Geological oddities Djibouti · Tadjourah Region
Lake Assal
The lowest point in Africa, a lake ten times saltier than the sea, ringed by a blinding crust of salt and black lava at the bottom of the Afar rift.
- Coordinates
- 11°39′21″N 42°24′30″E
- Crowds
- Usually empty
- Landscape
- Desert
- Best season
- Best in Winter