Ma kahi o 1.35 miliona wildebeest, 250,000 zebra, a me kekahi mau haneli tausani gazelle like ʻole e neʻe ana i ka ʻaoʻao o ka uaki a puni ka ʻōnaehana ola o Serengeti a me Mara i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻAi lākou ma kahi o 4,800 tons o ka mauʻu i ka lā. Ua make lākou i ka wai ma nā tausani ma ka muliwai ʻo Mara, nalowale he 70,000 mau keiki bipi i ka makahiki i nā mea ʻaihue, a hoʻonui i ka ʻohana i ka manawa like. He mea lawelawe mākou ma Arusha no Tanzania, a ʻo ka nīnau maʻamau a mākou e loaʻa ai ʻo ia ka mea i pane maikaʻi ʻole ʻia ma ka pūnaewele: i ka manawa hea ʻoe e hele mai ai e ʻike i ka Great Wildebeest Migration i ka makahiki 2026.
ʻO ka pane pololei e pili ana i ka ʻāpana o ke kaʻapuni āu e makemake ai e ʻike. ʻO ka hānau keiki ʻana i Pepeluali he huakaʻi ʻokoʻa ia mai ke keʻa ʻana i ka muliwai i ʻAukake. He mea kupaianaha nā mea ʻelua; ʻaʻole hoʻi "ka neʻe ʻana" ma kahi kaʻawale. Aia ma lalo ka mea a mākou e haʻi aku ai i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma mua o kā lākou hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
ʻO ka Neʻe Nui he neʻe mau hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole he hanana. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he pōʻai ākea ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka uaki Serengeti kaiaolaola a i loko o ka Maasai Mara, i hoʻokele ʻia e ka ua a me ka mauʻu hou. Aia mau nā puaʻa i kahi; ʻo ka nīnau ma hea, a he aha ka mea e hana nei i ko lākou wā ma laila.
ʻEhā mau pae like ʻole o ke kaʻapuni e hoʻopaʻa ai nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ka hānau keiki ʻana (hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o Malaki, hema o Serengeti). Ka neʻe mālie ʻana i ka ʻākau (ʻApelila a hiki i Iune, waena a me ke komohana o Serengeti). Nā keʻa ʻana o Mara (hopena o Iulai a hiki i Kepakemapa, ʻākau o Serengeti a me Kenya). Ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hema (ʻOkakopa a hiki i Dekemaba, hikina o Serengeti a me Loliondo). ʻAʻohe mahina maikaʻi loa hoʻokahi. Aia kahi mahina maikaʻi loa no ka mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike.
Ua like ke ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me nā loli ʻelua a ʻekolu pule i hoʻokele ʻia e ka ua. Eia ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai i ka makahiki 2026, ma muli o nā kūlana o kēia manawa a me 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻikepili ʻano.
Mai ka hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka waena o Malaki, noho nā bipi ma nā pāpū mauʻu pōkole a puni ʻo Ndutu, Lake Masek, ka lihi o ka Maswa Game Reserve, a me ke alaloa hema o Serengeti. Ma kahi o 8,000 mau keiki bipi i hānau ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā no ʻelua a ʻekolu mau pule i ka wā kiʻekiʻe (waena o Pepeluali). Hoʻopuka ka lepo lehu pele mai nā uka o Ngorongoro i ka mauʻu momona i ka calcium a me ka phosphorus e mālama ana i nā bipi hānau keiki.
ʻO nā mea āu e ʻike ai i ke kau hānau keiki. ʻO nā keiki bipi hānau hou e hele ana i loko o ʻehiku mau minuke o ka hānau ʻana. Nā hui hahai holoholona Cheetah ma nā pāpū ākea (ʻo kēia ka nānā ʻana i ka cheetah maʻalahi loa ma ʻApelika Hikina). Haʻaheo ka liona me nā ʻōpū piha. Nā ʻohana Hyena e kiaʻi ana i ka wanaʻao. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ka lehulehu i ka ʻike ʻana ma mua o nā mahina kiʻekiʻe o Mara e hele ana.
