Have you ever been to Flamingo Paradise?

To see flamingos, you have to go to Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. Nakuru Lake National Park is located in Nakuru City, Rift Valley, with an area of 1.88 square kilometers. This is a park specially built to protect birds. About 200 kilometers from Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It can leave Nairobi and return the same day. Of course, if you want to have a good time, you'd better stay in a hotel near the park for one night.

According to statistics, there are about 450 species of birds in Lake Nakuru National Park, among which flamingos are the most famous. There are about 2 million flamingos living there all the year round, accounting for one third of the global total. It is extremely rare for animals all over the world that the same population is so highly concentrated in one place.

Flamingos are not migratory birds, but resident birds. They only migrate when food is scarce and the environment changes. The environment of Lake Nakuru is very suitable for flamingos, and there is no shortage of food all year round, so there is little migration.

Lake Nakuru and several small lakes nearby were all formed by crustal changes, and a large amount of living water was injected, but there was no outlet. Lava soil brought by water flow is deposited at the bottom of the lake, and salt is dissolved in the water, which provides good conditions for algae growth. A kind of dark green algae grows abundantly in the shallow waters of several lakes and is the main food for flamingos.

There are two kinds of flamingos in Lake Nakuru National Park. They are all long legs, long necks and huge beaks, much like white cranes, except that their feathers are red and their wings and feet are slightly black. Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of flamingos gather together and wander in the shallows. When interest comes, they spread their wings lightly and shout away, and the lake and birds set each other off as interest.

Because of its mild climate and lush aquatic plants, national parks are also home to millions of other birds and other kinds of wild animals, such as otters, beavers, hippos, leopards and lions. However, this also makes birdwatchers cautious. According to local people, when Lake Nakuru was just opened, lions attacked tourists, which led to a decline in the number of tourists in the national park.

Visiting Lake Nakuru National Park, there is another animal that can't be ignored, and that is the wild white rhinoceros. In Kenya, the white rhinoceros is a symbol of good luck. It is a blessing to meet it. It's a pity that rhinos are alert and have a bad temper. If the motorcade of tourists gets too close, they are easily angered. They will rush to the car with the horn as the front. Even the "rough-skinned" off-road vehicle can only escape.

It is precisely because there are many beautiful animals such as flamingos that Kenya has always been a paradise for animal lovers, photographers and "donkey friends", and the local tourism industry has also flourished. Kenya's tourism revenue was 654.38+06.3 billion Kenyan shillings, or about 654.38+03.6 billion US dollars, up 3.8% year-on-year; Tourism accounts for nearly one tenth of GDP.

However, there are not many China tourists visiting Kenya. Take last year's data as an example. In that year, Kenyan tourists received 2.048 million, while China tourists received less than 65.438+million. Because of this, the local people have great expectations for the explosive growth of the number of tourists in China. According to local media reports, the Kenyan President hopes that the number of tourists visiting China every year will reach 0. 1% of China's population, that is, 1.4 million. It may not be extravagant to reach this figure. ?