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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.

Photography: Flamingoes and colours of solitude

Lake Natron borders Kenya and Tanzania, though it is best viewed from the Arusha region of Tanzania. Natron is a desolate soda lake with high alkalinity, often producing a wonderful explosion of colour. Although no aquatic wildlife can be found here, flamingoes thrive off the lake’s algae and breed in their hundreds. The magnificent Oldoinyo Lengai rises behind the lake and coupled with the expansive, colourful waters and hundreds of flamingoes landscape photographers are in their element.
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