Tata ki te 8,000 ngā kuao mohoao e taka ana ki ngā mania tarutaru poto o te tonga o Serengeti i ia rā i te tihi o te wā whānautanga o Tanzania. Kāore i te katoa puta noa i te wā. I ia rā. Mō ngā wiki maha e rere ana, ka kī tonu ngā mania i waenganui i a Ndutu me ngā maunga o Ngorongoro i ngā pēpi hou e tū ana i roto i ngā meneti, ā, e oma ana i roto i ngā haora. Ka mahi ngā raiona, ngā tīta, me ngā haiena i te whenua kotahi. He tata kore e taea te hopu i ngā tau tae noa ki te tū koe i waenganui.
Kua roa mātou e kawe ana i ngā kiritaki ki ngā wāhi whānautanga, ā, koinei tonu tētahi o ngā wheako e whakaputa ana i te nuinga o ngā karere i muri i te taenga o te tangata ki te kāinga. Ehara i te mea ko ngā whitinga o te awa o Mara, e whiwhi ana i te nuinga o ngā pāpāho. Ko te whānautanga. He mea anō kei te kite i te whānautanga me te kaipahua e takaro tahi ana, i te tauine nui, i te tirohanga kotahi, e mau tonu ana ki te tangata i tētahi ara kāore e taea e te whitinga awa i ētahi wā.
Kei roto i tēnei aratohu te wā, ngā wāhi, ngā tauwhitinga pono, ngā whakaritenga, me ngā pātai e pātaihia pinepinetia ana e te hunga e whakaaro ana ki te haere ki Tanzania mai i Hānuere ki Poutū-te-rangi.
Ko te wā whānautanga o te mokai tītī ko te matapihi ā-tau, tata ki te mutunga o Hānuere ki waenganui o Poutū-te-rangi, te wā e whānau ai te nuinga o te 1.35 miriona mokai tītī pāhau mā o te uru i roto i te pūnaha rauropi o Serengeti. Ehara i te mea he tūpono te wā me te wāhi.
Kei raro tonu i te hau o te rangi ngā mania tarutaru poto o te rohe o Ndutu i te tonga o Serengeti Ngateroro Crater ngā maunga. Mō ngā mano tau, kua pupuhi te pungarehu puia mai i ngā maunga, ā, kua tau ki roto i ēnei oneone, ka whakakīkī i te konupūmā, te konutai, te pāhare pākawa, me te whākōkī. He papaku ngā pakiaka o ngā tarutaru e tupu ana i konei, ā, he tino kai totika. Kua whanake haere ngā mokomoko hapu, mō ngā mano tau, kia tae mai ki konei i te mea ka eke te tarutaru ki tōna taumata kai totika i ngā ua poto o Noema me Tīhema.
Ko te mutunga mai he taiao whānau tata tino pai. He momona te tarutaru hei oranga mō ngā whaea e whāngai ana. Nā te whenua tuwhera, papatahi hoki, ka tere ake te nekeneke o ngā kuao kau, ā, ka taea e te kahui te kite i ngā kaipahua e whakatata mai ana i tawhiti. He tino ōrite hoki te whānautanga. Ko te nuinga o ngā whānautanga ka puta i roto i te matapihi poto o te rua ki te toru wiki i waenganui o Pēpuere. E ai ki ngā whakatau tata, tata ki te 80 ōrau o ngā kuao kau katoa ka whānau i roto i tēnei wā poto.
He rautaki oranga tonu taua tukutahitanga. Mā te waipuke i ngā mania ki ngā pēpi hou i te wā kotahi, ka taea e te mohoao te whakakore i te kaha o ngā kaipahua o te rohe ki te tango i a rātou katoa. He iti noa ngā kuao kau ka taea e te tira raiona e mahi ana i ngā papa whānau te kai i ia rā. Ina tae mai te 8,000 i ia ata, ko te nuinga o rātou ka ora mā te taumaha o ngā tau. He tino uaua te tātai, ā, ka mahi.
Ka tīmata te wā whānautanga mai i te mutunga o Hānuere ki waenganui o Poutū-te-rangi, ā, ko te nuinga o ngā whānautanga ka puta i te marama o Pēpuere. I te haurua tuarua o Poutū-te-rangi, kua maha ngā wiki te pakeke o te nuinga o ngā kuao kau, ā, kua taea te nekeneke, ā, ka tīmata te huri o ngā nekehanga i ngā mania. Ka tīmata ngā kahui ki te whakakotahi, ka titiro ki te raki.
