Lake  Manyara National Park
Size: 325km²
Good Session: : July - October
Location: In northern Tanzania
Lake Manyara National Park in the Northern Safari Circuit  Region, Tanzania
This is one of the most diverse of Tanzania’s national parks, combination of Rift Valley lake, dense woodlands and steep mountainside . Manyara was established specifically to protect the elephant herds that have made the area world-renowned. But heavy poaching in the 1970’s and 1980’s decimated the herds, although they are now recovering and returning to their former strengths. Manyara is a birding paradise (more than 380 species), especially for waterfowl and migrants, and the forests are one of the best places around to see leopards. Lions hunt on the grassy shores of the lake, The park can easily be seen in a day.