15 ngā rā o Kenya: tekau ngā pāka i roto i te safari kotahi

I a koe e puta ana i te Taunga Rererangi o Jomo Kenyatta, ka mihi atu tētahi mema o tā mātou tīma Africa Safari Trips, tētahi taraiwa hōtēra rānei ki a koe me te menemene nui: 'Karibu Kenya – nau mai ki Kenya!' Ka haria tika koe e ia ki tō hōtēra ki te whakangā, ā, i a koe e haere ana, ka kite koe i ō whakaaro tuatahi mō te oranga o Nairobi. I te rā i muri mai, ka haria koe e tō kaiārahi ki tētahi safari motuhake, tūmataiti e āhei ai koe ki te haere i tō ake tere. Kia tīmata te haerenga!

Ko te Ol' Pejeta Conservancy he waahi whakamarumaru kua whakaritea mo nga momo morearea. Mo te hunga e aroha ana ki te rhino, he rangi parakore tenei i runga i te whenua me te taupori neke atu i te 100 rhino pango, tata ki te 40 rhino ma tonga me nga rhino ma o te raki e toe ana ki te ao. Ka taea te toro atu ki enei rhinos ma! I tua atu i te rhino, kei te whare tiaki nga momo momo morearea penei i te kurī mohoao o Awherika, te orix, te hartebeest a Jackson me te zebra a Grévy, ka noho hei whare tapu mo nga chimpanzee kua tukinotia, kua pani ranei.

Mō ngā rā e rua e whai ake nei, ka haere tonu tō haerenga safari ki te raki o Kenya. I runga i te wāhi noho i whiriwhiria e koe, ka tūhura koe i te Samburu National Reserve (Elephant Bedroom Camp, Samburu Sopa Lodge rānei) i te Buffalo Springs National Reserve rānei (Ashnil Surana Buffalo Springs). Kei roto i te pūnaha rauropi kotahi ngā rāhui e rua, ā, he nui ngā kararehe mohoao me ngā tirohanga whānui ki te savanna.

He wāhi tapu motuhake te Solio Game Reserve, he wāhi tapu kararehe motuhake hoki. Kei te karapotia e ngā whenua ataahua, kua whakatapua te pāmu o mua ki te whakaora me te tiaki i ngā rāino i Kenya. Kia pai ki ngā taraiwa kararehe whakahihiri, ngā hikoi ārahi me ngā pikiniki marino i waenganui i ngā tirohanga ataahua, ā, kaua e miharo noa ki ngā kararehe nunui hina, engari ki ngā kararehe anō hoki pērā i te kau, te hēpara, te karāpeti, te erana, te ōrix, te impala, te waterbuck, te karara a Thomson me ngā warthog.

He wāhi whakamiharo te Pāka Whenua o te Roto o Nakuru mō ngā kararehe mohoao, kei waenganui o te Raorao Nui o Rift. Ko te Roto o Nakuru i waenganui o te pāka te mea nui, me ngā rau manu e rere ana ki ōna takutai. I mua, i mōhiotia te pāka mō āna manu flamingo maha, engari nā te pikinga o te taumata wai i heke ai ēnei manu ki hea atu. Waimarie, kei te hoki mārire mai rātou, ā, ahakoa pēhea, he wāhi pai te Roto o Nakuru hei toro atu me ōna rino pango me te mā, ngā karāpeti, ngā kau, ngā raiona, te reparo i ētahi wā, me te neke atu i te 400 ngā momo manu.

Haere i tētahi haerenga rori whakamiharo ki te wāhi safari rongonui o te ao, kātahi ka whakapau i te rā katoa ki te tūhura i ōna whenua ataahua me ōna kararehe mohoao. Ki te whakatau koe ki te moe i te Zebra Plains Safari Camp (tō mātou wāhi noho hiriwa), ka mutu tō rā tuatahi me te hikoi safari. Ki te whiriwhiri koe i tō mātou wāhi noho koura, platinum rānei, ka mahue i a koe te hikoi safari engari ka moe tonu i waenganui o Masai Mara.

