Ke moe nei no 50km ma ke kumu o ka pali ʻo Rift Valley he 600 mika ke kiʻekiʻe, he momi nani ʻo Lake Manyara, me kahi i hoʻonani ʻia e Ernest Hemingway ʻo "ka mea nani loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma ʻApelika".
ʻO ke kaapuni nānā holoholona liʻiliʻi ma Manyara e hāʻawi i kahi microcosm virtual o ka ʻike safari Tanzanian. Mai ka puka komo, e wili ana ke alanui ma waena o kahi ākea o ka ululāʻau wai honua momona e like me ka ululāʻau kahi e hoʻomaha mālie ai nā pūʻali baboon he mau haneli ikaika ma ke alanui, nā mōneki polū e holo wikiwiki ana ma waena o nā kumulāʻau mahogany kahiko, nā bushbuck liʻiliʻi e hehi mālie ana ma waena o nā aka, a me nā manu hornbill ululāʻau nui e kani leo nui ana ma ka canopy kiʻekiʻe.
ʻOkoʻa i ka pilina o ka nahele ka pāpū waikahe mauʻu a me kona mau hiʻohiʻona ākea ma ka hikina, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka loko alkaline, a hiki i nā piko pele polū ʻoiʻoi e piʻi aʻe ana mai nā Maasai Steppes pau ʻole. ʻĀkoakoa nā ʻohana pipi nui, nā wildebeest a me nā zebra ma kēia mau pāpū mauʻu, e like me nā giraffe - ʻeleʻele loa kekahi o lākou i ke kala a ʻike ʻia he ʻeleʻele mai kahi mamao aku.
Ma uka o ke kula waikahe, he kāʻei haiki o ka ululāʻau acacia kahi punahele o nā liona piʻi lāʻau kaulana o Manyara a me nā ʻelepani i huki ʻia me nā niho kupaianaha. Holo wikiwiki nā pūʻulu mongoose i ulana ʻia ma waena o nā acacias, ʻoiai ʻo ka dik-dik liʻiliʻi ʻo Kirk e ʻai ana i ko lākou malu. ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā klipspringer pālua i kau ʻia ma luna o nā pōhaku ma luna o kahi kahua o nā pūnāwai wela e mahu ana a pehu ana ma kahi kokoke i ke kahakai o ka loko ma ka hema loa o ka paka.
Hāʻawi ʻo Manyara i kahi hoʻolauna kūpono i nā manu o Tanzania. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o 400 mau ʻano, a ʻoiai kahi malihini kipa mua i ʻApelika e manaʻo paha e nānā i 100 o kēia mau mea i hoʻokahi lā. ʻO nā mea koʻikoʻi e pili ana i nā tausani o nā flamingo ʻulaʻula ma ko lākou neʻe mau ʻana, a me nā manu wai nui ʻē aʻe e like me nā pelicans, cormorants a me nā storks.
