After an amazing night spent in a lodge on the rim of the crater with amazing views, we packed up for our last day and headed to Lake Manyara.
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| "The picture picture Lake Manyara as presented by my lovely assistant.." |
The park covers 205sq km of which 125sq km’s is covered by the lake. Such beautiful scenery awaits inside because of the lake feeding the grounds around the whole area is so green. And because of the lake, it is home to some large water birds such as Pelicans, Cormorants and Storks.
Our first stop within the park was by the Hippo Lake and we were lucky enough to find them out of the water eating.
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| Breakfast time for these hungry hippos |
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| walking along with small birds on their backs |
We had an incredible encounter with a few elephants when we stopped by an area where they were eating. There were a few grown ones and a couple of babies, when they decided to cross the road infront of us. This was fine but one huge elephant with tusks that would make you shiver, stopped mid-crossing and turned directly to face us head on….Jamaica whispered ‘be silent and don’t move’….
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| Would you wanna mess with her..? |
It flapped its ears and gave us a look that scared the life out of J and me, all I could focus on was its enormous tusks – I could be a kebab special!! Then after what seemed like ages it turned and continued crossing, followed by its baby who through all this time waited patiently by the side of the path for its mummy to let him know it was ok to cross…J caught it on camera and we watched over and over again although on film it doesn’t last that long although for us it felt a very long time!!
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| Jamaica knew the best routes to go.. |
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| Suddenly I lost my appetite.. |
Just before our lunch we came across and a group of vultures feasting on the carcass of a wildebeest.
Our lunch was spent out in the open, which had Jason rather fidgety as we were told large animals have been known to wander through, although a park ranger with a gun was nearby. It was particularly amusing when in the far distance a large group of wildebeest that were passing by, suddenly all began running as if being chased by something…..however after a couple of minutes it was all good.
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| A Roebuck, I think..?! |
Lake Manyara is the only park to have the tree climbing lions but we didn’t manage to spot one…boo who.
However this safari has been amazing and we feel blessed to have experienced it. We have been fortunate enough to see the big 5 as they say – Lion’s, Elephants, Rhino’s, Buffalo and Giraffes however some say the big 6 if you include the Massai, as some say they are half human, half animal!!
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| At the entrance gate to Lake Manyara |
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