Lake Natron Safari Trips & Tours

A sun-scorched, shimmering lake dotted with flamingo and surrounded by an otherworldly landscape.

Our planet is full of surreal places and otherworldly landscapes that look as if they might belong on Mars and Lake Natron has to be near the top of the list. Although close to the Ngorongoro Crater, the area is just about as far off the beaten track as you can imagine but the drive is worth every bump and dusty sneeze. This is a sparse and arid yet achingly beautiful landscape dotted with the cracked huts of hardy Maasai and watched over by their ‘Mountain of God’, active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. The lake itself is a caustic soda marvel, almost 58km long and inhospitable by most wildlife apart from the powder-pink Lesser flamingo that congregate every year to breed. Extraordinary.

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Lake Natron Safari Trips & Tours

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Tanzania

A rugged walking expedition across northern Tanzania

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Arusha Ngorongoro Crater Lake Natron

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Things to do

What to do in Lake Natron

Surrounded by acres of sparse, sun-baked land and volcanic calderas, Lake Natron is an oasis for breeding lesser flamingos who gather in great clouds of pink. While the area can be explored in a vehicle, it’s on foot that you’ll really come to appreciate its beauty. There are innumerous hiking trails, leading to sensational viewpoints of the lake and Great Rift Valley, and you can even visit the footprints of early hominids embedded in lava.

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