The lake itself is the centrepiece: shallow, saline, and often edged by flamingos when the algae bloom suits them. Its colours shift with weather and season, from hard silver under midday sun to soft pink and blue in the evening.
This is not a swimming lake. The water is alkaline, the shore can be muddy or crusted with minerals, and geothermal vents are active in places. Treat it as a landscape to watch, photograph, and understand rather than a place to jump into.