A day from the capital, after crossing the Grand Bara Desert and the city of Dikhil, Lake Abbe unveils its lunar landscapes very eyes. A real forêtde limestone fireplaces as needles up to 50 meters, surrounded by bubbling water sources, many fumaroles leak scents of sulfur which offer the traveler the unusual spectacle of a fantasy world.These jagged rows of limestone dissolved materialized in contact with cold water, were carved by the rising vapors from the underground magma. This landscape is literally only the surface of the globe, as to contemplate similar structures, it would sink to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where cross large tectonic plates. Apart from the nomads, the only inhabitants of these remote places on the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia are the thousands of flamingos, ibises, and pelicans, whose flight is the promise of an unforgettable sight
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