For this virtual field trip, I decided to visit Flamingo, Kenya, Lake Bogoria. This is a lake filled with hundreds of flamingos. Tourists are able to fly helicopters over the lake to see everything as well as drive by. The lake is considered a national park, so it is highly protected and the rules on looking through are strict. The flamingos also spook very easily so tourists have to be careful about how close they can even get as one sudden movement can cause the flamingos to flee.

The weather in Kenya can be inconsistent so birds are constantly looking for a consistent water source. At Lake Nakuru the body of water is not so easily affected by the weather, which is why the birds choose to reside there. Recently in 2013, heavy rainfall did hit the region near Lake Nakuru, which affected the water levels causing many flamingos to flee to Lake Bogoria where two million flamingos currently reside in due to Lake Nakuru’s higher water level.

This virtual tour was nothing like how I could have imagined. I never knew that such a lake could exist. I knew that in drier areas, animals did flock towards lakes, but I never expected for a lake to be completely filled with just flamingos. This was a very unique and unexpected tour that exposed me to new information I never would have been exposed to had I not taken the virtual tour for this blog post. Overall, I definitely enjoyed the tour and highly recommend other educators to encourage their students to take one so that they can be exposed to other environments.