He roto wai māori whakamiharo te roto o Naivasha i te Rift Valley o Kenya, e 1,884 mita te teitei i runga ake i te taumata o te moana, ā, e 139 kiromita tapawha te rahi. He kāinga tēnei mō ngā hīpo, ngā momo ika kanorau, me te neke atu i te 400 ngā momo manu, tae atu ki te ēkara ika rongonui o Āwherika, ngā pelikani, me ngā matuku, ā, he pararaiha tēnei mō ngā kararehe mohoao me ngā manu e aroha ana ki te mātakitaki manu. Ka taea e ngā manuhiri te eke poti ki te rere i mua i ngā hīpo me te tūhura tata atu i te rauropi momona o te roto. Kaua e mahue a Crescent Island, he kokoru ataahua e taea te toro atu mā te poti. I reira, ka taea e koe te hikoi tahi me ngā karāpeti, ngā warthog, me ngā kauwhau.

Mō te iti rawa i te rua ngā rā, ka tūhuratia e koe te Pāka Whenua o Amboseli whakamiharo. He tirohanga whakamiharo ki Maunga Kilimanjaro e tatari ana ki a koe, me ngā kararehe e kai ana i mua i a ia. Ā, ki te noho koe ki te puni safari o Tulia Amboseli, ka taea e koe te miharo ki ngā tirohanga ataahua o te savanna i te tōnga o te rā – me te rā e tō ana i te ringa!

Ko Tsavo West National Park he papa e whakaatu ana i te ahua kanorau me te whakamiharo, hei tauira, ko nga Puna Mzima, ko te Shetani Lava Flows me te rua o Chaimu. Na tona 9,065 kiromita tapawha, koinei tetahi o nga papa whenua nui rawa atu o Kenya, a e wha o nga Big Five e kitea ana e kopikopiko noa ana i konei. I tua atu, he maamaa noa te kite i nga tangata rite ki nga giraffes, zebras, antelopes, gerenuks me te maha o nga momo momo manu, kei waenga i nga puke matomato, nga ngahere acacia, savannah, puna maori me nga toka rangitoto mai i nga puia tata.

Ko te Taita Hills Wildlife Sanctuary me te LUMO Conservancy he papa iti ake e rua i waenganui i ngā manu nunui o Tsavo West me Tsavo East National Park. He wāhi motuhake ēnei mō ngā haerenga i te pō, ā, nā te tata ki reira, he ngāwari te hono atu. I a koe e haere ana i te safari, me kite koe i ngā raiona, ngā arewhana, ngā karāpeti, ngā hēpara me ngā antilope, me ētahi atu momo manu, tae atu ki te neke atu i te 300 ngā momo manu. I ngā Taita Hills e tata ana, ka kitea hoki e koe ngā manu tino onge (me te tino morearea) o Kenya: ko te Taita Apalis, te Taita White-eye me te Taita Thrush.

Neke atu i te 13,000 kiromita tapawha, Tsavo East National Park he nui, he mea whakamiharo, a, mai i te wa i whakatuuhia i te tau 1948, he tawhito. Whakaterehia te parapara o te Yatta Plateau me ona roopu arewhana whero, ka mataki i etahi o nga kaihopu me nga raiona korekore e toe ana. Whakarongo ki nga korero rongonui mo nga raiona kai tangata, me te pupuri i o kanohi mo te tini o nga kararehe whakamiharo; e wha o te Rima Nui (he rhino iti) me nga dik-diks, zebras, giraffes, baboons kōwhai, cheetahs, kuri mohoao Awherika, elands, gazelles, gerenuks, hyenas, tarakona, me te neke atu i te 500 momo manu!

Ko to ra whakamutunga tenei! Heoi, kua tae ki te wa ki te hoki ki Nairobi ki te hopu i to rerenga ki te kainga mai i Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. He pouri ki te wehe…? Na kaua e manukanuka! Ka taea e maatau te taapiri i etahi ra o te safari ki to hararei, etahi ra ranei i runga i tetahi o nga takutai whakamiharo o Kenya i te takutai!