He iti noa ngā whakatūpato pono mō te wā. He nui te pūnaha rauropi o Serengeti, ā, kāore te hekenga e whai i tētahi maramataka pumau. Ka taea e ngā kahui te tae mai ki te rohe o Ndutu i te mutunga o Hakihea i roto i te tau me te ua wawe, ka noho rānei ki Āperira mēnā ka mau tonu te tarutaru ki te tonga. Ka aroturukihia e mātou ngā tauira ua me te nekehanga o te kahui i te wā tūturu, ā, ka whakatikatikaina te tūnga o te kiritaki, koinei tētahi o ngā painga mahi o te tuhi me tētahi kaiwhakahaere ā-rohe, kaua ki tētahi kaiwhakahaere mōkihi pumau e mahi ana mai i tētahi pukapuka iti.
Mena kua whakaritea ō rā, ā, ka taka ki te marama o Hānuere, o Pēpuere, o Poutū-te-rangi rānei, ko te whānautanga o ngā kurī te mea tino nui i ngā mania o te tonga. Mena he ngāwari tō whakaaro, ko waenganui o Pēpuere ki te tīmatanga o Poutū-te-rangi te wā tino nui rawa atu mō te kite i ngā whānautanga nui me ngā whanonga kaipahua kaha.
Kei te rohe i waenganui i ngā papa whānautanga Te Motu o Serengeti me te Rohe Tiaki Taiao o Ngorongoro, kei te rohe o Ndutu. He mea nui tēnei i roto i ngā mahi ā-ringa, nā te mea me whai wāhi koe ki tētahi wāhi noho e taea ai e koe te uru atu ki ngā taha e rua o tēnei rohe, me te kore e moumou haora i te taraiwa i ia ata.
Ko te rohe o Ndutu, e karapotia ana e te roto o Ndutu me te roto o Masek ki te hauauru, me te Nabi Hill Gate ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti, te pokapū o te parekura. Kei te ngahere e karapoti ana i ngā roto ngā raiona, ngā reparo, me ngā tīta e noho ana, e mōhio ana ki ngā mea ka tupu i ia tau, ā, e tū ana i runga i aua tūnga. Ko ngā mania tuwhera i tua atu o te ngahere te wāhi e huihui ai ngā kahui, ā, ko te wāhi hoki e whānau ai me te hopu manu ai te nuinga.
Ko Ndutu Safari Lodge te whare tawhito rawa atu o te rohe, ā, kei te taha tonu o te roto. He wāhi whakamarie, ehara i te mea papai, engari kāore e taea te whakataurite i tōna wāhi. Ehara i te mea onge te oho ake ki te kite i te mīti i runga i te papa i te wā e whānau ana. Ka tukuna e Lemala Ndutu me &Beyond Ndutu Safari Lodge he whakamarie hou ake mō ngā kiritaki e hiahia ana ki tētahi paerewa teitei ake o te rūma me te kore e whakararu i te tūnga.
Kāore mātou e tūtohu kia haereerea koe ki Ndutu mai i Karatu, i Arusha rānei i tēnei wā. He tawhiti rawa ngā tawhiti, ā, ka ngaro i a koe ngā hāora tino nui o te ata me te ahiahi, koinei tonu te wā e tino kaha ana te mahi a ngā kaipahua.
Ko ngā mania whānui ki te tonga me te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o te ngahere o Ndutu, e toro atu ana ki Gol Kopjes me Naabi Hill, koinei te wāhi e horapa ai ngā kahui ina mākū te rohe o Ndutu. I ngā rā e neke haere ana ngā mohoao, ka taea e koe te taraiwa mō te 40 kiromita puta noa i ēnei mania, ā, kāore e toe ana tētahi kahui e toro atu ana ki te pae tawhiti i ngā taha katoa.
Koinei anō te wāhi ka kitea ai ngā tīta i te wā e whānau ana. Ko te whenua tuwhera me te nui o ngā kuao iti e tino pai ana mō te whanonga hopu tīta, ā, he maha ngā wā ka kitea e tātou he nui ake ngā mahi tīta i konei i Pēpuere i ērā atu wā o te tau puta noa i tētahi atu wāhanga o te ara raki.
