I kēlā me kēia makahiki, nā Maasai Mara/Serengeti ʻO ka neʻe ʻana o nā wildebeest e hāʻawi ana i kēia hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe kupaianaha. He mea kupaianaha ka nui o nā holoholona: a hiki i ʻelua miliona mau holoholona, me nā gazelles, zebras, a me ka wildebeest, e hele ana ma ke kuhikuhi uaki ma loko o kēia kaiaolaola nui e ʻimi ana i ka wai maʻemaʻe a me ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻO ka Neʻe Nui, ka neʻe mau ʻana o nā holoholona he miliona a ʻoi aku ma ka ʻōnaehana ola o Serengeti-Mara, ʻo ia kekahi o nā ʻike i makemake nui ʻia no nā mea aloha holoholona hihiu a me ke kūlohelohe. I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka wai a me ka ʻai ʻana, hele nā kolana wildebeest e neʻe mau ana, me nā hoa he nui, ma ke ala kahiko. Hele lākou ma waena o ka Nā pāpū ʻo Masai Mara ma Kenya, ma ke kūkulu hema a hiki i Tanzania, ma o ka Serengeti i ka lihi o ka Ka Manawa Ngorongoro, a laila e hana i kahi kaapuni uaki i luna a puni. I ka lawe ʻia ʻana o nā tausani o nā holoholona e nā mea ʻaihue a me nā tausani hou aʻe i hānau ʻia e hoʻopiha hou i ka heluna kanaka a mālama i ka pōʻai o ke ola, aia mau ka hana keaka kiʻekiʻe ma ke ala.
He hana keaka ia ma kahi pae epic maoli: ke kū nei nā ʻohana holoholona e neʻe ana i nā pilikia he nui a me nā pilikia i ko lākou hele ʻana mai kekahi wahi a i kekahi wahi, a ke hoʻouka mau ʻia nei lākou e nā mea ʻaihue, ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā pōpoki nui o ʻApelika a me nā crocodiles nui kaulana e kali ana ma nā wahi keʻa o ka muliwai like ʻole. He nui nā zebra a me nā helu liʻiliʻi o ka gazelle a Grant, ka gazelle a Thomson, ka eland, a me ka impala e hele pū me ka neʻe nui ʻana o ka wildebeest Serengeti. Hahai kēia mau mea i kahi ʻano makahiki i wānana mua ʻia. Neʻe lākou i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa e ʻimi ana i kahi ʻai hou a, i kēia manawa ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻia, ka wai kiʻekiʻe.
Ke neʻe mau nei ka neʻe ʻana i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa, inā paha e hoʻokuʻu ana nā wildebeest i nā keiki bipi a i ʻole e hoʻāʻo nei e hele i nā muliwai me ka pale ʻana i nā mea ʻaihue. E hoʻomau i ka heluhelu e ʻike i kahi e hana pinepine ʻia ai ka Neʻe Nui i nā manawa like ʻole o ka makahiki.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o Ianuali, hoʻopau ka neʻe ʻana i kahi huakaʻi i ka hema, e hele ana ma waena o Wahi mālama mālama ʻo Ngorongoro a ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka SerengetiNui nā pāpū ma kēia wahi i ka mauʻu momona i nā meaʻai, e hāʻawi ana i nā bipi i kahi kūpono no ka hānai ʻana i kā lākou mau keiki bipi.
Me he mea lā he mea kūpono ke kuhikuhi ʻana i ka wā hānau o nā wildebeests ʻo ia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka neʻe ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hoʻomaka a hopena maoli o kēia kaapuni neʻe ʻana ma mua o ka hānau ʻana a me ka make. Neʻe nā pua holoholona i nā pāpū mauʻu pōkole e hoʻopuni ana iā Olduvai Gorge a me nā pali ʻākau haʻahaʻa o ka Ka Manawa Ngorongoro nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe i ka hopena o Ianuali a i ʻole ka hoʻomaka o Pepeluali. I loko o ʻelua a ʻekolu pule, ma kahi o 400,000 mau keiki bipi—ʻaneʻane 8,000 mau keiki bipi hou i kēlā me kēia lā—e hānau ʻia ma ʻaneʻi.
Ma muli o ka nui o nā wildebeest, hiki i nā mea ʻaihue a puni ke hahai holoholona me ka maʻalahi ma muli o ka nui o nā keiki bipi palupalu. ʻO Olakira, Kimondo, a me Ubuntu nā kahua hoʻomoana neʻe o Asilia ma ka hema o Serengeti e hāʻawi ana i ke komo pololei no ka poʻe makemake e ʻike i ka hānau keiki ʻana a me ke keaka o nā pōpoki nui ma ka hahai holoholona.
