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The place of many extremes.
Sulphur, salt and permanent lava lake.
One of the hottest and most inhospitable places on Earth.
The temperature can reach 45 °C here. Not recommneded in summer.
In 100 m below sea level, the Danakill Depression is
Dallol (sulphur and salt) (-116 m), is the hottest place on Earth with an average tempearature of 34.4° C. Not recommended in summer. Salt is mined out of the ground by hand.
Bubbling volcanoes light up the sky
Sulphurous mounds
4 days Jeep ride with guides
In 2011, the only way was to pass a desert by multiple 4WDs.
Multiple 4WD's were absolutely necessary, because one occasionally get stuck in sand.
Now there seems to be a dirt road up to 1 km from the crater.
The following information is from 2011 and now it's probably much easier to organize.
Mandatory guide and guards.
Hamad 'Ela village overnight
Erta Ale Volcano (613 m): it is in continuous erruption since 1967. Sourtherly crater is one of the only permament lava lakes on the planet.
Hamad 'Ela village overnight
Dallol (sulphur and salt) (-116 m), The hottest place on earth with an average tempearature of 34.4° C. Salt is mined out of the ground by hand.
Two weeks after us they killed a group of tourists there.
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Moonscape of active Erta Ale Volcano and Danakil Depression
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