Hūnā nā ʻōniʻoniʻo o ka noe pohihihi i ka wanaʻao e holomua ana. Hoʻoluʻu nā kukuna mua o ka lā i nā poʻo mauʻu huluhulu e ʻōniʻoniʻo ana ma ke kula i loko o kahi halo ʻulaʻula. He ʻohana zebra, me ka hilinaʻi i ko lākou camouflage i kēia hola ʻai, kū e like me nā ballerinas, ua kūlike nā poʻo a ua hui pū nā kaha i ka neʻe kahe.
Aia ka Mikumi National Park ma ka palena ʻākau o ka mālama holoholona hihiu nui loa o ʻApelika - ʻo Selous - a ua hoʻopuni ʻia e ke alanui ʻili ma waena o Dar es Salaam lāua ʻo Iringa. No laila, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana hiki ke komo loa ʻia o kahi ʻāpana wao nahele he 75,000 kilomika kuea (47,000 mile kuea) e moe ana i ka hikina a kokoke i ke Kai ʻInia.
ʻO nā ʻaoʻao ākea a me nā holoholona hihiu he nui o ka Mkata Floodplain, ke kikowaena kaulana o Mikumi, e huki pinepine i nā hoʻohālikelike me nā Serengeti Plains kaulana loa. Nānā nā liona i ko lākou aupuni mauʻu - a me nā zebra, wildebeest, impala a me nā bipi pipi e neʻe ana ma waena - mai nā piko palahalaha o nā puʻu termite, a i kekahi manawa, i ka wā ua, mai nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o nā lāʻau. ʻAi nā giraffe i nā kū acacia kaʻawale e pili ana i ka muliwai ʻo Mkata, nā mokupuni malu i makemake nui ʻia e nā ʻelepani o Mikumi.
Ma ke kaʻapuni maikaʻi o nā alanui mākaʻikaʻi holoholona hihiu, ʻo ka Mkata Floodplain paha kahi hilinaʻi loa ma Tanzania no ka ʻike ʻana i ka eland ikaika, ka antelope nui loa o ka honua. ʻO ka nui o ka kudu a me ka sable antelope kupaianaha e noho ana ma nā puʻu mauna i uhi ʻia e ka miombo e piʻi aʻe ana mai nā palena o ka paka. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma mua o 400 mau ʻano manu, me nā kamaʻāina maʻamau e like me ka lilac-breasted roller, ka yellow-throated long claw a me ka bateleur eagle i hui pū ʻia e kahi lehulehu o nā malihini ʻEulopa i ka wā ua. ʻO nā Hippos ka mea hoihoi nui o nā loko ʻelua i waiho ʻia ma 5km ma ka ʻākau o ka puka komo nui, i kākoʻo ʻia e kahi hui mau o nā manu wai.
