VOLCANO / LAKE NATRON
OI Doinyo
Lengai (“Mountain
of God” in Maasai
language) is an active volcano and the only one in the world that emits a type
of carbonatite lava called natrocarbonatite, which rapidly solidifies. It’s
last eruption was in 2007 and at the volcano's peak you can always view hot
steam vents.
Ol Doinyo Lengai, the holy Maasai 'Mountain of God' | The smoking top of Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano |
The volcano’s
neighbor is Lake Natron,
a 60km-long alkaline lake, known to be the only breeding place of lesser
flamingos in Tanzania.
Both
places offer such unique natural wonders that the experience will be unforgettable;
they have an otherworldly beauty that gives an incomparable feeling of expanse
and antiquity.
Lake Natron as seen at a distance from '17 corners' | 
Maasai herding cattle at a river near Lake Natron |
