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Lake Manyara National Park
Forests, flamingos and tree-climbing lions
Forests, flamingos and tree-climbing lions
A compact jewel at the base of the Rift Valley escarpment — groundwater forest, a vast soda lake edged with flamingos, and lions that famously lounge in the trees.
Ernest Hemingway called Manyara 'the loveliest I had seen in Africa'. Though small, the park packs in remarkable habitat variety: dense fig and mahogany forest, open floodplains, hot springs and the lake itself, which can blush pink with thousands of flamingos.
Questions
They do — Manyara's lions regularly rest on acacia branches, though sightings depend on the day's luck.
