![]() ![]() Emirates and Qatar Airlines do fly into Dar es Salaam, as does Swiss Air via Zurich and South African Airways from Johannesburg. ![]() You can book the return flight from Dar es Salaam instead of Kilimanjaro Airport, making it useful as Zanzibar is a 15-minute from Dar es Salaam on a plane. It's the only long-haul flight that travels directly to the Kilimanjaro Airport to Ngorongoro Crater, Lake Manyara, Serengeti and Tarangire National Park. It's also the ideal flight to take if you want to add on a beach getaway in Zanzibar to your East African safari. Your best connection to Tanzania flying worldwide from North and South America, Middle East, Asia, Australia and Europe is KLM. On the other hand, Kilimanjaro Airport is located about one hour away from the city and is used for international flights. The latter is located about ten minutes from the city centre and is used predominantly for regional (internal) flights. It has two airports, namely the Kilimanjaro Airport and Arusha Airport. Read MoreĪrusha is located in the north of Tanzania and the main entrance for tourists. ![]() Accommodation is available near the park while hikes up the surrounding slopes offer excellent lake views. Its convenient location makes the lake an easy add-on to your trip to or from the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Crater or for those hiking the active volcano, Ol Donyo Lengai. Lake Natron is located 135 kilometres north of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and a similar distance from the Serengeti National Park. The lake is largely inhospitable to most life forms, thus providing 2.5 million flamingos protection from greedy predators eyeing their eggs. The lake has great ecological importance as it is the only place in East Africa where the flamingos breed, in a safe environment where the water’s alkaline nature deters much other life from settling in the surrounding area. Fed by mineral-rich springs and the Ewaso Ng’iro River, the lake is part of the East Rift Valley and lies north of the Ngorongoro Crater. The salmon-pink birds can be seen gingerly picking their way through the soda lake and nesting on ash-coloured mud mounds. Other animals which inhabit this area are zebra, ostrich, fringed eared oryx, gazelle, gerenuk, lesser kudu and golden jackal.The fierce colours of Lake Natron melt from burnt oranges to fuchsias and maroons, while once a year a colour clash of magnificent proportions occurs as East Africa’s largest flock of lesser flamingos swarm to the lake to breed. Because the flamingos use this area for breeding the lake and its surrounding is under the International concern for preservation. ![]() The flamingos of lake Natron feed with the lakes Spirulina algae. 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, 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 southeastern part, and the archeological site of Peninj, where archeologists discovered the Peninj Mandible – the fossilized teeth of Australopithecus boisei. The area around the lake offers different attractions such as a large number of volcanic implosion craters, numerous waterfalls and ravines with nesting places for Rüppell's Griffon Vultures. The surface of Lake Natron, which has high salt, magnesite and sodium carbonate concentration, is covered with a pinkish-white soda crust. The shallow and alkaline lake has different springs, the Ewaso Ng'iro River and different hot springs. Lake Natron covers an area 56 km (35 miles) long and 24 km (15 miles) wide but the water level changes due to evaporation. The lake is in the vicinity of Ol Doinyo Lengai, which is visible on the southern part. Lake Natron is situated in northern Tanzania on the border with Kenya, close to the Serengeti National Park and the Ngorongoro Conservation Area. ![]()
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