The Maasai are an indigenous African ethnic group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and northern Tanzania. You will be staying in a truly ancient and unique environment where man possibly evolved. Lake Natron Camp is located at one of these springs. The lake is also surrounded by scattered springs, some of which are fresh enough to provide drinking water for many species of animals, large and small. The combination of remoteness and the hostility of the soda mud-flats provides the flamingos with a relatively safe area to breed and rear chicks. Algae and zooplankton thrive in this water, which in turn supports great numbers of flamingos. Here the water evaporates leaving behind very high concentrations of soda. Lake Natron sits at the lowest point of the valley in East Africa at an altitude of 600m or 2000feet above sea level. Volcanism around the Great Rift Valley produces soda (Sodium Carbonate), which is washed down by rain and ground water. Oldoinyo Lengai (Mountain of God) is the only active volcano in Tanzania. Volcanoes and craters of different ages are scattered around the valley. The prominent escarpment in this area lies to the west. The valley is created by two tectonic plates moving apart causing the valley floor to drop down leaving intact and fragmented valley walls or escarpments. The Great Rift Valley stretches from northern Ethiopia to Mozambique in the south, a distance of about 5600km. 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 Great Rift Valley, Lake Natron & Ol doinyo Lengai 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.Beautiful view on the Great Rift Valley Wall and surroundings.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.
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. Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake and flamingo breeding ground that lies at the foot of Ol Doinyo Lengai, an active volcano. 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