Oldoinyo Lengai Hike

Oldoinyo Lengai Hike

“Oldoinyo Lengai” means “The Mountain of God” in the Maasai language. The summit of this strato-volcano is 2962 metres above sea level, and affords direct views into the caldera of Tanzania’s only officially-certified active volcano, and the world’s only carbonatite volcano; records of eruptions have been maintained since 1883, the largest of which deposited ash 100 kilometres away in Loliondo on the Kenyan border to the north west.


The intence heat of that the volcano emits of Ol doinyo Lengai makes it difficult to climb in day time. At Night is the best time to climb when the Air is cooler. Starting the thrilling hike around 3 or 4 AM at Night makes the Experience ...

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