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Sights (4)

Lake Karum

The salt flats are mined by hand, with the slabs of salt loaded onto to camel trains and taken to Hamed Ela, from where they are trucked to Mekele.

22km

14.0166666740.41666667

Erta Ale

The crater of this volcano contains a lake of liquid lava. Hike up at night when it is not so hot with your guides and armed guards, view the lava lake in the dark, then catch a few hours sleep at the summit before walking back down before the day's heat rises too far.

32km

13.640.66666667

Lake Afrera

76km

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Mekelle

the capital city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia

117km

13.4833333339.46666667
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Danakil Depression

Ethiopia
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Danakil Depression

The Danakil Depression is a desert area in the Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, north of the Great Rift Valley that is widely known locally as the Dallol depression.

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