Lake Manyara National Park

On 24th July we bade a sad farewell to our Whistling Thorn camp crew. There were 10 staff working at the camp while we were there, & they did a great job of making our stay as comfortable as possible. Paul the chefs soups will be remembered for a long time! Then it was a case of loading our gear into the 4X4 & heading off to Lake Manyara.

Lake Manyara was very different to Tarangire. It was much smaller, & much more densely vegetated, making game viewing more difficult. The park is famous for its tree-climbing lions, but unfortunately they didn't come out to play while we were there... Nevertheless we still had a very enjoyable few hours game drive, with the highlight being a fantastic hippo pool.

Accommodation that night was the Bougainvillea Safari Lodge (www.bougainvillealodge.net) which was very pleasant. After a good nights sleep we were up bright & early, ready to head off to the Serengeti.