Little is known of Engaruka’s original inhabitants and archeologists are still puzzled.

Most visits to Lake Natron include a brief visit to Engaruka Ruins: a mysterious complex of stone ruins, consisting of 7 abandoned villages with an astoundingly complex irrigation system of canals and damns that supported 5000 people. Named after Lake Natron, the world’s most critical breeding site for lesser flamingos, the territory is home to diverse groups of flora and fauna and forms an important corridor, ecosystem, and landscape of two World Heritage Sites: the Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area. Lake Natron is home to ancient hominid footprints, the largest breeding ground for Lesser Flamingo and to Ol Doinyo Lengai, and its the only active. The weather is significantly hotter here then at most other northern Tanzania destinations but the scenery is striking and unlike anywhere else. Lake Natron is one of the most important breeding grounds for flamingos in the world.

At times, there are several hundred thousand flamingos on and near the lake making for a wonderful spectacle.

Access 2 Tanzania > Places 2 Go > North > Lake Natron Lake Natronĭescription: Lake Natron is a soda lake with extreme alkalinity since some of its water leaks through the lava flow of the nearby active volcano Ol Doinyo Lengai. Our Lake Natron Safaris are reserved for the more adventurous travelers who will enjoy flamingo-filled lakes, hominoid footprints, and active volcanoes.

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