Reviews: Lake Manyara Safari

"Really enjoyed a day visit to Lake Manyara from Gibbs Farm.

Peter was a very friendly and knowledgeable driver/ guide organised by Gibbs. We did not feel that LM was too crowded on the day we visited; certainly worthwhile making this a separate trip rather than just passing through the park en route for a couple of hours.

We had some fabulous sightings of elephant (within touching distance of the vehicle) and lions; also the variety of birdlife in both the woodland and wetland zones was most prolific." Read more about this whole safari

"A lovely day spent at lake Manyara, through different terrains as well as the lakes and flamingos.

We saw lots of baboons and black faced monkeys, eating the fragrant acacia blossom, which were very entertaining.

Great hippo viewings, wallowing in the lakes. Lots of ibis, storks, hamerkop and vultures. Just great to eat our packed lunch watching all the water activity. Not as many flamingo as anticipated as the lake was quite dry by now but still good, with hundreds of pelicans too.

Would recommend this park for the variety of wildlife." Read more about this whole safari

"We enjoyed our visit to Lake Manyara.

It would have been nice to know in advance that because of the dry season the flamingos could not be reached. However we saw a lot of lovely birdlife and other wildlife." Read more about this whole safari

"A very enjoyable few hours at Lake Manyara. Relaxing and laid back, with an amazing hippo pool with about 70 hippos in residence at the time. We could have watched them for hours." Read more about this whole safari

"Beautiful ancient forest." Read more about this whole safari

"We spent a few hours driving through Lake Manyara. It felt more grounded than our other game drives.. Interesting place, but not a highlight" Read more about this whole safari

"I'm happy to say we were pleasantly surprised to see more animals than expected (both in variety and numbers). It's not Serengeti-like numbers of course, but good." Read more about this whole safari

"Really interesting and varied terrain with lots of different wildlife e.g. huge flocks of pelicans and flamingos

Beautiful lake" Read more about this whole safari

"We enjoyed Lake Manyara for a few hours. It's a small park and a lot of it has relatively dense foliage, so in places it's hard to see animals.

But there are parts of the park that are movie-set spectacular, filled with a variety of animals and the lake in the background.

We did the treetop walk, which was not at all worth either the cost or the time we spent on it." Read more about this whole safari

"We drove the whole length of the park which was actually really interesting.

The landscape is varied and as well as the extensive birdlife we saw the blue monkey playing and feeding and a beautiful female lion lounging on a tree at one of the campsites. one of the best photos I have!

Fazo our guide is absolutely wonderful and as well as that wildlife we also so various elephants at close range." Read more about this whole safari