Kahi e noho ai. Nā kahua hoʻomoana kelepona e hahai ana i ka neʻe ʻana: Olakira (Asilia), Lemala Ndutu, Kimondo, Ubuntu Migration. Nā kahua hoʻomoana paʻa ma Ndutu Safari Lodge a i ʻole Lake Masek Tented Camp. ʻO kā mākou 7 lā o ka huakaʻi safari wildebeest Tanzania a 8 lā ka neʻe ʻana o ka wildebeest ua kūkulu ʻia nā ala a puni kēia puka makani.
ʻAe ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka hānau keiki ʻana kā mākou puka makani neʻe punahele no nā malihini kipa mua, a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻopaʻa iā ia no ka mea ke kālele nei ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma nā keʻa muliwai. ʻO ia kou manawa kūpono.
I ka waena o Malaki, ua neʻe nā keiki bipi a hoʻomaka nā ʻohana bipi e neʻe i ka ʻākau a me ke komohana i Moru Kopjes a me Serengeti waena. Hiki mai nā ua lōʻihi i ka hopena o Malaki, piʻi i ʻApelila, hoʻomaha i Mei. Pani ʻia nā kahua hoʻomoana he nui. Lilo nā alanui ma ka hema o Serengeti i mea paʻakikī.
ʻO ka mea a mākou e haʻi aku nei i nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻAʻole mākou e holo i nā safari neʻe i ʻApelila no nā malihini kipa mua. Aia nō nā holoholona hihiu ma laila akā ʻaʻole ʻike maikaʻi ʻia, he lepo maoli, a ua pani ʻia nā kahua hoʻomoana he nui. Hiki ke hana ʻia ʻo Mei ma ka poʻohiwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka hopena o Mei i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai nā pua holoholona o ke alaloa komohana kokoke i ka Grumeti.
I ka hopena o Mei, e hohola ana nā kolamu o nā wildebeest no nā kilomita ma ke kikowaena o Serengeti a i loko o ke alaloa komohana. Hoʻomaka ke kau male. Hakakā nā bipi kāne no ka ʻāina a hāpai ma kahi o 300,000 mau bipi wahine ma lalo o hoʻokahi mahina. Hoomoana honua ma Moru Kopjes kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomoana liʻiliʻi i hoʻonoho ʻia e ʻike i kēia.
ʻO Iune ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maloʻo a hōʻuluʻulu nā holoholona ma nā kapa hema o ka muliwai ʻo Grumeti. Hoʻomaka nā keʻa ʻana o Grumeti i waena o Iune a holo a hiki i waena o Iulai. He liʻiliʻi lākou ma mua o nā keʻa ʻana o Mara, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā crocodiles ma Grumeti (ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o ʻehā mika) a he like ka hana.
ʻO Iulai ka mahina hoʻololi. Holo nā pua holoholona i ka ʻākau i ka muliwai ʻo Mara. Hoʻomaka ka hele mua ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao Tanzania i waena a hiki i ka hopena o Iulai, ma muli o ka ua ma ka ʻāina hopu ʻo Mara.
He mea kūpono ke ʻike i ke kūkaʻi ʻana. Ua nānā ʻole ʻia ʻo Grumeti. He hapa iki ka lehulehu o nā mahina e hele ai ma ke kahawai ʻo Mara, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o nā kumukūʻai noho ma 20 a 30%, a hiki ke like ka nui o nā ʻike ʻana. Hoʻouna mākou i kahi hapa koʻikoʻi o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma aneʻi ke piha nā lā kiʻekiʻe o Mara.
ʻO kēia ka puka makani i ʻike ʻia e nā mea a pau ma ke kīwī. I ka hopena o Iulai a hiki i Kepakemapa, lele nā holoholona ma ke kahawai ʻo Mara ma waena o Serengeti ʻākau a me Maasai Mara ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Kenya. Hana ʻia nā keʻa ʻana ma nā ʻano wikiwiki. ʻAʻohe papa manawa.
