Gore roga roga, mapani eEast Africa anopa mukana weimwe yemasikirwo anoyevedza enyika. Mombe dzakawanda dzemhuka dzakawanda, zebra nedzimwe nyanzvi dzinoungana mumazana ezviuru, kufamba pamwe chete muTanzania neKenya dzichitsvaka kudya zvakanaka uye nzvimbo dzakachengeteka kuti dzinza uye dzibereke. Nguva yeChipfuuri ichi chikuru inotarisirwa nemvura, asi dzimwe nzvimbo dzakanakisisa dzokuzvipupurira muchiito dzinosanganisira Maasai Mara National Reserve uye Serengeti National Park .
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Makore mashomanana apfuura, ndakanga ndine ruzivo rwakakwana kuti ndiwane Hupenyu Hukuru Hwangu, pandakasangana nemombe sezvavakapfuura nepakati peSe Serengeti. Yakanga iri inotyisa kuona, nemapani akachinjwa kusvika kune ziso raigona kuona mugungwa rinorarama. Kunyange zvazvo chiitiko ichi chinoshamisa kazhinji chinonzi seWildebeest Migration, munyaya iyi mheteti antelope yakanga yakawanda kwazvo nekunyengedza, kumbira zebra. Kuverenga ivo zvakanga zvisingabviri - Ndaingoziva kuti ndakanga ndisati ndamboona kusungurudzika kwakashamisa kwemhuka dzesango.
Sezvo shumbakadzi yakauya mukati memuganhu wakaoma we 4X4 yedu, gungwa rebhebhe rakaparadzana mukutya, mune kumwe chete kwerudzi rwemvura rwakatsigira pfungwa yandakanga ndava nayo iyo ichibatanidza mune imwe sangano. Izvo shumbakadzi, yakashungurudzwa nenhamba yavo yakawanda uye kuvapo kweimwe mimwe mitambo ye safari, pasina nguva yakasiya. Runyararo rwakadzorerwa, uye purogiramu zvakare-yaifunga semhepo yavo yakanga isati yambosviba, vamwe vachitsigira misoro yavo yakasimba pamashure avo.
Pakati pehuwandu hwemasimba, mikoko inofara ichifara.
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Kuona kwemhando mbiri dzemarudzi dzakasiyana-siyana zvinowanzochengetwa mupfungwa dzangu, uye zuva rakatevera, mutungamiri wedu anonyatsoziva Sarumbo akajekesa mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Akamisa Land Cruiser kutarisa semazana embebra uye wildebeest yakashongedzwa mumugwagwa pamberi pedu, ndokubvunza kana taive kuziva kuti nei mhuka mbiri dzakasarudza kutama pamwe chete.
Takashuva kudzidza, takagara zvakare mumoto we safari , takabata bhodhoro remvura uye takagara kune imwe yezvidzidzo zvesango zvemhuka zveSarumbo zvinonakidza.
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Sarumbo akatiudza kuti shiri mbiri idzi dzinofamba pamwechete kwete nokuti dzinonyatsoshamwaridzana, asi nekuti imwe neimwe ine zvigadziridzo zvinogadzirisa zvakakwana izvo zveimwe. Wakazara, semuenzaniso, inodyisa zvikuru pane uswa hudiki, miromo yavo yakagadzirirwa kuti avabate majee ane mvura. Zera, kune rumwe rutivi, rune mazino akatarira mberi kuti avere uswa hwakareba. Nenzira iyi, zebra inoshanda sevashandi vemvura vanogadzira ivhu remhepo, uye avo vaviri havasati vari mumakwikwi ezvokudya.
Maererano naSarumbo (nyanzvi inotaura kubva mumakore akawanda ezvakaitika kare), nyuchi inofambawo pamwe chete nembebra kuti iite zvakanakisisa zvekupedzisira kwemarudzi 'huchenjeri hukuru. Zebra, inoratidzika, ine zvingarangariro zviri nani uye inokwanisa kuyeuka migwagwa yekufamba-famba gore rapfuura, tichiyeuka nzvimbo dzine ngozi nenzvimbo dzekuchengeteka zvakaenzana. Izvi zvinonyanya kubatsira apo mombe dzinofanira kuyambuka maMara neGrisiti Rivers. Kunyange zvazvo nyuchi inobhururuka zvisinganzwisisiki uye tarisiro yezvakanakisisa, mbiru zviri nani pakucherechedza mambure uye saka ichidzivirira kutangira.
Ukuwo, rumwe rutivi rwemhepo ndeyevanhu varoyi vemvura. Maitiro avo anovada kuti vanwe zvishoma zuva rimwe nerimwe, uye ichi chikonzero chikonzero chekunzwisisa kunoshamisa kwekunhuhwirira kunobvumira kuti vaone mvura kunyange kana savanna ichiita seoma. Pandakanga ndiripo, Serengeti yakanga yakaoma zvikuru ichifunga kuti munguva pfupi yapfuura mvura yakanga yawa, uye saizvozvo zvakange zviri nyore kuona kuti sei tarenda iyi inogona kuva yakakosha kune shamwari dzezbra dzemashizha.
Pakupedzisira, iyo miviri miviri inosanganiswawo nezvinodiwa pamwe chete nemamiriro ezvinhu. Vose vari vaviri vanogara munzvimbo dzakawanda kumahombekombe eEast Africa, uko kunoshamisa kwemwaka uye mvura yakaoma kunokonzera bounty yeuswa pane dzimwe nguva, uye kusviba kwemafuro akanaka kune vamwe. Kuti vararame, zvose zebra uye mhepo yemhuka inofanira kuenda kune imwe nzvimbo kuti iwane zvokudya.
Zvinobatsira kufamba pamwe chete, kwete nekuda kwezvikonzero zvakanyorwa pamusoro apa, asi nokuti nhamba dzadzo ndeyokudzivirirwa kwavo kukuru kune vanogara vakawanda.
Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa uye yakanyorwa zvakare muchikamu chaJessica Macdonald musi waSeptember 30, 2016.