Ia tau, tata ki te 1.5 miriona ngā mohoao, tata ki te 300,000 ngā tīpara, me ngā rau mano ngā kātere e neke haere ana i roto i tētahi porowhita puhoi, korekore i roto i te pūnaha rauropi o Serengeti me Mara. Kāore rātou i ngaro. Kāore rātou i pōhēhē. Kei te whai rātou i te ua.
Ko te mea e kīia nei e te iwi ko te Hekenga Nui, he kararehe hiakai noa iho e hikoi ana ki te wāhi tarutaru matomato e whai ake nei. Engari ko te rahi o te Hekenga Nui, me ngā awa me ngā kaipahua me whiti e rātou ki reira, koinei te mea e tino mātakitakihia ana te huihuinga kararehe mohoao o te ao.
Kei Arusha mātou e tū ana, ā, e whakahaere ana mātou i ngā safari ki roto i te Serengeti i te nuinga o ngā wiki o te tau. Koinei te aratohu e kōrerotia ana e mātou ki ō mātou kiritaki ina waea mai rātou ki a mātou me te pātai mai, "Āhea tātou me haere mai ai i te tau 2026?" Kāore he kōrero noa iho, kāore he kupu whakaari mō te haerenga o te ao. Ko te wāhi anake e tū ai ngā kahui, āhea, me pēhea te whakarite i tētahi haerenga.
Ehara te hekenga i te mea kotahi. He nekehanga tonu, puta noa i te tau, i hangaia e ngā tauira ua puta noa i te 30,000 kiromita tapawha o Serengeti, te Rohe Tiaki o Ngorongoro, me te Maasai Mara o Kenya.
Ka neke ngā kahui ki te taha matau. I ngā ua poto o Noema, ka noho ki ngā mania tonga i te wā e whānau ana ngā tamariki i Pēpuere, ka rere ki te raki mā uru i te marama o Āperira me Mei, ka whiti i te awa o Grumeti i te marama o Hune, ka tau ki te awa o Mara mai i Hūrae ki Hepetema, kātahi ka hoki ki te tonga i te hokinga mai o ngā ua poto.
E rua ngā mea e whakapoauau ana i ngā manuhiri tuatahi. Tuatahi, kei roto tonu i te Serengeti te hekenga. Kāore he wā kore e ngaro ai te mohoao. Tuarua, he mea whakamiharo engari kāore e taea te matapae ngā whiti awa rongonui. Tērā pea ka huihui tetahi kahui ki te taha o te awa mō ngā rā e rua, ā, kāore rawa e whiti. Tērā pea ka whiti tetahi atu i te 6:47 AM me te kore whakatūpato. Ko te tangata e oati ana ki a koe ka whiti koe, kei te teka, kāore rānei i tae ki reira.
Ko tā mātou he whakanoho i a koe ki te rohe tika i te wā tika, me tētahi kaiārahi e pānui ana i ngā kahui me te awa, ā, ka hoatu hoki ki a koe te whai wāhitanga tatauranga pai rawa atu ki te kite i taua awa.
Koinei te wā e warewarehia ana e te nuinga, ā, ki tā mātou he hapa tēnā.
Mai i te mutunga o Hānuere ki waenganui o Poutū-te-rangi, ka huihui ngā kahui ki ngā mania tarutaru poto huri noa i Ndutu, te roto o Masek, me te tonga o Serengeti. He nui te konupūmā me te whākawa i roto i te tarutaru o konei mai i te pungarehu puia tawhito, koinei tonu te mea e hiahiatia ana e te mohoao hapu. I roto i te matapihi e toru wiki pea, tata ki te 400,000 ki te 500,000 ngā kuao kau ka whānau. I ētahi wā 8,000 i te ata kotahi.
Mō ngā kaipahua, koinei te wā hopu manu māmā rawa atu o te tau. He maha tonu tā mātou kitenga i te tīta e patua ana i mua i te parakuihi, te raiona momona me te mangere, me ngā haiena e whai ana i ngā kahui mai i tētahi wāhi whānau ki tētahi atu. He pai ki ngā kaiwhakaahua tēnei wā nā te mea he pai te mārama, he tuwhera, he māhorahora hoki ngā papamuri, ā, he iti noa te wāhi e arohia ana ngā mahi.
