Because the flamingos use this area for breeding, the lake and its surrounding are under the international concern for preservation. They build their nests using the soda flats between August and October.
The lake is a breeding place for thousands of Rift Valley Flamingos. Some of the activities at Lake Natron are swimming (at the surrounding marshes when the salt level is low), a visit to Maasai boma or a simple trek to the Ngorongoro Crater Highlands with numerous craters. Among the most prominent attractions of Lake Natron is the Gelai Volcano, a 2,942 m (9,652 feet) high volcano in the south-eastern part, and the archaeological site of Peninj, where archaeologists discovered the Peninj Mandible – the fossilized teeth of Australopithecus boisei. The area around the lake offers different attractions including a large number of volcanic implosion craters, numerous waterfalls and ravines with nesting places for Griffon Vultures. Rose pink waters in the middle of spectacular mountains with flaming flamingos on the view, what else do you need for a perfect picture on a vacation? While visiting Tanzania, you just cannot miss exploring the beauty of this lake and its water. Even after hundreds of years, you might still look spiffy and have your hair and organs intact! If you are tempted to plunge in this saline water, you would not turn into a stone instantly, but if you happen to drown or stay submerged, your entire body would solidify and be preserved. You cannot even dare to take a dive in Lake Natron because of the salty nature of the water which can keep your body preserved for ages. The burning red water isn’t only dangerous to animals and birds, but humans too. The deposits of sodium carbonate - which was once used in Egyptian mummification - acts as a fantastic type of preservative for those animals unlucky enough to die in its waters and seals them in their watery tombs. The water’s alkalinity comes from the sodium carbonate and other minerals that flow into the lake from the surrounding hills, providing the lake its name.
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The alkaline water has a pH as high as 10.5 and it is able to burn the skin and eyes of animals that aren’t adapted to it. The extreme waters of the lake are as deadly as they are beautiful. There is more to the story of Lake Natron, which the beauty cannot justify. Can you imagine yourself admiring the serene view and standing by the pink waters with numerous chirpy flamingos around you? I can! Adding up to the beauty of the lake, the surrounding salt-water marshes prove to be a surprising habitat for the gorgeous flamingos. All thanks to the salt-loving microorganisms that live on the alkali salt crust on the surface of the lake. You can witness the lake covered in the beautiful shades of hot pink and crimson. It is an alkaline Salt Lake which has no source of draining out to any sea or river, but only evaporation, thus, resulting to the high temperatures up to 106 Fahrenheits (41 degrees Celsius). The lake’s warm water is an ideal breeding ground for the Rift Valley flamingos. The lake is 35 miles (56 km) long and 15 miles (24 km) wide and contains salt, soda, and magnesite deposits. Lake Natron Dangerously saline, Lake Natron It is a home to the grisly Lake Natron located in the Arusha region on the northern sides at the border with Kenya. Tanzania is an East-African country famous for its Serengeti National Park, Mount Kilimanjaro (the tallest peak on the African continent) and the beautiful beaches. You read it right, countless flamingos, swans, vultures, bats and many more birds as well as animals who ventured into the waters of Lake Natron, turned into stone. “Turning into stone” is not just a phrase anymore, but a reality!
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