Lake Logipi is a saline, alkaline lake that lies at the northern end of the arid Suguta Valley in the northern Kenya Rift.

Saline hot springs discharge on the northern shoreline of Lake Logipi and at Cathedral Rocks near its southern limit, and help to maintain water at times of extreme aridity.

Its waters are of sodium bicarbonate composition with a pH of 9.5-10.5 and salinity (total dissolved salts) that varies from less than 20 g/L to greater than 50 g/L.

Efflorescent salt crusts (trona) are present around its margins.

Flamingoes frequently inhabit the saline waters feeding on cyanobacteria (Arthrospira spp.