Inside Africa takes its viewers on a journey across Africa, exploring the true diversity and depth of different cultures, countries and regions. On the edge of Senegal’s Cap Vert peninsula, a lush ...

The bizarre color is caused by Dunaliella salina, a type of halophile greenmicro-algae, that is found in the water. Usually found in sea salt fields, such as in Lake Retba, the micro-algae appears ...

Lake Retba or Lac Rose lies north of the Cap Vert peninsula of Senegal, northeast of Dakar. Depending on the time of the day, the lake changes colour from a light purple to a deep scarlet pink. The ...

NIAGA, Senegal (Reuters) - On the shore of Senegal's Pink Lake, salt farmer Pape Sira Ba has raked in what he fears may be his last harvest. Extreme floods contaminated the 3-square-km lake five ...

Senegal, which lies on the western side of the African continent, is not much of a tourist destination, but this country has some amazing places that one can visit. Unlike other western African ...

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Punting through this unusually coloured lake it looks like this worker is wading through water running red with blood. But while they are not taking to the bizarre looking Lake Retba, in Senegal, west ...

Lake Retba, a striking pink lake in the northwest of Senegal, is famous for its high salinity and the pink algae flourishing in its waters. The popular tourist destination has now become a major salt ...

A general view of the submerged tourism businesses at the Pink Lake (Lac Rose), officially known as Lake Retba, after extreme floods washed away salt mounts and contaminated the lake and turned its ...