He aha ka mea e hana maoli ana ma kahi keʻa. Hōʻuluʻulu nā pua ma ke kapa no nā hola, i kekahi manawa he lā piha. Hoʻomakaʻu kekahi mea iā lākou a neʻe paha ka bipi wahine mua, a holo wikiwiki kekahi mau tausani i loko o ka wai. Hahai nā moʻo. Hoʻopau ke au i nā holoholona nāwaliwali. Hiki i ke koena. ʻO ka hanana holoʻokoʻa he 20 mau minuke a i hoʻokahi hola a ʻaʻole paha e hana hou no ʻelua lā. A laila neʻe hou ka pua i ka ʻākau a hoʻomaka hou ke kaʻapuni.
Kahi e noho ai no ke keʻa ʻana. Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Sayari (Asilia) ma Kogatende. Lemala Mara. Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Serengeti Mara (Nomad). Kahua Hoʻomoana o ka Muliwai ʻo Singita Mara. Ma ka ʻaoʻao Kenya, aia ʻo Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Rekero ma luna pono o kahi wahi keʻa. ʻO kā mākou 9 lā o ka huakaʻi safari wildebeest Tanzania a 10 mau lā wildebeest safari i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēia puka makani.
ʻAe pololei ʻia. ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia nā keʻa ma kekahi lā. Hoʻākoakoa nā kaʻa ma nā wahi keʻa i ʻike ʻia (maʻamau he 30 a 60 mau kaʻa no kēlā me kēia keʻa i ke kau kiʻekiʻe). ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao Tanzania ma mua o ka ʻaoʻao Kenya. Hiki i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua ke hāʻawi; ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi.
I ʻOkakopa, ua emi iho ka haunaele nui. Holo hou nā pua i ka hema a me ka hikina ma o Loliondo, Lobo, a me ka hikina o Serengeti, me nā pāpū ʻo Namiri (ʻāina cheetah maikaʻi loa). Hiki i nā ua pōkole i Nowemapa ke hoʻopilikia i ka neʻe ʻana, akā hoʻomāʻemaʻe pū lākou i nā pāpū hema a huki i nā pua i hope i Ndutu.
No ke aha i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ai kēia puka makani. Hiki i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa a me ka hoʻomaka o Nowemapa ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā keʻa kūpono ma ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka muliwai ʻo Mara ma ka hema, a me ka nānā mālie ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu ma Serengeti, a me ke kumukūʻai kau poʻohiwi.
I Dekemaba, ua hoʻopuehu ʻia nā holoholona ma ka hema o Serengeti a me Ndutu, e hōʻuluʻulu hou ana no ke kau hānau keiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO Dekemaba nō hoʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maloʻo pōkole ma waena o nā wā ua ʻelua. Maikaʻi loa ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu, he haʻahaʻa ka lehulehu (koe wale nō ka Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou), a ʻo ke kumukūʻai ma ka hapa nui he poʻohiwi.
ʻO ka puka makani ʻākau e pili ana i ka mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike.
Inā makemake ʻoe i nā huakaʻi hele wāwae, mai Iulai a ʻOkakopa. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hana hānau keiki a me nā mea ʻaihue, mai ka hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o Malaki. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka nānā mālie ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu me ka neʻe ʻana ma ke kua, mai Mei, Iune, ʻOkakopa, a me Nowemapa. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka Big Five i hōʻoia ʻia me ka neʻe ʻole ʻana o ka lehulehu, mai Nowemapa a me ka hoʻomaka o Dekemaba.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele ma ka safari ma mua, ʻo kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pololei ʻo ia ka wā hānau keiki. ʻIke ʻoe i nā holoholona hihiu he nui aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana a nā mea ʻaihue, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kukui no ke kiʻi ʻana, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi he 20 a 30% ka emi ma mua o ka piko o ʻAukake a i ʻole Kepakemapa.
Inā ua hele ʻoe ma ka safari ma mua a ʻo nā ala kea ka huakaʻi āu i makemake mau ai, ʻo ʻAukake a i ʻole Kepakemapa. E hoʻopaʻa i kahi ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻeiwa mahina ma mua. Piha koke nā kahua hoʻomoana maikaʻi.
