Outside: Skywalk on Mida Creek

We left the ruins of Gedi and trudged along a narrow path for six kilometers in the middle of a green foliage.

One or two squirrels occasionally crossed the path. Then palms began to appear, swaying gently as if we were kneeling.

My comrade stopped suddenly, a sigh escaped his lips. Surprised, I stopped right behind him. The heavy scent of the sea fills the air and I took a deep breath.

Everything was calm as we stood on the spot, in the breathtaking little eco-center that stood in front of us – Mida in Watamu, Kilifi County

Like a painting of a pearly paintbrush in the pure lavender canvas, the clouds trailed on Mida.

We went to the information booth where visitors were buying tickets. The ticket seller smiles widely and rapples his choreographed script on the importance of schools and Arabuko-Sokoke ecotourism program.

He concludes by asking us to take advantage of our experience in the mangrove and the "internationally recognized" bird sanctuary. The mangrove area and birds form the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

We have several options for activities to do – canoeing through Mida Creek in a dug out canoe, strolling along the mangrove forest in Dongo Kundu. But we chose to take a walk on Mida Creek at an affordable price of Sh300

As we walk on the white stand, we stop occasionally to take photos before approaching the creek – a wide pond with lush green mangroves of every side. The 260-meter bridge provides a memorable catwalk on bird nests.

The deforestation of mangroves threatens the entire ecosystem of streams according to Casper van de Geer, conservation and scientific advisor at the conservation of local oceans

they are further reduced in an unsustainable manner. The inhabitants slaughter the mangroves for construction or for use as fuel. It takes decades for the tree to grow back. Fishermen digging baits from the roots of mangroves also pose a huge problem. The trees end up withering burrowers. During periods of drought, pastoralists cut mangrove leaves to feed their animals. The harvest of the leaves weakens and dries the mangroves. "

Casper van de Geer adds that development in areas near or even in the interior of mangrove forests for short gains poses a threat to the mangrove ecosystem.

at dusk , the sounds of animals fade away as an orange hue falls on the ocean.

The great flamingos are like jewelry on Mida.

But the Great Flamingo is clbadified as Near Threatened

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the main threats flamingos are bacteria, toxins, pollution of the ocean and the encroachment of their habitat.

The main diet consists of crustaceans, molluscs, annelid worms, aquatic insect larvae, small fish, adult terrestrial insects, seeds or stolons of swamp grbades, algae, diatoms and decaying leaves.

The habitat of the Flamingo is mainly composed of mangroves, tidal flats and sandy islands in the intertidal zone