Te wahi e noho ai: Mō te whakamarie tuku iho me te wāhi tino pai, tirohia te Whare Noho Safari o Ndutu, te puni tēneti o Lake Masek mō te āhua tawhiti atu, tētahi atu puni nekeneke ā-wā rānei e whai ana i ngā kahui (ko Olakira me Lemala Ndutu o Asilia e neke tahi ana me te hekenga).
Pai hoki: Ngā kaiwhakaahua, ngā whānau, ngā tāngata e haereere ana i te safari, me te hunga katoa e hiahia ana ki ngā mahi whakamere me te kore e nui te mano o te Awa o Mara.
Ko Āperira me Mei ngā ua roa. He maha ngā puni ka kati. Ka huri ngā rori ki te paru whero hohonu. Ka rere ngā kahui ki te raki mā uru atu i Ndutu mā te awaawa o Seronera ki te Ara Uru.
Ka pono mātou. Kāore mātou e hokohoko ana i ngā haerenga hekenga i te marama o Āperira. Kei reira tonu ngā kararehe mohoao, engari ka taea e ngā awha o te ahiahi te whakakore i te haerenga ki te hopu manu, ā, ka kore e taea te whiti i ētahi awa i ngā rori urunga. Mena kei te aro nui koe ki te tahua me te hiahia ki te petipeti i te rangi, ka whiwhi koe i ngā utu iti rawa o te tau me ngā papa kau rawa atu ka kitea e koe i Serengeti. Mena he iti tō wātaka me ō tumanakohanga pumau, haere mai ki tētahi atu marama.
I te mutunga o Mei, ka maroke ngā mea. Kei te tere haere ngā kahui i roto i te pokapū o Serengeti, ā, ka taea e ngā pou te totoro mō ngā kiromita i te taha o ngā awa o Seronera me Mbalageti.
Ko ngā Grumeti te arai tuatahi e ngaro ana i te hekenga. I waenganui o Hune, ka tae te tītī matua ki te ara uru, ā, me whiti rātou i te awa o Grumeti kia haere tonu ai ki te raki.
He iti ake, he whānui ake hoki ngā whitinga o Grumeti i ngā whitinga o te awa o Mara, engari he nui ake te whakamataku. Kei roto i te Grumeti ētahi o ngā korokotairo nui rawa atu o Āwherika. Ko ētahi o rātou he neke atu i te 80 tau te pakeke, ā, he rite te rahi ki ngā waka iti. Kāore i te kai noa iho rātou i te wā maroke, e tatari ana mō tēnei wā tonu.
Ka puta ngā whiti i konei i ngā wāhi maha i te taha o te awa mō ētahi wiki, ko te tikanga he iti ake te tokomaha o ngā tūruhi. Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi wheako whiti awa me te kore he mano o Mara, he kōwhiringa pai te mutunga o Hune ki waenganui o Hūrae i te Ara Uru e taunakihia ana e ngā kaihaere safari mātau.
Te wahi e noho ai: Ko te puni o Kirawira Serena, Mbalageti Serengeti, ko Singita Grumeti ranei mo te wheako whakaaetanga motuhake.
Koinei te whakaaro o te nuinga o te tangata ina rongo rātou i te Hekenga Nui. He mīti pīhi nui i te taha o te awa. He puehu. Ko te kararehe ārahi e whakaroa ana, kātahi ka ruku. Ko ngā mokowā e oma tere ana. Ko te kahui e haruru ana i tērā taha.
Mai i te mutunga o Hūrae ki waenganui o Oketopa, ka noho ngā kahui ki te Raki o Serengeti, ka whiti haere i te awa o Mara. Ka whiti rātou ki te raki ki Kenya, ka kai i ngā kai, kātahi ka hoki ki te tonga ina huri ngā āhuatanga. Ka whiti pea te kahui kotahi i te awa i ngā wā e toru, e whā rānei i te wā kotahi.
