Dallol — Local services in Afar Region

Dallol (Amharic: ዳሎል) is a locality in the Dallol woreda of northern Ethiopia. Located in Administrative Zone 2 of the Afar Region in the Afar Depression, it has a latitude and longitude of 14°14′19″N 40°17′38″E with an elevation of about 130 metres (430 ft) below sea level. The Central Statistical Agency has not published an estimate for this settlement's 2005 population; it has been described as a ghost town.

Dallol currently holds the official record for record high average temperature for an inhabited location on Earth, where an average annual temperature of 35°C (95°F) was recorded between the years 1960 and 1966. Dallol is also one of the most remote places on Earth, although paved roads to the village of Hamedela, which is close, are being built. Still, the most important mode of transport besides jeeps are the camel caravans which travel to the area to collect salt.

Nearby is the Dallol volcano, which last erupted in...

The deadly beauty of Ethiopia's Dallol volcano, dazzlingly beautiful like an alien planet

At first glance this group of pictures you do not also think you have come to an alien planet, but in fact, this is into the hottest place on earth - Dallol volcano in Ethiopia.

In this exoplanet-like place, the temperature can be as high as 50°C, which is a deadly threat to explorers.

Nature is undoubtedly the greatest and inscrutable magician. Through various chemical reactions and natural weathering, etc., a field of sulphur is changed into various shapes similar to corals under the sea, with colors ranging from the most colorful egg yolk to the most intense burgundy, which is...

This destination gives the entire depression zone a unique name by adventure travelers as THE OTHER PLANET; the surface area of this unique land is covered by various chemicals of Sulphur and Potash salts that gave the area a colorful and spectacular look. It is usually recommended to visit this place at the end of the Danakil Depression commonly used program of 3 nights 4 days trip accessed from the camping site of the 3rd night in Aba'ala waking up early in the morning @4:00am local time on the way back to Mekele town where the trip starts and ends. It is a wonderful...