Lake Manyara National Park

Lake Manyara National Park has very different vegetation from anywhere else that we've been. It is more like a forest than a plain, and it has underwater streams that come out of the mountain. The water is very fresh and drinkable. The name Manayara came from the Maasai word Amanyara tree, of which there are many at the park. There are lots of interesting trees like the quinine tree which is used as an anti malaria drug. There are also wild mango trees, juvenile baobab and interwoven fig trees.
lake Manyara is home to only resident animals (non migratory) like baboons, zebras,

giraffes and elephants of which we saw many up very close. We were hoping to see the famous tree lions, but they are very scarce. We did see some wilder beast that were lighter in color than the migratory wilder beast because of the different vegetation that they eat.
The park is also good for birding, but we only saw the silvery cheeked horn bill. We didn't see the 1000's of flamingos as we had hoped because the water was so far away due to the rains.

Our guide, Stanley, still made it a lot of fun for us because he can make so many animal noises like wilder beast, zebra, hippo, lion and elephants. He was so funny and great guide to have!