Usayizi: 3,230 sq km (1,250 miles miles)
Yakha: 1964
Izindawo zokuhlala ezengeziwe e-Dar es Salaam: 283 km (175 amamayela)
Ama-landscapes ku IMikumi National Park zingafaniswa kalula nalezo zaseSerengeti National Park as umtholo, ama-baobab, nama-tamarind agcwele i-savannah. Izintaba zeRuhebo noLuguru, as kanjalo idwala elithile elithakazelisayo ukwakheka, kuyabonakala eduze kwe umngcele osenyakatho we paki futhi amathafa aseMkata ayindawo engcono kakhulu yokubuka imidlalo. The paki idume ngenani elinempilo lezindlovu nezinyathi okuyinto kalula kubonakale out emathafeni. Izihlahla ze-tamarind ziyindawo eyintandokazi yezindlovu nezindlulamithi ngubani chitha amahora udla izithelo.
I-Mikumi National Park iyizwe lesine ngobukhulu eTanzania paki. Ngaphezu kwalokho ivuleke kakhulu e-Dar es Salaam. Ngokubonwa kwezilwane zasendle okuqinisekisiwe, kwenza umgomo ophelele we-safari kulabo abamatasa futhi abanesikhathi esincane sokuhamba, ezimbili izinsuku noma ngaphezulu zingakutholela ithuba lokuhlola ubukhazikhazi beMikumi National Park. Kusukela kwakhiwa umgwaqo omkhulu oxhumanisa iMikumi National Park ukuya e-Dar es I-Salaam Idolobha elimatasatasa nelikhulu kunawo wonke eTanzania, iMikumi National Park kuhleliwe ukuba yindawo enkulu embonini yezokuvakasha eTanzania. Itholakala phakathi kwezintaba ze-Uluguru kanye ne-Lumango Go, iMikumi iyizwe lesine ngobukhulu paki eTanzania futhi nje a ezimbalwa ze amahora okushayela ukusuka edolobheni elikhulu laseTanzania. Isikhungo sepaki sinezinhlobonhlobo eziningi zempilo yemvelo kungaba njalo umane ibonakale futhi kakhulu okuningi ilungele ukubukwa in idrayivu yegeyimu. Indawo eseduze neDar es Salaam kanye nesilinganiso sezilwane zasendle ezihlala ngaphakathi kwemingcele yayo kwenza iMikumi National Park ibe yinketho eyaziwayo kulabo abahambi abangenaso isikhathi esiningi kodwa futhi abafunayo.
Okunye okugqamile mayelana nezilwane zasendle ama-kudus amakhulu nezinyamazane ezinama-sable. Lezi zinyamazane ezinamahloni zithanda ukuhlala emahlathini aseMiombo engxenyeni eseningizimu paki eduze nendawo yaseVuma Hills.
Amathafa aseMkata nawo omkhulu indawo yokudoba. I-Mikumi izishaya isifuba ngezinhlobo zezinyoni ezingu-400 ezihloniphekile, nge ezivame kakhulu ama-black-bellied bustards, izinyoni zeguinea, unogolantethe, izinkozi ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-bateleur eagle, ama-oxpeckers, ama-rollers anesifuba esinemibala ephuzi kanye nezinzipho ezinde ezinomphimbo ophuzi. Lezi ezinye zezinhlobo ezimbalwa zezinhlobo eziningi ongase uzibone lapho ukhona. I paki futhi ubona ukudlula kwezinyoni ezifudukayo zisuka eYurophu ngesikhathi sezimvula.
I-Mikumi National Park nayo iyikhaya lamabhubesi kanye ne izingwe. Ngisho nenja yasendle yase-Afrika ikhona, futhi ukubona lesi sidalwa esiyivelakancane kungaba yinto ethokozisayo ezivakashini.
Kunamachibi amabili okwenziwa acishe abe yi-5 km enyakatho yesango elikhulu, futhi bobabili edume ngezimvubu ezimbalwa zikaMikumi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amachibi ayaheha uhlu lwe izinyoni zasemanzini ezifana njengama-blacksmith plover, ama-egret ezinkomo, izindwandwe ezinhlobonhlobo, izinkozi zezinhlanzi, nokunye okuningi.
