NORTHERN TOURIST CIRCUIT
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ARUSHA
TOWN
- ARUSHA
NATIONAL PARK
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TARANGIRE
NATIONAL PARK
- LAKE
MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
- NGORONGORO
CRATER
- NDUTU
- OLDUVAI
- SERENGETI
NATIONAL PARK
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Lake Manyara National Park
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Located 125
km west of Arusha town, under the wall of the Great Rift
Valley, Lake Manyara National Park is one of the
oldest and most popular sanctuaries in East Africa. The
park has a large variety of habitats, making it possible
to support a wealth of wildlife in its small area. The
main habitats include the shallow soda lake itself
which occupies 70% of the National Park total area of 320
sq. km, the ground water forest, open grassland, acacia
woodland and the rift wall.
The most famous spectacle in
the park is the tree-climbing lions, which are
occasionally seen along branches of acacia trees. Other
animals found in the park include buffalo, elephants,
leopards, baboons, impala, giraffes, zebra, wildebeest,
ostrich and hippos. Popularly referred to as an
ornithologist’s paradise, Lake Manyara National Park
contains over 400 bird species found in most savanna and
river habitats in East Africa. Common water birds to be
seen here are pelicans, spoonbills, Egyptian geese,
hammerkops and the migratory flamingoes, which arrive in
hundreds of thousands creating one of Africa’s great
natural sights over the soda lake.
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