Enjoy the beauty of the night sky at Lake natron, full of glittering stars and the Milky Way clearly visible, most of the time.
Although you can see game like baboons, vultures, kudu, oryx and gerenuk, the main draw is the untouched wilderness and the dramatic landscapes. The elongated lake is 56 km long from north to south, and 24 km wide. This area is home of the Maasai tribe, who’s lifestyle is fairly untouched by modern culture. Lake Natron is in northern Tanzania, just over a 100 km northwest of the city of Arusha. Dramatic landscapeĪpart from climbing the Oldonyo Lengai Mountain you can hike to a waterfall, up the escarpment or visit a Maasai village.
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With a pH that can reach levels as high as 12, and scorching temperatures reaching up to 60 ☌ (140 ☏), the lake can literally burn your skin off. In the Maasai language the name Oldoinyo Lengai means ‘ Mountain of God’. Lake Natron is known to be one of the most inhospitable places for a majority of fauna in the continent of Africa. At the summit you can enjoy the stunning views of Lake Natron and the surrounding area. Due to the heat the volcano produces, it is only possible to climb it at night when the air is much cooler. This is the only active volcano in East Africa and the third highest mountain in the Tanzania (2,886 m/9,469 ft). South of Lake Natron in the eastern rift valley of North Tanzania, lies Mount Oldonyo Lengai. Natron also attracts up to 100,000 migrant waders during the European winter. For sure, this lake offers some of the most unusual and dramatic scenery in Tanzania. There is some large wildlife in the area, but Natron’s main faunal claim to fame is as the only known breeding ground for East Africa’s 2.5 million lesser flamingos, which congregate at an inaccessible part of the lake between August and October. Photographers made the most spectacular photos of Lake Natron with beautiful mosaic pattern of bright orange, pink and red. That is the reason why more than 75% of the world’s flamingos breeds at Lake Natron between August and October. Salt-loving organism and algae (that give flamingos their pink tint) sometimes turn the lake into stunning colours. Apart from the abundance of food this place is remote and so peaceful. With few other animals able to survive the high pH-level and temperature of Lake Natron, there is plenty of food for the flamingos. Although very remote and rather hot, Lake Natron offers an unique beauty that is truly worth a visit. It is famed for the massive flocks of these pink birds and the amazing red and orange colours of the lake. Lake Natron is the main breeding ground in East Africa for millions of Lesser Flamingos. This lake is extremely alkaline and therefore so toxic that hardly any animals can survive, except flamingos. Lying in a beautifully scenic area below the Rift Valley escarpment, Lake Natron is an oasis in the dry remote landscape.
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