From our wilderness night camp on the ridge, we can see the village of
Engaruka, where Kaira comes from, is where our school is located".
Eramatare School", which we will visit.
In the evening, we enjoy a fireside dinner and share stories of the past.
with the Massais, and our cook under a starry sky.

Wild camping on the crest of the empakai crater.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner

In the late afternoon, we make our way to the shores of Lake Natron, where we
observe the different bird colonies.
This alkaline salt lake, as beautiful as it is inhospitable, takes its name from one of its
chemical components: bicarbonate of soda, which is supplied by the lava.
sodium carbonate from the Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano. Its colors range from pink to blue
and change according to the season and rainfall. The lake is only three meters
It reaches depths of over 40°C and has no runoff,
which leads to high concentrations of salt and soda, and yet algae and
saltwater crayfish thrive here. Storks, Greater Flamingos, the
pelicans and other water birds live by the thousands in the mouths of the
streams. The rest of the lake, which stretches as far as Kenya, belongs to the two or so
million Lesser Flamingos, which can live on seaweed and salt crabs. Visit
animal carcasses left in the water form a bizarre landscape, because they are
preserved in a short time by salts and calcified, i.e. petrified by the

sodium carbonate in the lake. Near the lake, there are footprints of
petrified steps dating back 100,000 years.

The area around the lake is dry, hot, desolate and, at the same time, beautiful.
bewitching.

Overnight at Africa safari lodge
Breakfast, lunch, dinner