Best Time to Visit Odoinyo Lengai
As you plan for your visit to Odoinyo Lengai active volcanic mountain, you need to consider the Best Time to Visit Odoinyo Lengai, you should consider the weather and outdoor temperatures so that you prepare properly your Tanzanian – Odoinyo Lengai adventure safari, while you have the opportunity to relax and enjoy your activities remarkably with no disappointments. Tanzania is situated south of the equator and this “mountain of God” Odoinyo Lengai is also located along the western escarpment of the Great Rift Valley, and because the Odoinyo Lengai Mountain is an active Volcano having an alkaline soda lake Natron in its lower levels, it makes the climatic temperatures within this area primarily hot and mostly dry most of the time. The Best Time to Visit Odoinyo Lengai for Odoinyo Lengai climbing and walking tours around lake Natron, however, is during the dry season of June to October when the mountain steep and unsuitable slopes of ash and crumbly rocks are dry and not slippery to climb, also during this dry period of June through August to October, the temperatures are also cooler but some tourists find these temperatures tropically warm as well since Tanzania is located just south of the equator.
In addition Odoinyo Lengai can be visited all year round but remember this is an active volcano, the mountain remains closed for climbing when the eruptions are happening however the short and long wet spring season from November to May with hot humid spells in January and February, can also be another preferred Best Time to Visit Odoinyo Lengai though, this period brings new life to the area around Lake Natron with green vegetation, as Tourists mostly prefer a more lush landscape for an African active-adventure safari. Visitors interested in watching flamingos at Lake Natron, these flamingos lay their eggs normally during the end of the long the dry season in September and October but the hatching starts in the early parts of the wet season, and climaxing by December thus making the wet season favorable for visiting Lake Natron.