Lake Assal in Djibouti, one day trip from the Djibouti city to the lake and back

We rented this vehicle on the Menelik square in Djibouti.

Charming woman at a place where we rented the automobile.

Spectacular woman dressed in the colorful clothes.

In the beginning of our trip we drive through the narrow streets of Djibouti.

Two women walk beside the L'Elixir perfumery.

Three women at the door of the shop.

Lovely woman greets me.

Vendors are hiding from me with the smiles on their faces.

Vendor covered her face by the blue khimar.

I guess that this district of Djibouti is a slum.

Roadside shops on the outskirts of Djibouti.

Automobile dashboard partial view inside our taxi to the lake.

Lonely tree in a brick-colored desert.

Children playing soccer.

One of the villages on our way to the lake.

You can notice the Djibouti map on the wall of shop.

Inscription on the hill reads “Allah al Akbar” which translates into “Allah is the greatest”.

Inscription on the hill means the Djiboutian Air Force (Force Aerienne Djiboutienne, FAD).

Djibouti military at Bat Hill 2 in Arta.

Camel in the nomad village.

Mountainous landscape.

Lake Ghoubet.

Blue water of lake Ghoubet.

Lake Ghoubet is surrounded by mountains.

Geographic coordinates of lake Ghoubet are 11°31'42.0''N 42°36'12.0''E.

I'm on a background of lake Ghoubet.

View on lake Ghoubet in the direction of the Gulf of Tadjoura.

Memorial tablet is dedicated to Bernard Borel.

Two islands.

Marvellous landscape of lake Ghoubet.

Devil's islands in lake Ghoubet with magnification.

Viewing platform of lake Ghoubet has a small gift shop on the open air.

This photograph of Lake Assal was made while driving a car.

Do you see Lake Assal in the distance?

This good village with kind people is located near Lake Assal.

Children of the village greet me.

Little girl is waving to me standing on the tire.

Village house built from a system of metal plates.

Lake Assal is a crater lake in central-western Djibouti.

Lake Assal is located at the western end of Gulf of Tadjoura.

Lake Assal is a saline lake which lies 155 m (509 ft) below sea level in the Afar Triangle.

Lake Assal is the most saline lake in the world after Lake Don Juan in Antarctica.

These hills surround Lake Assal.

Due to high evaporation, the salinity level of the lake water is 10 times more than of the sea.

It takes about 2 hours to reach here from the capital of Djibouti.

This place is a must-see destination for all the tourists.

Lake Assal is located in the middle of Djibouti.

Lake Assal is located in a closed depression at the northern end of the Great Rift Valley.

The lake lies at an altitude of 155 m (509 ft) below sea level, making it the lowest point of Africa.

At least 5 liters of fresh water per person is required if you want to swim in the salty water.

Basalt rocks tell us about the volcanic nature of these places.

Lake Assal is a worthwhile day trip from Djibouti.

I'm on a background of Lake Assal.

Lake Assal area is proposed to be developed as a tourist attraction.

Black hill and white shore.

Our driver stands beside his vehicle.

We had rented this stylish Volvo microbus for US$200.

Me and the driver of stylish microbus.

Grey wide spots on the surface of the lake.

Lunar landscape.

No living creatures can be seen in the extremely salty water of the lake.

Beautiful mountainous landscape of the lake.

Black color of the hill reminds us about the volcanic nature of this area.

Colors of the ground surface.

Road was built very close to the shore of lake.

Lake Assal literally means “Honey lake”.

Lake is considered a national treasure.

Intense heat and strong winds fuel rapid evaporation, leaving a ring of minerals around the lake's shore.

Cracked surface of the shore.

The Government of Djibouti has initiated a proposal with UNESCO to declare the Lake Assal zone as a World Heritage Site.

Small island in the lake.

Salt crust at the edge of water.

Located in the hot desert, the lake experiences summer temperatures as high as 52°C (126°F) from May to September.

Strong, dry, hot winds are part of the environment.

Snow-white salt crust.

Water temperature of the lake reaches 33-34°C.

Diaphanous water of the lake.

Lake water maintains an equilibrium between the hot spring and evaporation rate.

You can notice a wonderful beach in the distance.

Wonderful salt formation on the shore.

Incredible salt formation of snow-white color.

You can observe naturally formed minerals on this rock.

Crystalline solid substances on the shore.

You may notice a car in the distance.

Few tourists on the shore.

Salt production started on a semi-industrial scale at Lake Assal in 1998.

Lake Assal is a volcanic lake.

Thickly saline water body.

In the middle of the day, the water of Lake Assal looks unusually with its emerald color on the background of the snow-white shore.

Lake Assal is a vast area of white and emerald surfaces.

We were fascinated by the different colors of the highly saline water from different view points.

Marvellous beach of emerald color is the highlight of lake.

Lake water colour changes in the duration of the day, at times appearing in fluorescent colours.

It was really cool to walk on the snow-white crystallised salt surface!

Rocks around the beach.

Islands of the lake.

All these souvenirs have been made from the salt crystals.

Skulls crusted in salt are the souvenirs for sale.

Black mountain and the white plains.

An incredible salt white beach.

There is no sand on this beach.

I'm on a background of the Lake Assal beach.

Salt crystals on the beach.

This lake is the most lowest point in Africa.

No sharks here because nothing can live in this water.

Salt at the water's edge. It looked like regular ocean foam, until you step on it!

Smooth white surface of the ground at the foot of hills.

Lac Assal means honey in Afar. It's nothing to do with salt.

It's called the lake of honey because the people have made money from it for centuries.

On our way back to the Djibouti city we passed the good village again.

Djiboutian child with a peculiarly painted face.

Djiboutian girl is smiling.

Djiboutian boy with a funny hairstyle.

Djiboutian children.

Cute little girl.

Give me a candy, please!

Wide smile of a Djiboutian girl.

Djiboutian little girls from the good village.

More candies, please!

Girl is chasing after my car.

I can see my reflection in the eyes of a little girl.

In chase for the candies.

She snatched the whole package with candies from my hands.

Djiboutian mountains.

Trees grow in very small quantities on the hills.

Dromedaries.

A tree-like form of aloe.

Metal barrels used by nomads.

The Blackhead Persian is a fat-tailed breed of domestic sheep from Africa.

Scrapyard.

We saw this scrapyard somewhere on the way to Djibouti city.

She's just pretending because her granddaughter had already received a candy.

Djiboutian boy.

Road sign.

Slum district of the Djibouti city.

Slum.

Soccer in the urban slum.

Roadside cafe near Djibouti.

Garbage dump in the slum near Djibouti.

Mother and her daughter on the street of Djibouti city.

There are a big quantity of jeeps in the Djibouti city.

Young women in the city of Djibouti.

Mosque Nouriye in the Djibouti city.

Cute little girl in the Djibouti city.

Cute little girl has received a candy from us.