Oldonyo Lengai Tour Safari Tanzania
The Oldonyo Lengai with a height of 2,878 meters is the holy mountain of the Maasai, it's the "Mountain of God". Oldonyo Lengai is the only active vulcano in Tanzania. The big circular crater has a diametre of about 250 m.
On the crater floor, hot air filled with carbon dioxyde fumes out of cone-shaped black funnels. The black lava bubbles inside the mountain at a temerature of 55°C and erupts in small thrusts. Oldonyo Lengai is the only vulcano on earth that ejects deep black lava. It's possible to organize climbs to the top.
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