Lake Manyara National Park

This one of the most diverse of Tanzania’s national parks, a tiny (325km², about 205sq miles) combining the Rift Valley,  Lake, dense woodlands and steep mountainside.  This park is very famous for its tree-climbing pythons and tree-climbing lions, which spend most of the day, spread out along the branches of Acacia trees six to seven meters above the ground. Manyara is a birding paradise (more than 380 species), especially for waterfowl and migrants and the forests are one of the best places around to see leopards. Lions hunt on the grassy shores of the lake. The park is also particularly noted for its huge herds of buffalo and elephants, as well as giraffe, impala, hippos and a great variety of smaller animals