Ua huki ʻia nā tausani o nā zebra a me nā hui liʻiliʻi o ka antelope i nā ʻohana wildebeest i ko lākou neʻe ʻana i ke komohana ʻākau i ka mauʻu hou o ke kikowaena o Serengeti i ʻApelila ma hope o ka hānau ʻana i kā lākou mau keiki i Pepeluali a me Malaki. I Mei, hoʻomaka nā kolamu o nā wildebeest e hōʻuluʻulu kokoke i ka Moru Kopjes, kokoke Hoomoana honua, kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomoana liʻiliʻi ma ka Serengeti e hāʻawi ana i ka nānā ʻana i ka neʻe ʻana i kēia manawa o ka makahiki. Hoʻolōʻihi ʻia nā kolamu no kekahi mau kilomita. Hoʻokomo nā wildebeest kāne i ke kaua poʻo-a-poʻo i ka wā moe, e hoʻomaka ana ma ka hopena o Mei. Hoʻomau ka wildebeest, zebra, a me ka gazelle i kā lākou huakaʻi mālie ma o "ka rut," e ʻai ana ma ke ala.
Hoʻomaka ka ʻākoakoa ʻana o ka wildebeest ma ke Alanui Komohana o Serengeti i ka wā e holomua mālie ai ka neʻe ʻana. E neʻe ana ke kahua hoʻomoana neʻe ʻo Ubuntu i kēia manawa o ka makahiki i mea e hahai ai i ka neʻe ʻana a hāʻawi i nā malihini i kahi manawa e ʻike ai i ka wildebeest e hele ana ma ke kahawai ʻo Grumeti. Ma nā loko a me nā kahawai o ka muliwai, kahi e pono ai lākou e hele i mea e hoʻomau ai i kā lākou huakaʻi, hōʻuluʻulu nui nā ʻohana holoholona. Nui nō nā wildebeest e hāʻawi i nā crocs Grumeti i kahi ʻahaʻaina maoli, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia he mea kupaianaha e like me nā keʻa ʻana o Mara kaulana. He mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Mei ka mahina ʻaʻole nui o Ubuntu. I kēia manawa o ka makahiki, he kūpono loa nā safaris no ka mea ʻaʻole nui nā malihini kipa i ka Serengeti, akā maikaʻi loa ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā helu he nui o nā wildebeest ma ke Komohana o Serengeti a ma nā kapa hema o ka muliwai ʻo Grumeti i Iune, i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maloʻo. ʻO ke hele ʻana i ka muliwai i piha i nā koloka ka mea mua o nā hālāwai muliwai paʻakikī a kaumaha hoʻi e pono ai kēlā me kēia holoholona neʻe.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā haneli haneli o nā wildebeest a me nā zebra i ka huakaʻi ʻākau ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ka paka i ka wā e lilo ai ʻo Iune i Iulai, e hele ana i ka muliwai ʻo Mara ma ka ʻākau o Serengeti, kahi pale ʻoi aku ka weliweli. ʻO kekahi o nā hanana holoholona hihiu hoihoi loa ma ka Honua, ʻo ia nō kēia mau keʻa ʻana i ka muliwai. ʻOiai ke ʻano o ka manawa e loli ai ma muli o ke aniau, hoʻomaka pinepine lākou i Iulai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau kiʻekiʻe.
I Iulai, loaʻa pinepine nā ʻohana holoholona ma ka ʻākau o Serengeti. ʻO nā holoholona i hele pono ma ke kahawai ʻo Mara e loaʻa pū kekahi ma ka Maasai Mara ma hope o Iulai. Hiki i nā malihini kipa o Rekero Camp ke ʻike i ke keʻa ʻana o ka muliwai mai ka papahele nui o kahi hoʻomoana i ka wā e holo ana i kahi safari Kenyan. ʻIke ʻia i kēia manawa ke keʻa ʻana o ka muliwai i kēlā me kēia lā ma nā muliwai ʻo Mara a me Talek, kahi i pinepine ai ma ke kikowaena o nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha.