I ētahi wā ka tae mai te iwi me te tumanako ka puta tonu mai he tira whānau puta noa i ngā mania katoa e haerea ana e rātou. He rerekē ake te ao tūturu, ā, mā te māramatanga ka āwhina i a koe ki te maioha ki ngā mea e kite ana koe.
Ka whānau ngā kararehe i ngā hāora katoa, engari ko ngā hāora o te ata i muri i te māramatanga tuatahi me te ahiahi i mua i te tōnga o te rā ko ngā wā tino pukumahi mō ngā whānautanga me ngā kaipahua. I te rā katoa i Ndutu i te wā tino pukumahi o te whānautanga, ko te haerenga kararehe noa ko: he maha ngā pēpi hou e mākū tonu ana mai i te whānautanga, he kaipahua kotahi e whaiwhai ana, he raiona e kai ana i te tinana, he tīta e okioki ana i waenga i ngā hopunga, me te nekeneke haere tonu, te kore e marino o ngā kahui matua puta noa i ngā mania.
I ētahi rā, ka tere te mahi i ngā mea katoa i te wā kotahi, ā, kāore e neke te waka mō te haora kotahi nā te mea he nui rawa ngā mea hei mātaki i te wāhi kotahi. He marino ake ētahi atu rā. Koinei te āhua o ngā kararehe mohoao. Engari ko te nui o ngā mahi i te wā whānau he tino teitei ake i te nuinga o ngā wā o te tau, ā, ahakoa he ata marino i konei ka nui ake te taunekeneke a ngā kararehe mohoao i te rā pukumahi i roto i ngā papa maha atu.
Kotahi te mea e kōrero pono ana mātou ki ngā kiritaki: ko te wā whānautanga he mātakitaki i te matenga o ngā kararehe. Ka tangohia ngā kuao e ngā raiona, e ngā haiena, e ngā tarakona, me ētahi atu ekara whawhai i roto i ngā meneti i muri i te whānautanga. Mena he tamariki nohinohi āu e raru ana ki tēnei, kōrero mai ki a mātou i mua i te tono. Kāore mātou e ngana ana ki te whakararuraru i a koe, engari e hiahia ana mātou kia rite koe. Ko te nuinga o ngā pakeke e kite ana i te mahi a te kaipahua tetahi o ngā wāhanga tino whakahihiri o te wheako. He mea mata, he tika, ā, kāore e taea te tahuri ke atu.
Koinei te pātai e tino pātaihia ana e ngā kiritaki, e hiahia ana ki te waea tika, ā, kotahi noa te wā ka tae mai rātou.
Ko ngā whiti i te awa o Mara i te marama o Hūrae ki Oketopa te huihuinga tino whakaharahara o te hekenga, he tohu mutu. He mano tini ngā mohoao e ruku ana ki roto i te awa kī tonu i te kokota i roto i ngā ngaru pōrearea, whakamataku, he mea e kore e taea e ngā whakaahua me ngā kiriata te tārua. Mena kei te whai koe i tētahi whakaahua rongonui, ko ngā whiti koia tēnā.
Engari, i roto i ō mātou wheako, ko te wā whānautanga te wheako kararehe whai rawa me te pumau. Kāore te mahi e aro nui ki tētahi wā whakamiharo i te tahataha o te awa. Ka puta tonu i ngā mania mō ngā wiki. He nui ake te maha o ngā kaipahua e kitea ana. He ngawari ake te rama matomato, ā, he pai ake mō te tango whakaahua. He iti ake ngā waka i ngā mania i te wā e whiti ana i te marama o Ākuhata. Ā, he iti ake ngā utu mō te pāka.
Ki te mea kotahi anake te mea ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri, whiriwhiria i runga i te mea nui ki a koe. Ki te hiahia koe ki te ahua kua kitea i runga i te uhi o ngā maheni katoa, haere ki ngā whitinga. Ki te hiahia koe ki te hohonu, ki te rerekētanga, me te wheako whaiaro ake me te iti o te mano, haere mai ki te whānautanga.
E rua ngā rohe utu mō te rohe o Ndutu. Ko te utu mō te urunga atu ki te Rohe Tiaki Taiao o Ngorongoro he USD 82.60 mō ia pakeke mō ia rā mai i te tau 2025, ā, me utu anō hoki ngā utu mō te Papa Whenua ā-Motu o Serengeti ina whiti koe ki roto i te papa. Mā tō kaiārahi taraiwa e whakahaere ngā huinga utu e rua hei wāhanga o tō haerenga kararehe o ia rā. Kei roto i ngā mōkihi Kiwoito Africa Safaris katoa ēnei utu, ā, kāore i te tāpirihia hei ohorere i te kūaha.
