Tour Overview
Located beneath the Great Rift Valley Escarpment, Lake Manyara National Park offers an incredible variety of experiences within a single day. Although smaller than Tanzania’s famous parks, it surprises visitors with its diverse landscapes and rich wildlife.
Explore lush groundwater forests, open grasslands, and beautiful lakeshore areas while searching for elephants, giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, wildebeests, hippos, and playful troops of baboons and monkeys. The park is also famous for its thousands of flamingos, impressive birdlife, and the legendary tree-climbing lions.
Enjoy a relaxing bush breakfast surrounded by nature and a scenic bush lunch overlooking the park’s beautiful surroundings. Lake Manyara is the perfect day safari for travelers looking for wildlife, landscapes, and unforgettable moments close to Arusha.
Highlights & Activities
- Chance to See the Climbing Tree Lions.
- Enjoy exciting game drives in Lake Manyara National Park
- Experience a bush lunch in the heart of the wilderness.
Quick Facts
1-Day Trip
Destination
Pick up Points
Perfect for: Short-stay travelers, safari beginners, families, and wildlife lovers who want to experience Tanzania’s beauty in just one unforgettable day.
Moments from the Wild
Sample Itinerary
Morning: Drive from Arusha | Moshi & Lake Manyara Exploration
Your guide will pick you up from your location Whether Arusha or Moshi at around 7:00 AM before starting the scenic 2–2.5-hour drive to Lake Manyara National Park.
After entering the park, drive through the beautiful groundwater forest where you may see large troops of baboons, blue monkeys, elephants moving between the trees, and colourful birds including hornbills and kingfishers.
Continue to the Lake Manyara Picnic Site, where you will enjoy a peaceful bush breakfast overlooking the lake and surrounding landscapes. From this beautiful location, you can admire views of the Great Rift Valley while listening to the sounds of nature.
- Meal Plan: Bush Breakfast
Afternoon: Bush Lunch & Wildlife Along the Lake Shore
Continue your game drive through the different habitats of Lake Manyara, searching for giraffes walking through the woodland, zebras and wildebeests grazing on the plains, buffaloes near the water, hippos cooling in the lake, and flamingos gathering along the shoreline.
Enjoy your bush lunch at the Lake Manyara Picnic Site, where you can relax surrounded by forest, lake views, and the sounds of birds. This peaceful setting offers a perfect break before continuing your afternoon exploration.
After lunch, visit different areas of the park in search of more wildlife, including the famous tree-climbing lions that make Lake Manyara unique.
- Meal Plan: Bush Lunch
Evening: Final Game Drive & Return to Arusha | Moshi
Enjoy your final game drive during the beautiful afternoon hours when wildlife becomes more active. Capture your last photographs of elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, flamingos, and the stunning scenery of Lake Manyara.
Later, leave the park and begin the 2–2.5-hour drive back to Arusha, arriving in the evening after a memorable day discovering one of Tanzania’s most diverse national parks.
- No Meal Plan: Dinner Arranged Upon Request.
Tour price includes
- Transport (4×4 Land Cruiser) with pop-up roof
- Professional English-speaking safari guide
- Park Fees Lake Manyara National Park.
Tour price excludes
- Travel visa
- Travel insurance
- Gratuity for the safari guide
