The mornings and evenings are the best times to observe birds and animals. During the heat of the day much of the wildlife rests under cover. Look under trees and bushes for the pricked ears of some animal raising its head and also keep a watch out in trees for the dangling tail of a lion as it lies on a branch. Tick birds may indicate the presence of buffalo in bush country, and vultures circling above can indicate a kill that could be worth investigating.
When you first see a pride of lions or a group of zebras, individuals look much the same. If you spend a few moments watching, you will begin to see individual differences. No two zebras have the same stripe pattern; lions can be told apart by scars on their faces and the pattern of their whisker spots. Baboons have tails of various shapes, and individual elephants can be recognized by the different patterns of nicks or damage to their ears and the size and shape of their tusks. There is a large variety of tree species in Lake Manyara National Park. As you drive through the Park you can see which different species are prevalent in different habitats. In order to help with identification, small numbered tags have been attached to certain individual trees. There is a full numbered list of these trees in the Park guidebook.
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