ʻO ka Neʻe Nui he neʻe mau hoʻokahi, ʻaʻole he hanana. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he pōʻai ākea ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka uaki Serengeti kaiaolaola a i loko o ka Maasai Mara, i hoʻokele ʻia e ka ua a me ka mauʻu hou. Aia mau nā puaʻa i kahi; ʻo ka nīnau ma hea, a he aha ka mea e hana nei i ko lākou wā ma laila.
ʻEhā mau pae like ʻole o ke kaʻapuni e hoʻopaʻa ai nā mākaʻikaʻi. Ka hānau keiki ʻana (hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o Malaki, hema o Serengeti). Ka neʻe mālie ʻana i ka ʻākau (ʻApelila a hiki i Iune, waena a me ke komohana o Serengeti). Nā keʻa ʻana o Mara (hopena o Iulai a hiki i Kepakemapa, ʻākau o Serengeti a me Kenya). Ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hema (ʻOkakopa a hiki i Dekemaba, hikina o Serengeti a me Loliondo). ʻAʻohe mahina maikaʻi loa hoʻokahi. Aia kahi mahina maikaʻi loa no ka mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike.
Ua like ke ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me nā loli ʻelua a ʻekolu pule i hoʻokele ʻia e ka ua. Eia ka mea a mākou e manaʻo ai i ka makahiki 2026, ma muli o nā kūlana o kēia manawa a me 30 mau makahiki o ka ʻikepili ʻano.
Mai ka hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka waena o Malaki, noho nā bipi ma nā pāpū mauʻu pōkole a puni ʻo Ndutu, Lake Masek, ka lihi o ka Maswa Game Reserve, a me ke alaloa hema o Serengeti. Ma kahi o 8,000 mau keiki bipi i hānau ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā no ʻelua a ʻekolu mau pule i ka wā kiʻekiʻe (waena o Pepeluali). Hoʻopuka ka lepo lehu pele mai nā uka o Ngorongoro i ka mauʻu momona i ka calcium a me ka phosphorus e mālama ana i nā bipi hānau keiki.
ʻO nā mea āu e ʻike ai i ke kau hānau keiki. ʻO nā keiki bipi hānau hou e hele ana i loko o ʻehiku mau minuke o ka hānau ʻana. Nā hui hahai holoholona Cheetah ma nā pāpū ākea (ʻo kēia ka nānā ʻana i ka cheetah maʻalahi loa ma ʻApelika Hikina). Haʻaheo ka liona me nā ʻōpū piha. Nā ʻohana Hyena e kiaʻi ana i ka wanaʻao. ʻOi aku ka māmā o ka lehulehu i ka ʻike ʻana ma mua o nā mahina kiʻekiʻe o Mara e hele ana.
Kahi e noho ai. Nā kahua hoʻomoana kelepona e hahai ana i ka neʻe ʻana: Olakira (Asilia), Lemala Ndutu, Kimondo, Ubuntu Migration. Nā kahua hoʻomoana paʻa ma Ndutu Safari Lodge a i ʻole Lake Masek Tented Camp. ʻO kā mākou 7 lā o ka huakaʻi safari wildebeest Tanzania a 8 lā ka neʻe ʻana o ka wildebeest ua kūkulu ʻia nā ala a puni kēia puka makani.
ʻAe ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ka hānau keiki ʻana kā mākou puka makani neʻe punahele no nā malihini kipa mua, a ʻaneʻane ʻaʻohe mea e hoʻopaʻa iā ia no ka mea ke kālele nei ke kūʻai aku ʻana ma nā keʻa muliwai. ʻO ia kou manawa kūpono.
I ka waena o Malaki, ua neʻe nā keiki bipi a hoʻomaka nā ʻohana bipi e neʻe i ka ʻākau a me ke komohana i Moru Kopjes a me Serengeti waena. Hiki mai nā ua lōʻihi i ka hopena o Malaki, piʻi i ʻApelila, hoʻomaha i Mei. Pani ʻia nā kahua hoʻomoana he nui. Lilo nā alanui ma ka hema o Serengeti i mea paʻakikī.
