Flying to Lake Manyara National Park is the quickest way of getting to the conservation area, Lake Manyara National Park is strategically located along the northern circuit of Tanzania together with the Serengeti National Park, Tarangire National Park, and the Ngorongoro crater, it is the second oldest national park of the country gazette in the 1960 as a way of protecting wildlife of the national park, it covers an area space of approximately 330 square kilometers, most of it is occupied by the Lake Manyara. The highlight of a Tanzanian safari to Lake Manyara is the tree-climbing lions, these are found in very few national parks of East Africa in the Serengeti National and the others in the south of the Queen Elizabeth National Park of western Uganda.
The park features a growing vegetation cover comprising of lush green grassland, forest, thickets, marshy swampy areas, and small bushes, these act as home to the many wildlife species present in the national park, Examplesof species include large herds of the African buffaloes, Wild dogs, wildebeests, warthogs, cape buffaloes, leopards, white and black rhinos, waterbucks, bush bucks to mention a few and over 450 species of birds, there are large flocks of pink flamingoes and pelicans along the Lake Manyara. Most of these animals are seen while doing activities of the national park for example game drives, boat cruises, and visiting hot springs.
Flying to Lake Manyara National Park is one of the most beautiful things to do, the Lake Manyara airstrip is nearaccommodation facilities, and 3 major international airports offerflights to the Lake Manyara airstrip, the Arusha International Airportoffers only domestic flights, Julius Nyerere international airport attracts even international flights and the Kilimanjaro airport.
From the Kilimanjaro International Airport, many international airlines land at the airport including Kenya Airways, Rwanda Air, KLM, Turkish airline, and EthiopianAirways, upon landing, you will be transferred to your connecting domestic flight to the Lake Manyaraairstrip, airlines like coastal air, precision air, do this transfer, it takes approximately 45 minutes to the Lake Manyara airstrip, flights can be directly booked by the guest or through a tour operator.
From the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, guests route through the Kilimanjaro International Airport, after which connect to their domestic flight to the Lake Manyara airstrip. Flights to Lake Manyara National Park can be charter flights or by use of the normal scheduled flights daily to the airstrip.
Flying to Lake Manyara National Parkis best done during the dry season between the months of December-February and June –October, the winds are less strongwhich allows flights to the smoothly with minimal turbulence, it is also a high tourism season with many people flying into the destination, it is wise to have flights booked in time to avoid the in convenience of missing out or delays.
In conclusion, flying to the Lake Manyara National Park is one of the most effective ways of getting to the national park more so for travelers who have little time to have the option of driving.