Is perfect for Lake walking and trekking the Ngorongoro hills and Ol Doinyo Lengai – also you can combine it with a safari to Northern Serengeti to see the river crossings. The best months to visit Lake Natron are during the dry season – the coolest ones from June to August. When is the best time to visit Lake Natron?

Walk to the waterfall located between the Escarpment of Great Rift Valley.

Climb the mountain of God – Ol Doinyo Lengai.

The lake is the breeding area in East Africa for flamingoes. The lavas here have a significant amount of carbonate but lower levels of magnesium and calcium. The place receives irregular rainfall majorly between December and May. It is over 55 km long and over 20 km wide. The bright red coloration of the lake is more attractive but not convincing enough for taking a deep swimming due to the alkaline nature of the water, but the. It is quite shallow, less than three meters (10 feet) deep, and varies in width depending on its water level. The lake is shallow and is three-four meters deep. The lake is fed by the Southern Ewaso Ng’iro River and also by mineral-rich hot springs.

Beautiful view on the Great Rift Valley Wall and surroundings Lake Natron is a salt lake located in northern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border, in the eastern branch of the East African Rift.

A walk to Lake Natron to see thousands of flamingos.

What to do in Lake Natron – Activities and Excursions Lake Natron area is part of the migratory corridor of Buffalos, Zebras, Wildebeest, and Giraffes, the resident game includes gazelles, ostriches, jackals, and hyenas, some oryx, lesser kudu, and gerenuk can rare seeing – Lions footprints have occasionally been sighted in the sand. So, the lakeĪctually, derives its color from salt-loving microorganisms that thrive in its alkaline waters The red pigment in those cyanobacteria produces the deep red colors of the lake’s waters and the orange colors in the shallow areas. The lake has halophilic organisms including some cyanobacteria that, like plants, produce their own food through photosynthesis.

The alkalinity of the lake can reach a pH level of more than 12.

The lake type is Salt – It is 57 kilometers long and 22 kilometers wide.

Lake Natron has the largest flamingo migration in the world.

2,5 million flamingos are coming here yearly to breed.

Special bacteria and blue algae thrive in this environment and form an ideal breeding ground for the life of birds The adaptation of a fish called tilapia alkaline who alone can survive in the alkaline waters of the lake, typically along its shores.

Its width also varies since it depend on the size of water available in the lake.

Its depth is said to be less than 3 meters deep which is approximately equal to ten feet. Lake Natron’s depth varies from time to time and from one point to another. Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake and flamingo breeding ground that lies at the foot of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active volcano. So, Lake Natron receives its water from these sources. Natron area is 1.040 km² – is in fact a very hot, arid, harsh, lunar, and fascinating territory, a layering of volcanic eruptions which colors range from ocher to white, green and black, a glittering expanse of anthracite color sand

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