ʻO ka mea a mākou e haʻi aku nei i nā mea kūʻai aku. ʻAʻole mākou e holo i nā safari neʻe i ʻApelila no nā malihini kipa mua. Aia nō nā holoholona hihiu ma laila akā ʻaʻole ʻike maikaʻi ʻia, he lepo maoli, a ua pani ʻia nā kahua hoʻomoana he nui. Hiki ke hana ʻia ʻo Mei ma ka poʻohiwi, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka hopena o Mei i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai nā pua holoholona o ke alaloa komohana kokoke i ka Grumeti.
I ka hopena o Mei, e hohola ana nā kolamu o nā wildebeest no nā kilomita ma ke kikowaena o Serengeti a i loko o ke alaloa komohana. Hoʻomaka ke kau male. Hakakā nā bipi kāne no ka ʻāina a hāpai ma kahi o 300,000 mau bipi wahine ma lalo o hoʻokahi mahina. Hoomoana honua ma Moru Kopjes kekahi o nā kahua hoʻomoana liʻiliʻi i hoʻonoho ʻia e ʻike i kēia.
ʻO Iune ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maloʻo a hōʻuluʻulu nā holoholona ma nā kapa hema o ka muliwai ʻo Grumeti. Hoʻomaka nā keʻa ʻana o Grumeti i waena o Iune a holo a hiki i waena o Iulai. He liʻiliʻi lākou ma mua o nā keʻa ʻana o Mara, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā crocodiles ma Grumeti (ʻoi aku kekahi ma mua o ʻehā mika) a he like ka hana.
ʻO Iulai ka mahina hoʻololi. Holo nā pua holoholona i ka ʻākau i ka muliwai ʻo Mara. Hoʻomaka ka hele mua ʻana ma ka ʻaoʻao Tanzania i waena a hiki i ka hopena o Iulai, ma muli o ka ua ma ka ʻāina hopu ʻo Mara.
He mea kūpono ke ʻike i ke kūkaʻi ʻana. Ua nānā ʻole ʻia ʻo Grumeti. He hapa iki ka lehulehu o nā mahina e hele ai ma ke kahawai ʻo Mara, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o nā kumukūʻai noho ma 20 a 30%, a hiki ke like ka nui o nā ʻike ʻana. Hoʻouna mākou i kahi hapa koʻikoʻi o kā mākou mea kūʻai aku ma aneʻi ke piha nā lā kiʻekiʻe o Mara.
ʻO kēia ka puka makani i ʻike ʻia e nā mea a pau ma ke kīwī. I ka hopena o Iulai a hiki i Kepakemapa, lele nā holoholona ma ke kahawai ʻo Mara ma waena o Serengeti ʻākau a me Maasai Mara ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻo Kenya. Hana ʻia nā keʻa ʻana ma nā ʻano wikiwiki. ʻAʻohe papa manawa.
He aha ka mea e hana maoli ana ma kahi keʻa. Hōʻuluʻulu nā pua ma ke kapa no nā hola, i kekahi manawa he lā piha. Hoʻomakaʻu kekahi mea iā lākou a neʻe paha ka bipi wahine mua, a holo wikiwiki kekahi mau tausani i loko o ka wai. Hahai nā moʻo. Hoʻopau ke au i nā holoholona nāwaliwali. Hiki i ke koena. ʻO ka hanana holoʻokoʻa he 20 mau minuke a i hoʻokahi hola a ʻaʻole paha e hana hou no ʻelua lā. A laila neʻe hou ka pua i ka ʻākau a hoʻomaka hou ke kaʻapuni.
Kahi e noho ai no ke keʻa ʻana. Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Sayari (Asilia) ma Kogatende. Lemala Mara. Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Serengeti Mara (Nomad). Kahua Hoʻomoana o ka Muliwai ʻo Singita Mara. Ma ka ʻaoʻao Kenya, aia ʻo Kahua Hoʻomoana ʻo Rekero ma luna pono o kahi wahi keʻa. ʻO kā mākou 9 lā o ka huakaʻi safari wildebeest Tanzania a 10 mau lā wildebeest safari i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēia puka makani.
ʻAe pololei ʻia. ʻAʻole i hōʻoia ʻia nā keʻa ma kekahi lā. Hoʻākoakoa nā kaʻa ma nā wahi keʻa i ʻike ʻia (maʻamau he 30 a 60 mau kaʻa no kēlā me kēia keʻa i ke kau kiʻekiʻe). ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao Tanzania ma mua o ka ʻaoʻao Kenya. Hiki i nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua ke hāʻawi; ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi.
