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Lake Manyara National Park Lake Manyara National Park is 135 km (81 miles) from Arusha town. It is a small park (127 square miles) and is bordered by the western wall of the Great Rift Valley (3,150 feet altitude) and the shallow alkaline Lake Manyara. The park is small, due to the fact that two thirds is by the lake. One third harbors a variety of wild animals are supported by open savannah grassland with rocky outcrops, mashes and woodland. It is noted for its elephant population and tree-climbing lions. Actually, it is quite hard to see tree-climbing lions in Lake Manyara, due to the brush and woodland. The behavior of lions climbing trees was first observed in this park, but lions do climb trees in Tarangire and the Serengeti as well. The park was first made famous by the elephant researcher Ian Douglas Hamilton and Manyara was established specifically to protect the elephants herds. This park has the highest density of elephants boasting 7 elephants per square kilometer. Manyara is a birding paradise more than 380 species have been recorded among them; bee eater, forest - dwelling crowned eagle, heron, flamingo, water fowl, crowner sniper and pratincole. The park is also known for its large troops of baboons and its many hippos, which can be seen either basking or submerged in the hippo pools near the forest.
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