Lake Manyara

On safari, we spent two days in and around Lake Manyara, a beautiful spot with a completely different landscape than the serengeti or the crater. Full of tributaries that feed a saltwater lake, it has both swampy and rainforest type areas. The animals are plentiful, and the days at Manyara were all beautiful and sunny.

With the early coming of the short rains and the clay nature of the soil around the lake, the waters leading into the lake run virtually red with clay slip. The large mammals are everywhere, but it is the smaller animals and birds in the area that are the most interesting to spot and identify.