Lake Natron is located in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, shut to the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
The lake is in the neighborhood of Ol Doinyo Lengai, which is seen on the southern part. Lake Natron covers an region fifty six km (35 miles) lengthy and 24 km (15 miles) broad however the water degree adjustments due to evaporation. The shallow and alkaline lake has distinctive springs, the Ewaso Ng’iro River and one of a kind hot springs. The floor of Lake Natron, which has excessive salt, magnesite and sodium carbonate concentration, is protected with a pinkish-white soda crust.
The place round the lake offers one-of-a-kind attractions such as a massive quantity of volcanic implosion craters, numerous waterfalls and ravines with nesting locations for Rüppell’s Griffon Vultures. Among the most outstanding attractions of Lake Natron is the Gelai Volcano, a 2,942 m (9,652 feet) excessive volcano in the southeastern part, and the archeological site of Peninj, the place archeologists located the Peninj Mandible – the fossilized teeth of Australopithecus boisei.
Some of the things to do at Lake Natron are swimming, a go to to Maasai boma or a easy trek to the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands with severa craters.
The place has a lovely wildlife
The lake is a breeding vicinity for lots of Rift Valley Flamingos. They build their nests using the soda flats between August and October. The flamingos of lake Natron feed with the lakes Spirulina algae. Because the flamingos use this region for breeding the lake and its surrounding is beneath the International concern for preservation. Other animals which inhabit this area are zebra, ostrich, fringed eared oryx, gazelle, gerenuk, lesser kudu and golden jackal.
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