Africa Safari Lake Manyara Located Inside a Wildlife Park

We moved to TZ 8 months ago and have been lucky enough to stay in some lovely places, but none have been as special as Africa Safari. We loved watching the zebra wandering around the camp, such an unexpected and wonderful surprise. The abundance of bird life around the camp and restaurant meant we didn’t go anywhere without our binoculars. We even had a hippo visit the camp one evening which we watched in wonder, with the camp ranger. A highlight of our visit was the wonderful staff, who were so genuinely helpful and the lovely food. We were very well looked after by Ronald who was an absolute superstar! We will certainly be returning to this very special place and highly recommend Africa Safari. It’s worth mentioning that April is Low Season, so the camp was very very quiet.

Still the same quality in the Africa Safari. It was a nice place to chill after a day in the Lake Manyara Mational park. The restaurant is well located near the lake and we had the surprise to cross an hippo before reaching the tent! Good to have a Masai watcher with you in these moments. And again a great thanks to the staff, nice and helpful

We had a great time in Tanzania. Deo Mao was our guide. He told us everything about the animals, there nature en there behave. We saw the big 5 and much more animals. Every night we had a perfect place to sleep and eat. For us it was the best time we ever had.

Absolutely amazing time, the staff are warm and friendly, made us feel at home. Nothing too much trouble, the tents are very clean and very comfortable- pure luxury. The safari drives also exceded all our expectations Ally our guide was amazing in spotting the animals very patient and knew exactly where we needed to be. This has got to be the most amazing experience we have ever encountered and Charles, Emanuel and Ally helped create our experience. Thank you so much I don’t want to go home!!

We had a wonderful safari in Tanzania with a lot of wonderful people around!we have been happy all the time.our luck brought us the possibility to see all big five.we had the best driver in town „deo“ (ask for him)thanks for the lovely vacation. Greeting Teresa&Philipp

After a long day in the Manyara Lake National Park, this is a fantastic refuge to kick back and relax. The management and staff are all very friendly, especially the night guards who ensure you get back to your tented rooms after dark past the roaming hippos. The facilities include a games area, bar, large pool, and an amazing dining facility out near the lake where you can take in some of the roaming local wildlife. Definitely a place I would return to in the future.

To be fair, my family enjoyed their stay here. Our only complaint is that, unlike other lodges, their dining area did not have mosquito nets and we were eaten alive despite pouring mosquito spray and wearing long clothing. Our rooms were clean, the staff was very friendly, the views are great and the pool was really nice. The reason why I am rating this lodge with such a low rating is due to their poor treatment of our wonderful driver and guide. I will not go into details but suffice it to say that the accommodations and food provided to him by the camp management were so poor, that he had to drive out of the lodge and pay out of pocket to stay at a guest house. Additionally, we found it strange that he did not join us for dinner as he normally did in other lodges but assumed he was just tired and wanted to rest. It turns out that he was not allowed to have dinner with us as it is "frowned upon" at this camp for the drivers to join their group. Needless to say, we were horrified to learn of this substandard and inhumane treatment of our local guide and driver. This is totally unacceptable and I plead for anyone considering to book here to confirm that the accommodation and food provided to your driver are not substandard. Besides the moral issue, you cannot afford to have a driver that is not well rested and fed as this can pose a safety risk as they drive you and your group for more than 8-10 continuous hours per day. Our driver sadly informed us that this is not the only lodge that treats them this way, so when booking your stay please do not forget to check the standard of the accommodation and food your driver will also receive. We were not aware of this issue so I hope that this review helps to make other travellers informed.