturelovers #naturephotography #nature #natureportraits

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На заднем плане небольшая песчаная буря. #tanzania #safari #lakemanyara #lakemanyaranationalpark #танзания #сафари #озероманьяра #yury_snowman_tanzania #wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildanimals

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It’s pretty rare to see lions climbing trees, but the lions of Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania 🇹🇿 are quite fond of trees. It’s the best place in Africa to see #treelions – 📷 via @Tanzania.255 #lakemanyaranationalpark

A post shared by Safarious (@safarious) on May 5, 2017 at 12:24am PDT

More from the elephant pool in Lake Manyara. 🐘🇹🇿December 2006. #elephants #tembo #tanzania #africa #lakemanyaranationalpark #getlost #explorer #optoutside #createexplore #exploretocreate #travelworld #keepexploring #globe_travel #wildlifephotography #wildlifephoto #wildlifelovers #earthfocus #wildlifeonearth #wildlifeaddicts #natgeowild #natgeo #natgeohub #natgeowildlife #natgeowild_hd #natgeopix #wildlifeperfection #animalelite

A post shared by Jonas Nimmersjö (@jonasnimmersjo) on May 5, 2017 at 8:16am PDT

#lakemanyaranationalpark #tanzania #safari #lakemanyara #africa #танзания #сафари #озероманьяра #африка #yury_snowman_tanzania #wildlifephotography #wildlife #wildanimals #wildanimal

A post shared by Yury (@yury_snowman) on Apr 11, 2017 at 1:08pm PDT

Young male lion. #lion #bigcats #bigcat #bigfive #malelion #manes #lovebigcats #bigcatsofinstagram #africanamazing #africa #africanature #tanzania #serengeti #lakemanyara #lakemanyaranationalpark #naturephotography #naturelovers #natgeo #nature_perfection #natureaddicts #wildlife #wildlifephotography #wildlifeplanet

A post shared by @vincent_verstraete on May 8, 2017 at 1:40pm PDT

Pelicans above Lake Manyara. #naturephotography #nature #natureaddicts #naturelovers #natgeo #natgeowild #wildlife #wildlifeplanet #wildlifeonearth #wildlifephotography #pelican #pelicans #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #lakemanyara #lakemanyaranationalpark #tanzania #africa #africanature #africanamazing

A post shared by @vincent_verstraete on Mar 22, 2017 at 12:59pm PDT

#tanzania #safari #lakemanyara #lakemanyaranationalpark #wildlife #wildanimal #wildlifephotography #wildanimals #yury_snowman_tanzania #танзания #сафари #озероманьяра

A post shared by Yury (@yury_snowman) on Apr 22, 2017 at 2:24am PDT

1991 – Tanzania, Lake Manyara National Park. #africa#tanzania #park #lakemanyaranationalpark #safari#safaripark #wildword#travellingtotanzania #lakemanyara#lakemanyarapark

A post shared by 🇮🇹Giovanni Giordan – Torino🇮🇹 (@giovannigiordan) on Jan 31, 2017 at 1:26pm PST

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