Babati is a small city located in Tanzania. It is the capital of Manyara region

Babati district is located along the Arusha-Dodoma road in the Rift Valley, south of Lake Manyara Park and west from Tarangire. The town boasts Lake Babati where floating hippos can be seen and which is rich in fish, both  tilapia and Nile perch. Here  tribes co-exist with conservative cattle herding tribes to provide  a distinguished cultural contrast. In Hanang District close by the beautiful  Mount Hanang (3418m), live  the Barbaig people. The  women wear traditional goatskin dresses and the men walk around with spears. Visitors can mix  freely with the Barbaig, commonly known as the Mang'ati living in the Mangati plains.