Wild animals you can see on wide grasslands fall into mainly two types, namely herbivores and carnivores, or diurnals and nocturnals. Some are gregarious. Others are solitary. Carnivores include lions, aardwolves, Indian leopards, and black-backed jackal. The Indian leopard can run at speeds of 110 kilometers per hour. It is the fastest beast in the world. Herbivores include antelope or impara. The spots and stripes on their skins can help them hide in leaves and branches.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Reserve is located in the southwest of Kenya, close to the border of Tanzania. It is the largest wild animal reserve in the country with 1,510 square kilometers grasslands. There live 95 kinds of wild beasts and 485 kinds of birds in the reserve. The total number of animals exceeds 3 million. So it is the ideal place for watching wild animals.
Every July and August, thousands of animals migrate from Tanzania to the north for grass and water and come to this plain and Mara River. They will stay till October and November when they return to their original residence. The gram migration attracts many tourists each year to experience the astonishing scene.
Lake Nakuru
Nakuru National Park has an area of 200 square kilometers, where salty blue-green algae and silicon algae grow. These algae are favorite food of red cranes and attack many red cranes to feed there. When red cranes lower their heads to search for food in the lake, the whole lake will be covered by splendid intoxicating red.
Lake Nakuru is inside Nakuru National Park and has an area of about 250 square kilometers. About 2 million red cranes live in the lake. In peak days, this number will increase to 3 million. Lake Nakuru is in the migrating path of red cranes and many other migratory birds. It is the place where algae that red crane like grow. That is why so many red cranes gather here.
Aberdare National Park
Aberdare National Park is located at the edge of The Rift Valley of Africa. Its area is 770 square kilometers. In the park, there are faults, cliffs, deep valleys, high waterfalls, rivers and plains and tourism paths for mountain climbing, hiking, fishing, 4-wheel driven vehicles, and cross-country vans. There are two national hotels in the park. One is the Tree Top, where England Queen Elizabeth II stayed when she tripped to Kenya, during which she succeeded to the crown when her father George VI collapsed. A large balcony is set on the hotel top, where you can enjoy the afternoon tea and see the ecological scene where animals gather in water pools to drink and lick salt. The other is the Ark, where an indoor underground path is built. In the path, you can view the ecological activities on the watch tower nearby. |
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