Lake Manyara National Park – Tanzania Wildlife Safari: Car Rental Congo.
Lake Manyara National Park is located between Arusha and Manyara Regions of Tanzania. The park is governed and managed by the Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA). The park consists of 330 km2 of arid land, forest, and a soda-lake which covers as much as 200 km2 of land during the wet season but is nearly nonexistent during the dry season. it’s a top national park that is visited by travelers that select to go on Tanzania Safaris with reliable Safari Companies.
The spectacular backdrop of the Great Rift Valley’s steep western escarpment, this long, narrow park protects an area between the escarpment and Lake Manyara. The park’s namesake is a shallow, alkaline lake that expands and contracts with the seasons within a long, silvery bowl of salt deposits. Adjacent to it is wide, grassy floodplains and, further away, bands of mixed acacia woodlands. Further still, next to the escarpment, are patches of enchanting evergreen forests, which are sustained by perennial groundwater springs issuing from the base of the escarpment.
The entry gate to the park is 126 kilometers (78 mi), west of Arusha from Mto wa Mbu, an ethnic town. The park is also connected by charter or scheduled flights from Arusha via Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater. Recent activities in the park relate to “canoeing, mountain biking, walking and abseiling”.
The park is home to a variety of wildlife, some of the animals include; troops of baboons, blue monkeys, bushbuck, giraffes, tree-climbing lions like the case in Uganda’s national park of Queen Elizabeth, squadrons of banded mongoose, dik-dik, klipspringer, Elephants, wildebeest, zebra, hippos, giraffes, hyena, cheetah, buffalo, among many others.
The park is also home to about 400 bird species like; water birds such as pelicans, pink-hued flamingoes, cormorants, and storks.
Getting to Lake Manyara Nationa Park.
Car Rental Congo offers self-drive Safaris to lake Manyara national park Tanzania. get the best-discounted car rental in Tanzania to drive to Manyara national park that is close to Serengeti & Tarangire National Park.
By car, one can also take Self Drive trip to the newly tarred road from Arusha which only takes 1 ½ to 2 hours to reach the entrance gate.
Considering that Manyara Park is on the way to the Ngorongoro crater and the Serengeti which are the other parks of the northern circuit, most people prefer to take a circuit by a safari vehicle. more information about East Africa.
