Mineral-rich Soda Lake – Lake Natron
Lake Natron is a mineral-rich soda lake located in northern Tanzania, at the border with a neighbour country Kenya. Lake Natron is a breeding ground for thousands of lesser flamingos, despite the highly alkaline state of the striking red waters. The lake sits below a famous mount Ol Doinyo Lengai, a soaring active volcano in the great East Africa Rift Valley. Trails lead from the lake to the Engero Sero waterfalls, which flow over craggy rocks into a natural pool.
Water of lake Natron can reaches around 140° Fahrenheit which is equal to 60°Centigrade. That is water hot enough for third-degree burns in very few seconds . And with the water’s high concentration of salt, you would dehydrate very quickly. So you are highly advised to stay out of water.
The bright-red lake is the world’s most famous caustic body of water, but not to everything. An endemic species of fish, the alkaline tilapia, lives along the edges of the hot-spring inlets, and water of lake is coming from salt loving microorganisms that thrives in its water.
For those who think they can drink Lake Natron Water , abdominal pain could be crippling , while your stomach is burning inside the cyanobacteria contaminating the water would make you feel nauseous and could give you diarrhea too.
Visit to Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania and you will find about 75% of the world’s said to be 4 million lesser flamingos. Natron’s hypersaline water can strip away human skin, and breeds algae toxic to many forms of animal life, but the bird flourishes in these conditions thanks to its incredibly adapted body.