Focus on Wildlife

As a part of my trip to Tanzania, I will be visiting Lake Manyara, famous as the best wild bird viewing area on the continent. It is specifically reknown for its large, ever-present flock of Flamingos.

Lake Manyara is one of a series of lakes in Northcentral Tanzania that are home to a wide variety of predators and prey. It is on the regular migration route that runs from the Serengeti southeast through Ngorongoro and toward Tarangire national park.

Each area is known for particular wildlife, as well as for regular migration routes. Serengeti, for example, is known for the Big Five (elephants, lions, leopards, cape buffalo, and rhinos). Ngorongoro Crater is known for its relatively closed ecosystem, with the walls of the crater essentially creating a unique integrated system of predator and prey. It also has a unique population of black-maned lions.

As stated before, Manyara is perfect for bird photography, but is also home to a large mahogany forest, tree-climbing lions, and spectacular Rift Valley views. Tarangire is known for its ancient rock paintings, a large zebra population, and a combined swamp and dry land formations that provides for a greater variety of species than seen in other areas.

Together, these natural travel locations comprise some of the most concentrated African wildlife on the continent.