I-Serengeti iyindawo enkulu yemvelo etholakala enkabeni ye-Afrika. Insimu yakhona ihlanganisa amakhilomitha-skwele angu-30, ngaleyo ndlela ichaza igama lepaki, okusho ukuthi uma lihunyushwa lisuselwa olimini lwesiMasai.
I-National Park isenyakatho yeTanzania futhi ifinyelela engxenyeni eseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeKenya. Ihlanganisa neSerengeti National Park ngokwayo kanye nenani leziqiwi ezivikelwe ohulumeni bala mazwe amabili. Lesi sifunda simelele ukufuduka kwezilwane ezincelisayo ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni futhi siyindawo ethandwayo yohambo lwase-Afrika.
Indawo yaseSerengeti inothile ngezinhlobonhlobo: iziqongo eziyisicaba zomtholo, amathafa anamatshe, izindawo ezinotshani ezivulekile ezisemngceleni wamagquma namadwala. Amazinga okushisa komoya aphezulu anomoya onamandla adala izimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu endaweni. Umngcele waleli paki “usungulwe” yi-Ol-Doinyo-Lengai, okuwukuphela kwentaba-mlilo eqhumayo endaweni esaqhuma udaka lwentaba-mlilo oluba mhlophe lapho luchayeke emoyeni.
I-Serengeti iyikhaya lezinhlobo eziningi zezilwane: inkonkoni eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, izinsephe, amadube, izinyathi, amabhubesi, izimpisi ezinamabala - ezijwayeleke kubo bonke abalandeli befilimu ye-Disney ethi The Lion King. Isomiso kanye nesifo sezinkomo ngeminyaka yawo-1890 kwabathinta kakhulu abantu baseSerengeti, ikakhulukazi izinkonkoni. Maphakathi nawo-1970, izinombolo zezinkonkoni nezinyathi zase zibuyile. Izilwane ezincelisayo ezinkulu akuzona zodwa ezihlala eNational Park. Izibankwa ezimibalabala nezibankwa zezintaba zitholakala ngokunethezeka ezindundumeni eziningi zegwadle - ukwakheka kwentaba-mlilo. Izinhlobo eziyi-100 zebhungane lobulongwe zibhaliswe lapha!
AmaMaasai abelusa izinkomo emathafeni endawo iminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-200 ngaphambi kokuba abahloli bamazwe baseYurophu bafike kule ndawo. Isazi sokuma komhlaba nomhloli wamazwe waseJalimane u-Oskar Baumann wangena kumaMaasai ngo-1892, kanti umBrithani uStuart Edward White waqopha umlando wakhe wokuqala enyakatho yeSerengeti ngo-1913. Lesi siqiwu saba khona ngo-1951, saduma kakhulu ngemva komsebenzi wokuqala kaBernhard Grzymak. kanye nendodana yakhe uMichael ngawo-1950. Bendawonye bakhipha ifilimu nencwadi ethi, The Serengeti Will Not Die, idokhumentari yokuqala emayelana nokongiwa kwemvelo. Njengomfanekiso wezilwane zasendle, i-Serengeti National Park inendawo ekhethekile emsebenzini wababhali u-Ernest Hemingway no-Peter Matthiessen, kanye nabenzi bamafilimu u-Hugo van Lawitzk no-Alan Root.
Njengengxenye yokwakhiwa kwalesi siqiwu futhi ukuze kulondolozwe izilwane zasendle, amaMaasai athuthelwa ezindaweni eziphakeme zaseNgorongoro, okusenempikiswano enkulu namanje. Kukholakala ukuthi inqwaba yamabhubesi e-Afrika yiSerengeti, enamabhubesi alinganiselwa ku-3000 kuso sonke lesi siqiwu. Ngaphezu kwe-"big African five", ungahlangana. Makhulu amathuba okuthi uhlangane nezilwane ezisengozini yokushabalala ezifana.
Uhlala emfuleni iGrumeti (naseduze kwawo). Phakathi kwezihlahla ezisenyakatho yeSerengeti kuhlala. I-National Park inikeza izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingaba ngu-500, phakathi kwazo -.