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Lakes
>> Magadi
 Deep
in the heart of Southern Kenya's Maasai land is the unearthly Lake
Magadi. This 104 sq km soda lake is completely surrounded by vast
natural salt flats. These sweltering hot plains prevent any animals
reaching the alkaline lake at its centre.
For this reason,
thousands of flamingo descend on the lake each year to nest on
elevated mud mounds at the lake's edge safe from any potential
predators.
Freshwater springs at the Lake's shore attract
a host of other birds.
 A
journey to Magadi is to enter another world. The baking salt plains
stretch into horizons of shimmering heat haze, while the shallow
lake heaves with the pink waves of nesting flamingo. The
otherworldly atmosphere is compounded by the intense heat and the
isolation.
Magadi is often the final destination for treks
from the Nguruman escarpment or the Loita hills.
Proximity
to Nairobi means that trekkers can leave the heat of Magadi behind
and ascend 1000 metres to the highland cool of the capital…
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