Lake Assal, Djibouti – From a distance ... Assal is also the lowest point in Africa and the third lowest point in the world after the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. Wade into the waters ...

LAKE ASSAL (Djibouti): The line of dromedaries shimmered in the dying evening heat as it followed a trade route used by the Afar nomads of the horn of Africa for hundreds of years. In the distance ...