Lake Magadi
Good to know
- Best time to go
- June to September, when temperatures are more bearable
- Budget
- $
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The southernmost of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes is a vast, pink-hued soda pan where trona crusts crack in the heat and flamingos wade through hypersaline shallows. The stark landscape, hot springs, and remote Maasai country around it appeal to photographers and day-trippers from Nairobi.