Have you ever heard that Salt Lake is real?

   Salt lake, as you can understand from its name, is the lake containing lots of salt. It is the second largest lake after Van Lake in Turkey and the biggest hype saline lake in the world. It is just 150 km away from Ankara.

   As you can see from the photo above, lake color sometimes seen as red because of red algae. The lake color gets red as the population of red algae is on rise.The reason for the color is the lake loss water by evaporating and that kills lots of plankton which eats red algae. And if plankton cant eat red algae due to water loss in the lake, the population of the algae increases.

   Coming to Transportation, it is vary depending on what you want. But, my advise is going to the lake after traveling to Ankara by own car is the best choice.(you can rent a car anywhere in Ankara, pls also check `Ankara What to do` in this blog) Because, the lake is just 150-km away from Ankara and after the lake, you could drive to either Konya or Cappodocia. Both are near to the lake.

   Going the lake by travel agent is also a good choice. But, bear in mind that the agent does not just take to the lake, but also should take you to both the lake and Cappadocia. Because, they are close each one then why do you need to go though the same way twice?

   In addition to the transportation, my specific advise to those planning to get the lake is to go to the lake in August. Since, flamingo, which is the one of bird species in the world, go to the lake for incubation of their legs at that mouth. Also, flamingo here is called as red flamingo because of red algae. Because, they eat red algae here and their color turns to red.

   What is more you can find there is Health Products. On the way from the parking to the lake, there are shops selling health products, at least what they say about their products is health. you can give a try and if you like, you can buy some. Also, in the shops, you can buy some souvenir as to Cappadocia and Salt Lake. Prices are not high.


Enjoy your visit.....


P.s.: after reading this, give time to read `Cappodocia travel guide` in this blog. Because, planing your travel to Cappadocia with salt lake is advisable and time saving.