![]() ![]() The camp provides clean and basic facilities. Located near (a few KM from) Lake Natron, Lake Natron Tented Camp provides a base to explore the Lake Natron ecosystem and communities near the lake. Lake Natron Tented Camp Staff is the best asset of the facilities. After seeing the flamingos, our wonderful Gosheni guide William had set up a table of snacks and drinks to enjoy nearby.… We were still glad to visit Lake Natron for a different experience from the game drives (Tarangire, Serengeti, Ngorongoro). Apparently, Lake Natron has the largest gathering of flamingos in the world, over 2 million during certain times of the year. ![]() The best part of staying at Lake Natron was the nice Maasai guide Zephanie who showed us the flamingos on the lake. The woodwork of the tented camp is beautiful. Bottled water for dinner is extra, and they only take cash and cannot give change. There is no electrical outlet in the room, so be sure to charge your phone in the restaurant before electricity shuts down from 10pm to 6am. They will bring you hot water if you request it, but we did not. The shower does not have heated water, just room temperature water, which turned out to be okay once you got used to it. However, my husband had no expectations, so really enjoyed Lake Natron Tented Camp. I had higher expectations for an "exclusive" tented camp (see our other reviews of accommodations in Tanzania). Hilton Tulum Riviera Maya All-Inclusive Resort.Hilton Playa del Carmen, an All-Inclusive Adult Only Resort.Secrets Puerto Los Cabos Golf & Spa Resort.Hotels near Visit Lake Natron on a trip to Tanzania: Specialists on Tanzania Safaris Tour Operator.Hotels near BEST lake natron Tanzania TOUR OPERATORS | AGENCY with KITANO TOURS AND SAFARIS in Arusha and Moshi. ![]() We recommend this itinerary for travellers who seek a different experience to the classic safari. Accommodation at Natron is limited and pretty basic. This isn’t a difficult trek but part of the route requires walking through water (which rarely reaches the knee height) so requires swimwear and non-slip footwear. The hike to the edge of the lake offers a magnificent sight the hike along the Engare Sero creek, which flows through a narrow rocky gorge, leads to a beautiful waterfall where it is possible to swim. The trails to reach Lake Natron (both from the Serengeti, taking about five to six hours, and from Manyara, taking about three to four hours) are extremely scenic and you will be able to meet the Maasai communities who live off most tourist circuits. At that time we stopped offering trekking on Oldonyo Leng’ai. The last eruption was in December 2007 – January 2008 (which we witnessed in person as we were right there!) and it made the climb to the volcano summit even tougher since the lava completely erased the temporary trail that could sometimes be followed, and the small flat areas for stopping to catch your breath have gone completely. After emission, when it comes into contact with water, the colour of natron-carbonatite lava changes rapidly to white, so that the top of the volcano seems to be cloaked in snow. When the lava is flowing it resembles a kind of very fluid, dark “river” that some have likened to a stream of mud. The area is extremely arid and dominated by the perfect cone of Oldoinyo Leng’ai, the volcano sacred to the Maasai people, who consider it the abode of the divinity Leng’ai.Īt an altitude of nearly three thousand metres above sea level, Oldoinyo Leng’ai is the only volcano in the world that emits natron-carbonatite lava, rich in sodium carbonate, with very low viscosity and temperatures since it rises at 500–590 ☌. Natron is the usual nesting area for millions of lesser pink flamingos who are fond of the cyanobacteria present in high concentration in the lake water, especially during the dry season (June to October), so they flock to its shores. It is a highly alkaline lake that occupies a depression created by the Rift Valley, a lava desert area of rugged beauty in the extreme north of Tanzania. Lake Natron is fifty kilometres in length and about twenty-five in width. Safari Crew Tanzania wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award.Why is Tanzania the best Safari Destination?.Lake Natron and Oldonyo Len’gai volcano. ![]()
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