I ʻAukake, ua hakakā nā bipi e hele i ke kahawai ʻo Mara a ua hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka ʻākau Maasai Mara, me ka nui o lākou ma ka ʻākau SerengetiʻO ka hopohopo a me ka huikau ma nā wahi e hele ai, me nā mea ʻaihue e kali ana a me nā kahe e piʻi ana, hiki ke hopena i ka nui o ka make i nā makahiki e kahe piha ana ke kahawai. Ma waho aʻe o nā liona a me nā mea ʻaihue nui ʻē aʻe e kiaʻi ana ma nā kapa, mākaukau e hoʻohālua i kekahi wildebeest e hiki ke hele ma kēlā ʻaoʻao, lawe nā crocs i ka uku ʻoiai i nā makahiki o ka wai e kahe mālie ana. ʻAʻohe wale nō ke keʻa; ma kekahi mau wahi, he kakaikahi wale nō ka poʻe, aʻo nā wahi ʻē aʻe, he nui nā holoholona e neʻe mau ana no nā hola.
Ua emi iho ka haunaele nui i Kepakemapa a i ʻole ʻOkakopa, a ua neʻe mālie nā kolamu neʻe ʻana i ka hikina. Akā i ko lākou hoʻomākaukau ʻana e hele hou i ke kahawai ʻo Mara ma ko lākou ala hoʻi i ka hema, pono hou ka wildebeest e kū i kona mau wai kaumaha.
Hele ka wildebeest mai Kenya aku a i nā palena hikina o Serengeti, ma mua o Namiri Plains, kahi ʻāina i kaulana no ka ʻike ʻana i nā cheetah kūikawā, ma hope o nā ua pōkole o ʻApelika Hikina i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa a me ka hoʻomaka o Nowemapa. Ua hoʻopuehu ʻia lākou ma nā ʻāina hikina a me hema i Dekemaba.
Ma ka hema hohonu o Serengeti, ua ulu nui nā mauʻu i ka ua i nā mahina mua o ka makahiki hou. Huki kēia i nā haneli haneli o nā zebra a me nā holoholona ʻē aʻe ma ke kula, a me nā ʻohana wildebeest. Ke hoʻomaka hou nei ke kau hānau keiki, hoʻomau ke kaʻina hana.
Hana ʻia ka neʻe ʻana i ka makahiki a puni, akā hāʻawi nā kau like ʻole i nā mea koʻikoʻi like ʻole. Mai Ianuali a Malaki, hiki i nā malihini ke ʻike i ke kau hānau keiki ma nā pāpū hema o Pāka Aupuni ʻo SerengetiMai Iulai a ʻOkakopa, neʻe nā pua i ka ʻākau kahi e loaʻa ai i ka poʻe huakaʻi ka manawa kūpono loa e ʻike ai i nā wahi kaulana o ka muliwai ʻo Mara.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka neʻe ʻana mai Pāka Aupuni ʻo Serengeti, kekahi o nā wahi holoholona hihiu kaulana loa o ʻApelika TanazaniaMa muli o ka manawa o ka makahiki, neʻe nā pua holoholona ma ka hema, waena, komohana, a me ka ʻākau o Serengeti.
Hoʻolilo ka hapa nui o ka poʻe huakaʻi ma waena o 5 a me 8 mau lā ma kahi safari neʻe. Hāʻawi kēia i ka manawa kūpono e ʻimi ai i nā ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻōnaehana ola o Serengeti a hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia nā kipa ʻana i nā wahi kaulana ʻē aʻe e like me Ka Manawa Ngorongoro or Pāka Aupuni ʻo Tarangire.
ʻO ke keʻa ʻana o ka muliwai kekahi o nā manawa koʻikoʻi loa o ka neʻe ʻana i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ai nā tausani o nā wildebeest e keʻa i ka muliwai ʻo Mara me ke alo ʻana i nā au ikaika a me nā crocodiles. ʻO ka maʻamau, hana ʻia kēia mau keʻa ʻana ma waena o Iulai a me ʻOkakopa ma ka ʻākau. Pāka Aupuni ʻo Serengeti.
ʻAe, ua manaʻo nui ʻia ka Neʻe Nui ʻana ʻo ia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona holoholona hihiu nui loa ma ka Honua. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻohana nui e pālahalaha ana ma nā pāpū a me ka ʻike ʻana i nā pilina me nā mea ʻaihue ma ka nahelehele e lilo ia i hoʻokahi o nā ʻike safari poina ʻole loa ma Tanazania.
Hiki i nā mea huakaʻi ke koho mai nā hale hoʻokipa hanohano, nā kahua hoʻomoana, a me nā kahua hoʻomoana neʻe i loaʻa ma nā wahi koʻikoʻi o ka Pāka Aupuni ʻo SerengetiNeʻe ka nui o nā kahua hoʻoneʻe i kēlā me kēia kau e hahai i nā pua holoholona a hāʻawi i nā manawa kūpono maikaʻi loa e nānā ai i nā holoholona hihiu.