Ko ngā wāhi whakawhiti tino pono kei waenganui i a Kogatende me Lamai, i te taha o Tanzania. Ka whakanohoia ā mātou kiritaki ki ngā puni i tēnei rohe, ā, ka tīmata i te rā i mua i te whitinga o te rā. He maha ngā wā ka puta ngā whakawhiti i waenganui i te 9 i te ata me te 1 i te ahiahi, engari me noho tonu koe ki te tūranga tika.
He tuhipoka whakamahere pono: Ko Ākuhata me Hepetema ngā wā tino pukumahi. Ko ngā utu mō ngā pāka te mea tino teitei, ka tuhia ngā puni pai katoa i mua i te 9 ki te 12 marama, ā, ka taea e ngā whakawhiti waka te kukume i te 30, neke atu rānei. Ki te hiahia koe ki tēnei wheako i te tau 2026, me tuhi koe i mua i te te tīmatanga o te tau 2026 i te wā roa rawaKa panaia e mātou ngā kiritaki e tatari ana kia tae ki Hune i ia tau.
Te wahi e noho ai: Ko te puni Sayari (Asilia), ko Lamai Serengeti (Nomad), ko Serengeti Mara Camp, ko tētahi rānei o ngā puni hekenga ā-wā e neke ana ki te rohe o Kogatende mō ēnei marama.
I waenganui o Oketopa, ka tīmata te ua poto ki te tonga o Serengeti, ā, ka tīmata te hoki roa o ngā kahui. He marama whakawhiti a Oketopa. Kei te raki tonu ētahi kararehe, ko ētahi kua marara puta noa i te pokapū o Serengeti, ā, he nui te mahi a ngā kaipahua nā te mea kua marara, kua ngoikore hoki ngā kahui.
Ko Noema tētahi o ā mātou tino pai i raro i ngā matapihi radar. Ka heke ngā utu mō ngā pāka, ka tuwhera anō ngā puni i ngā utu iti iho, ā, ka ora ake te Serengeti waenga me te rawhiti i te haerenga atu o ngā kahui. Kāore koe e kite i te whitinga o Mara i te marama o Noema, engari ka kite koe i ngā tira raiona e noho ana me te kaha katoa me ngā arewhana i te rohe o Tarangire i roto i te tini whakamiharo.
I waenganui o Hakihea, kua hoki te nuinga o ngā kahui ki ngā mania o te tonga huri noa i Ndutu me ngā mania o Salei. Kei te hapu rātou. Kei te kai rātou. Kei te tatari rātou kia whānau. Ā, ka tīmata anō te huringa.
Anei te āhua o tā mātou hanganga i ngā haerenga hekenga. Koinei ngā tīmatanga. Ko ia safari e whakahaerehia ana e mātou he mea hanga i runga i tētahi kiritaki, i ngā rā, me te tahua motuhake.
He mea pai rawa atu tēnei mō ngā kaihaerere he iti te wā e hiahia ana ki te mātaki i te hekenga me te kore e whakararu i te mātakitaki kēmu i tētahi atu wāhi.
Ko te haerenga e tino taunakihia ana e mātou. He wā nui hei whai i ngā kahui me te kore e tere, me te rā katoa i roto i te Kakara me te wā i roto i te Roto Manyara mō ngā raiona piki rākau me ngā flamingo.
Mō ngā kaihaerere e pai ake ana ki te karo i ngā whakawhiti roa. Ka rere tika atu mātou ki te taunga rererangi o Serengeti, ā, ka uru atu hoki he ekenga poihau whiti i runga i ngā kahui, ko te mea pai ko te wā e tino kitea ana te tirohanga i ngā marama tino nui o te hekenga.
He whare tūmataiti ake me ngā puni tēneti papai, ngā kōwhiringa kai i roto i te rūma i ētahi whare tira, ngā rā i te tirohanga hekenga, me te toronga takutai ki Zanzibar i te mutunga. He maha o ā mātou kiritaki mō te marena hou e whakakotahi ana i te wā whānau me Zanzibar i te marama o Pēpuere.
Ki te pātai mai koe he aha te marama pai rawa atu, anei tā mātou whakautu.
E hiahia ana koe ki ngā whiti awa. Haere mai i te marama o Ākuhata, i te tīmatanga rānei o Hepetema. Puka mai i mua i te tīmatanga o te tau 2026.