I ʻOkakopa, ua emi iho ka haunaele nui. Holo hou nā pua i ka hema a me ka hikina ma o Loliondo, Lobo, a me ka hikina o Serengeti, me nā pāpū ʻo Namiri (ʻāina cheetah maikaʻi loa). Hiki i nā ua pōkole i Nowemapa ke hoʻopilikia i ka neʻe ʻana, akā hoʻomāʻemaʻe pū lākou i nā pāpū hema a huki i nā pua i hope i Ndutu.
No ke aha i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ai kēia puka makani. Hiki i ka hopena o ʻOkakopa a me ka hoʻomaka o Nowemapa ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā keʻa kūpono ma ka hoʻi ʻana mai o ka muliwai ʻo Mara ma ka hema, a me ka nānā mālie ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu ma Serengeti, a me ke kumukūʻai kau poʻohiwi.
I Dekemaba, ua hoʻopuehu ʻia nā holoholona ma ka hema o Serengeti a me Ndutu, e hōʻuluʻulu hou ana no ke kau hānau keiki e hiki mai ana. ʻO Dekemaba nō hoʻi ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maloʻo pōkole ma waena o nā wā ua ʻelua. Maikaʻi loa ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu, he haʻahaʻa ka lehulehu (koe wale nō ka Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou), a ʻo ke kumukūʻai ma ka hapa nui he poʻohiwi.
ʻO ka puka makani ʻākau e pili ana i ka mea āu e makemake ai e ʻike.
Inā makemake ʻoe i nā huakaʻi hele wāwae, mai Iulai a ʻOkakopa. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka hana hānau keiki a me nā mea ʻaihue, mai ka hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka hoʻomaka o Malaki. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka nānā mālie ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu me ka neʻe ʻana ma ke kua, mai Mei, Iune, ʻOkakopa, a me Nowemapa. Inā makemake ʻoe i ka Big Five i hōʻoia ʻia me ka neʻe ʻole ʻana o ka lehulehu, mai Nowemapa a me ka hoʻomaka o Dekemaba.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele ma ka safari ma mua, ʻo kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo pololei ʻo ia ka wā hānau keiki. ʻIke ʻoe i nā holoholona hihiu he nui aʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana a nā mea ʻaihue, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kukui no ke kiʻi ʻana, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka huakaʻi he 20 a 30% ka emi ma mua o ka piko o ʻAukake a i ʻole Kepakemapa.
Inā ua hele ʻoe ma ka safari ma mua a ʻo nā ala kea ka huakaʻi āu i makemake mau ai, ʻo ʻAukake a i ʻole Kepakemapa. E hoʻopaʻa i kahi ma ka liʻiliʻi he ʻeiwa mahina ma mua. Piha koke nā kahua hoʻomoana maikaʻi.
He lālā mākou no ka mea lawelawe TATO (Tanzania Association of Tour Operators), i laikini ʻia e ka Tanzania Tourist Board a ua ʻae ʻia e TANAPA. Aia ko mākou keʻena ma Fire Road ma Arusha, me nā loiloi ʻelima hōkū i hōʻoia ʻia he 200+ ma Tripadvisor a me nā papa inoa ma Trustpilot, Safaribookings, a me Petit Futé.
ʻO kā mākou mea hoʻokumu, Charles Moses, ua hana ma ka mākaʻikaʻi Tanzania no nā makahiki he 15 a ʻoi. ʻO kā mākou alakaʻi alakaʻi kaapuni ʻākau, ʻo Abuu, ua alakaʻi i ka Serengeti no nā makahiki he ʻumi a ʻoi a ʻike ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka neʻe ʻana i kēlā me kēia mahina. ʻŌlelo kā mākou hui i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, Palani, Paniolo, Italia, a me Kelemania.
