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Lake Manyara

Sheltering below the plunging walls of the Great Rift Valley lies the quintessentially serene Lake Manyara Tented Camp, tucked in an evergreen forest on bird-rich Lake Manyara. Lake Manyara National Park is where Ernest Hemingway camped on the hunting safari that inspired his book, Green Hills of Africa.

Black Mamba & Barbet

On the afternoon drive with four guests, we spotted a 1.5 meter black mamba feed on barbet chicks which were nesting undergroung. The mamba first went in & came up with one chick & he did the same about three times & swallowed all three poor chicks, it was so sad watching but fasinating. George & guests

Posted: Lake Manyara by Lake Manyara Guides, Date: 28 December 2007