E hiahia ana koe ki ngā mahi a ngā kaipahua me te whakaahua. Haere mai i te marama o Pēpuere mō te whānautanga o te kurī Ndutu. He pai ake te mārama, ā, he tata ake te wā e whānau ai.
E hiahia ana koe kia iti ake ngā tūruhi, kia iti ake hoki ngā utu. Haere mai i te marama o Noema. Kei te hoki whaka te tonga ngā kahui, ā, kua tuwhera te pokapū o Serengeti.
E hiahia ana koe ki tētahi haerenga kotahi noa i te ao, ā, ehara te moni i te herenga matua. Haere mai i te mutunga o Ākuhata, i te tīmatanga rānei o Hepetema, rere mai, noho ki tētahi puni taumata teitei i te rohe o Kogatende, me te tāpiri atu i tētahi kaiārahi tūmataiti.
Kotahi wiki noa iho tōu, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki te kite i ngā mea katoa. Kia pono ki a koe anō. He nui āu e kite ai, engari e kore e kitea katoatia. Kōwhiria tētahi wāhanga ka whakapau kaha.
Kāore mātou e whakahua i ngā utu motuhake i roto i tētahi pou rangitaki nā te mea ka rerekē ēnei utu me ngā utu o te pāka, te wahie, me ngā utu o te whare tira. Engari hei tirohanga whānui, i te tau 2026 ka taka ā mātou safari e aro ana ki te hekenga ki roto i ēnei taumata.
Ko ngā utu mō te pāka i te tau 2026 he TZS engari ka utua i roto i te USD i te kūaha, ā, kāore e taea te whiriwhiri. Ko te utu mō te pāka mō te rā kotahi i Serengeti he tata ki te USD $80, neke atu rānei, mō ia pakeke, tāpiri atu ki ngā utu waka me te puni, nō reira, he rau tāra te utu mō ia tangata mō te pāka i roto i te safari e whitu rā, i mua i te utu mō te whare noho, te utu mō te waka rānei.
Ki te mea he iti rawa te utu o tētahi utu, tonoa te kaiwhakahaere kia whakarārangihia ngā utu o te pāka. Koinei te wāhi e tika ana kia tapahia.
Kei Arusha mātou e noho ana, e 90 meneti te taraiwa mai i te taunga rererangi o Kilimanjaro, te tomokanga ki te ara iahiko raki o Tanzania. He Tanzania ō mātou kaiārahi, he tokomaha kua neke atu i te tekau tau e ārahi ana, ā, ka kōrero tika rātou ki ngā kaitiaki o ia pāka kia whiwhi ai i ngā whakahōutanga o te kahui manu i a mātou e haere ana. He mema mātou nō te Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) ā, kua raihanahia e te Poari Tūruhi o Tanzania.
Kāore ā mātou whare noho, arā, kāore he take e tukuna ai koe ki tētahi puni kāore e tau ki tō haerenga. Ka mahi tahi mātou me ngā mea katoa mai i ngā puni tēneti waenga-rahi ki ngā puni tūmataiti papai, ā, ka kī pono atu mātou ki a koe ko tēhea kōwhiringa e tika ana mō ō rā me tō tahua.
Ka iti hoki te rahi o ā mātou rōpū. He tūmataiti te nuinga o ā mātou haerenga safari hekenga. Ko koe anake, ko tō kaiārahi, me tētahi waka 4×4 kua whakaritea ki ngā taputapu motuhake me te tuanui pakū-ake, ngā putanga utu, me tētahi pouaka whakamātao kī tonu i te wai matao. Kāore he pahi iti mō te 14 tāngata.
Ki te mea kei te tīmata koe ki te whakaaro nui mō tētahi haerenga Hekenga Nui i te tau 2026, ko te mahi pai e whai ake nei ko te tuku mai i ō rā tata me te rahi o te rōpū. Ka hoki atu mātou ki a koe me ētahi kōwhiringa pono e rua, e toru rānei, kāore he pēhanga, me te wehewehenga utu mārama tae atu ki ngā utu pāka.