He ʻokoʻa nā safari neʻe ʻana ma kekahi ʻano kikoʻī. Neʻe nā pua. ʻO kahi hoʻopaʻa hoʻomoana i hana ʻia i ʻeiwa mahina i hala aku nei, aia paha ma kahi kūpono ʻole i ka manawa āu e hōʻea ai inā hoʻoneʻe ka ua i ka pua. Nānā mākou i nā kūlana o nā pua i kēlā me kēia pule a hoʻololi i nā huakaʻi i ka wā e pono ai. Hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoneʻe iā ʻoe ma waena o nā kahua hoʻomoana ma loko o Serengeti a hiki i ʻelua pule ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana inā ua hahai ka neʻe ʻana i ka ʻākau a i ʻole ka hema ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia. ʻAʻole hana ka hapa nui o nā mea lawelawe i kēia; hana mākou.
ʻO kā mākou ʻauwaʻa he Toyota Land Cruiser 4x4s me ka hale pop up, ka puka alakaʻi, nā lālani noho ʻekolu me hoʻokahi puka makani no kēlā me kēia malihini, nā puka hoʻouka, ka pahu hau inu, a me ka snorkel ea. ʻAʻole mākou e hoʻohana i nā kaʻa i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelima mau makahiki.
ʻO nā mea a mākou e uhi ai ma waho aʻe o nā safari neʻe: nā safaris kaapuni ʻākau o Tanzania, Nā safari male ma Tanzania, Piʻi ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro ma o mākou hana hele wāwae, a me nā hoʻonui kahakai ʻo Zanzibar.
Hōʻike aku kahi mea lawelawe kūloko maoli iā ʻoe i ka wā e alualu ʻole ai i ka neʻe ʻana.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe ma lalo o ʻehiku mau lā ma ka honua. ʻO ka nui o ka Serengeti ka nui o ʻIlelani ʻĀkau a aia ka neʻe ʻana ma nā wahi like ʻole ma muli o ka mahina. ʻAʻole hiki i kahi huakaʻi pōkole ke uhi i ka ʻāina lawa e loaʻa pono ai nā pua.
Inā ʻoe e huakaʻi ana i ʻApelila. Pani ka hapa nui o nā kahua hoʻomoana ma ka hema a me ke kikowaena o Serengeti. Lilo nā alanui i lepo.
Inā makemake ʻoe i kahi hele ʻana o ka muliwai i hōʻoia ʻia ma kahi lā kikoʻī. ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻohiki i kēia a ʻaʻole hoʻi kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. ʻEhā mau pō ma ka ʻākau o Serengeti i ka wā kiʻekiʻe o ke kau hele ʻana he 70 a 80% ka manawa e ʻike ai i hoʻokahi keʻa ʻana. ʻElua mau pō e hāʻule ana ma kahi o 40%.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hele ma kahi safari a ʻo kāu pahuhopu wale nō ka neʻe ʻana. Paipai maoli mākou i kahi safari mua kaulike: ʻo Tarangire lāua ʻo Ngorongoro me ʻekolu a ʻehā mau pō ma Serengeti. E ʻike ʻoe i ka neʻe ʻana ma ke ala a loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi huakaʻi momona ma mua o ka hahai ʻana i nā bipi ma kēlā me kēia kahua hoʻomoana.
Inā he huakaʻi neʻe ʻana kāu i ka makahiki 2026, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kalena ma ʻaneʻi ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ka hoʻolālā safari. ʻAʻole kali nā pua holoholona, a piha nā kahua hoʻomoana neʻe maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau maoli.
Hiki iā ʻoe e noi i kahi ʻōlelo kūʻai safari migration maʻamau a e pane mākou i loko o 24 mau hola, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, me kahi papa hana i kau ʻia a puni kahi e noho ai nā holoholona i kāu mau lā, ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hoʻomoana i kēia manawa, a me ka wehewehe ʻana i nā kumukūʻai pololei. Aia mākou ma Arusha, ma ka manawa Tanzania (GMT+3).
ʻO nā mea āu e hoʻoholo ai, e hoʻomaopopo i ka nīnau manawa ma mua o ka nīnau hale hoʻokipa. ʻO ka neʻe ʻana ka huakaʻi; ʻo ka hale hoʻokipa kahi āu e hiamoe ai i ka hopena o kēlā me kēia lā.
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.