Njengoba iMikumi National Park iyingxenye yeSelous imvelo, njalo inezilwane zasendle ezihambayo futhi ziphuma paki. Lokhu kunyakaza njalo, Nokho, is ngokuba ukuphazamiseka ngenxa yomgwaqo wetiyela u-A7 onqamula paki.
IMikumi yenziwa iNational Park ngo-1964 futhi ingamakhilomitha-skwele angu-3,230 (1,250 sq. miles) ngobukhulu. Le ndawo enkulukazi ixhumanisa i-Julius Nyerere National Park (eyayiyi-Selous) kanye nenqwaba yamahlathi e-eastern arc. izintaba, futhi kunjalo ingxenye ebalulekile a omkhulu isimo semvelo semifula, izikhukhula, amahlathi, nehlathi. Amathafa asenyakatho azungeze uMfula uMkata afinyeleleka kalula futhi ayizindawo ezingcono kakhulu ongaya kuzo ezilwaneni zasendle. Inethiwekhi enhle yamathrekhi isho ukuthi izinhlobonhlobo zezilwane zasendle, okubala inyathi, izinja ezizingelayo, izingulule, kanye amabhubesi, uyangeneka futhi uyakwazi kujatshulwe ezindaweni eziseduze. Izilwane zasendle iMikumi zigcwele izilwane ezinkulu, ezihlanganisa inyathi, indlovu, amakati amakhulu, izimvubu, izingwenya, izindlulamithi, idube, futhi izwe, as kanjalo izinhlobo ezincane. Olunye uhlobo olungajwayelekile,s ezifana njengenyamazane e-sable, i-hartebeest ye-Lichtenstein, nangaphezulu kudu bahlala ezindaweni ezinamahlathi ezizungeze amathafa aseMkata futhi inselele eyengeziwe ukuyithola. Kodwa bakhona!
Umoya. Indawo yezindiza iMikumi National Park iseKikoboga futhi izindiza ezihleliwe zisebenza nsuku zonke kuzo zonke main izikhungo eTanzania, kodwa imvamisa idlula e-Dar es Salaam.
Umgwaqo. Cishe amahora angu-4 ukushayela, (283 km) emgwaqeni ogcwele kahle uxhuma iMikumi neDar es Salaam ngeMorogoro. Lo mgwaqo uphinde uxhume e-Udzungwa, Iringa, naseRuaha. Ukuba seduze kwayo ne-Dar es Salaam kwenza i-Mikumi ibe inketho ethandwayo ezivakashini zangezimpelasonto ezivela e- Idolobha, or ngoba izivakashi zebhizinisi okungadingeki zichithe isikhathi eside ohambweni olunwetshiwe lwe-safari.
Lokhu Park inamabhande lapho izivakashi zingahlala khona as kanjalo amakamu omphakathi nezikhethekile okuyinto kukhona ukubhuka ngokusebenzisa indlunkulu e-Arusha. Kukhona nezindawo zokulala eziqokwe kahle kanye namakamu anamatende unomphela Park ephethwe yizinkampani ezizimele Ngaphandle the Park Lapho yizindlu zezivakashi edolobheni laseMikumi emngceleni wepaki.
Isikhathi esomile saseMikumi sithatha phakathi kukaMeyi noNovemba, kodwa naphezu kwezinkathi zokumanzisa phakathi nezinyanga ezisele, indawo yasemaphandleni iluhlaza futhi yinhle, futhi inethiwekhi esungulwe kahle yemigwaqo namathrekhi iqinisekisa ukuvakasha okujabulisayo unyaka wonke.
Ohambweni olusuka e-Dar es Salaam, iMikumi isendleleni eya e-Udzungwa National Park futhi in ngenkathi eyomile, umgwaqo owubhuqu oxhumanisa neNyerere National Park (eyayiyiSelous phambilini) kusukela lapho umuntu angandiza abuyele e-Dar es Salaam. Kusuka eMikumi, omunye angaphinda Qhubeka ngokusebenzisa kuya I-Iringa ne-Ruaha National Park, noma ngomoya noma ngomgwaqo.
