I also recommend not to wear any hiking shoes or keds, the best option is trekking sandals. When we did our first trip there, I of course took all my stuff, which was not very wise to do, so when we did the second “trek” to the waterfall, I left all the things at the camp and no problems occurred. Don’t bring your valuable belongings with you, otherwise bring good waterproof bags for your camera and documents. Hopefully, next time…Īfter arrival, we had some free time and during afternoon we were supposed to go the waterfall for refreshing swimming. So if I knew, I would spend not 2 but 3 days there and would definitely climb this amazing volcano. Well, there are mainly three things you can do there: walk at the lake and enjoy flocks of flamingos, walk to the waterfall and enjoy refreshing swimming and climb Gelai Volcano (at night). Down the road is another Maasai village, so you can watch how the people pasture cattle, mainly cows and goats.Īs a visitor, you are equipped with your own Maasai guide who takes you to the lake and to the waterfall. The atmosphere was really amazing: very quiet, peaceful and relaxing. We didn’t know about the second option so we stayed at the campsite.

The second option is nicer in a sense that you live in a close proximity to the village, so you can talk to locals, talk to the kids and just walk around on your own. The second option allows you to get to the lake when you want to and just spend more time there, though it’s more expensive. This area belongs to the Maasai tribe, so there are basically two accommodation options: campsite near village on the hill (about 15 minutes to the lake by jeep) and a luxury lodge right at the lake. Some of them were really like from another planet. On the way to this conservation area we observed amazing landscapes. Our next stop after Tarangire NP and Lake Manyara was Lake Natron. So far, so good! Hope you’re enjoying my Tanzanian experience and maybe consider similar trip for yourself 🙂

Can you swim in lake natron