![]() Other animals which inhabit this area are zebra, ostrich, fringed eared oryx, gazelle, gerenuk, lesser kudu and golden jackal. It extends 58 km south from the Kenyan border with a mean. Because the flamingos use this area for breeding the lake and its surrounding is under the International concern for preservation. Lake Natron is a shallow soda-lake in a closed basin on the floor of the Eastern Rift Valley. ![]() For ages, the territory has been at the heart of the Indigenous Maasai because it has special places and trees respected for both spiritual and cultural purposes. The flamingos of lake Natron feed with the lakes Spirulina algae. Lake Natron’s catchment is the Maasai’s lifeline. ![]() 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 water of Lake Natron sometimes turns red (or orange-red) because of the algae that thrives in its hypersaline environment. 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. Also, the lake is the only breeding area for the 2.5 million Lesser Flamingoes that live in the valley. The alkali salt crust on the surface of the lake is often colored red or pink by the salt-loving microorganisms that live there. The shallow and alkaline lake has different springs, the Ewaso Ng'iro River and different hot springs. If Lake Natron, in Africa’s Great Rift Valley, had a color theme, it would be pink. 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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