Safari - day 2 - Lake Manyara

We came to Lake Manyara national park after a day in Tarangire [link].

Lake Manyara, as the name would suggest, was a little more watery than the previous day. We were joined by another pair of tourists (who were from South Africa where they had been on safari before in Kruger) in our car so the five of us had to decide where to go that would work for all of us. It worked out well as everyone was quite open and friendly.

• When we initially drove in, there were lots of monkeys on the roads which we obviously didn't want to run over - and fairly comically, we also had to wait for a tortoise to cross the road. Manyara had many different elephants and it felt a little more green than the other parks - green with trees and vegetation. Other than the actual lake area, the vegetation meant you could not see the animals from far away so you had to get quite close to the animals.
• Near the lake, there were some hot springs - bit risky for me to dip in though. Near that area, the flamingoes were phenomenal - the pictures do not really do justice to the swarm effect. 

Check out the photo album below by clicking through.

Lake Manyara 2011 - click here for album

The next day, we made our way to the exceptional Ngrongoro Conservation Area.