Ko te utu mō te noho ki Ndutu kei waenganui i te USD 250 mō ia tangata mō ia pō i ngā puni waenga-whakamarie, tae atu ki te USD 600 me te neke atu mō ia tangata mō ia pō i ngā whare papai. Ko te kai katoa te mea noa i ngā puni katoa o tēnei rohe, nā te mea kāore he wāhi kē atu hei kai.
E tata ana ki te 130 kiromita te tawhiti o Ndutu mai i Arusha mā te rori, e haere ana i Karatu. E toru me te hawhe ki te whā hāora te roa o te haerenga i tētahi rā pai, tae atu ki te wāhanga o ngā rori kāore i wharikitia mā roto i te rohe tiaki. He maha ngā kiritaki e rere ana ki te Taunga Rererangi o Kilimanjaro International e pai ake ana ki te whakamutu i te haerenga mā te moe i Karatu, i tētahi whare tira rānei i te taha o te Kakara o Ngorongoro i mua i te haere tonu ki Ndutu i te ata e whai ake nei.
Heoi anō, e 45 meneti te roa o ngā rerenga reti mai i Arusha ki te taunga rererangi o Ndutu, ā, e wātea ana ēnei mai i ētahi kaiwhakahaere rererangi mama. Ka taea e mātou te whakarite i ēnei hei wāhanga o tō haerenga.
Mena ka taka ō rā haere ki te marama o Tīhema, o Āperira rānei, ehara te wā whānautanga i te mea ka kitea e koe i Ndutu. Ko Tīhema te wā ua wawe i te wā e tae mai ai ngā kahui ki ngā mania o te tonga, kāore rānei. Ka tīmata ngā kahui ki te neke ki te raki i Āperira, ā, ka kore e taea te haere i ētahi ara nā te ua roa. He pai tonu ngā marama e rua mō te safari i ētahi atu wāhi o te ara raki, engari kāore mātou e whakanoho i a koe ki Ndutu i roto i tētahi o ngā marama e rua, e kī ana he safari whānautanga.
He kaiwhakahaere safari raihana mātou nō Tanzania kei Arusha, kua rēhita ki te Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) me te Poari Tūruhi o Tanzania. He Toyota Land Cruisers ritenga ā mātou waka, he tuanui pakū-ake, he pūwāhi utu, ā, he nui te wāhi mō te ono pāhihi mō ia waka. Kāore mātou e kawe i te waru tāngata ki roto i tētahi waka e whitu ngā nohoanga, pērā i ētahi kaiwhakahaere.
Kei te raki o Tanzania ā mātou kaiārahi e noho ana, e mahi ana hoki i te tau katoa. Ehara rātou i te kaimahi ā-wā. E mōhio ana rātou ki te rohe o Ndutu, e aroturuki ana i ngā nekehanga o te kahui puta noa i te wā, ā, e mārama ana ki te āhua whenua o ngā wāhi whānau i roto i tētahi huarahi e tino rerekē ai te āhua o tāu e kite ai i ia ata. Ina mōhio te kaiārahi ko tēhea raina waikeri i whakamahia e te rōpū tīta i te wiki kua hipa, ko tēhea wāhanga rānei o te ngahere o Ndutu i whakamahia e te tira raiona o reira, ka tino rerekē te kounga o tāu haerenga ki te hopu manu.
Kei roto i ā mātou utu mōkihi ngā utu katoa mō ngā pāka me ngā rohe tiaki taiao, kāore he ohorere i roto i te kēti. Ka tukuna e mātou he wāhi noho katoa puta noa i ngā wāhi katoa o te wā whānautanga, ā, ka whakarite hoki i ngā rerenga reti ki Ndutu ina tonoa. Ko tā mātou whakatauranga TripAdvisor he 5.0 mai i ngā arotake neke atu i te 200, ā, ko tā mātou whakatauranga Google he 4.9 mai i ngā arotake neke atu i te 100.
Mena kei te whakaaro koe ki te haere ki tētahi safari mō te wā whānautanga, ā, e hiahia ana koe ki tētahi kōrero tika, pono hoki mō te tika o ō rā, tō tahua me ō tumanakohanga, he pai ake kia kōrerohia taua kōrero ināianei tonu i te mea ka tae mai koe me ngā tumanakohanga hē.