I had a hard time getting any kind of reply from pilots or aviation services in the Northern Tanzanian region, but I was lucky enough to have gotten a valuable referral by Jason D., a fellow traveler: the Kilimanjaro Aero Club (KAC). Fly: flying over Lake Natron is your safest, best and most expensive solution.If someone ever embarks on a journey to explore the red colors of Lake Natron from the ground, please do let me know. Since time was of essence to me, I decided to heavily splurge on my trip to Lake Natron by looking for an aircraft solution. They might be able to take you up to the described point near Lake Natron, but it will take you two nights and many hours of driving through arid regions. It sounded like very difficult terrain, so I looked for a motocross shop in the region and found Dustbusters in Arusha. But it all depends on the dirt tracks, rain and the ability and knowledge of your driver (there is hardly any tarmac road). A bit of trekking and you’d have the best panorama of Lake Natron – next to an aircraft. It’s a couple of extra hours in the jeep, but probably not too bad. You probably would have to drive towards Loliondo, then get through the small villages, Samunge, maybe Ghabere, and come back towards Ol Doinyo Sambu. Halfway up the lake, there is the highest and also the closest point to the lake, Ol Doinyo Sambu (2☀7’42.8″S 35★5’52.6″E). Drive and trek: organize a trip to the top of the Rift Valley, west of Lake Natron.So finally, I had worked out two possibilities: Especially after a photographer had told me that seeing the red colors of Lake Natron was only truly possible from the air. I wanted to go to Lake Natron so badly to see these unique red patterns, not flamingos. and all the obsessed travelers out there and share my complete knowledge of how to travel to Lake Natron and explore its amazing red colors. This is also why I would like to dedicate this article to the Kilimanjaro Aero Club, Jason D. Until the Kilimanjaro Aero Club revealed itself as the cure to my obsession with Lake Natron. Could I just drive there? Or should I rather take a dirt bike? Maybe walk? And could I really see the red colors from the shore? So much uncertainty and nothing seemed to work in my favor. I wrote to several dubious camps, a handful of professional photographers and many pilots to ask for more information or advice, but most leads were as dire as Lake Natron itself. I quickly googled for possibilities to go there during my planned stay in Tanzania, but I just couldn’t figure out how to get to Lake Natron and see the red colors. A lake so bloody red, so desolate, so hostile and yet so little known. What had started off as a short message from a friend, quickly turned into my newest obsession: Lake Natron in Tanzania.
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