Ko te pāka ā-motu tata rawa atu ki te tāone o Arusha – te tāone matua safari o te raki o Tanzania – he taonga maha ngā taha o te Pāka ā-Motu o Arusha, he mea e warewarehia ana e ngā kai-safari, ahakoa e tuku ana i te whai wāhi ki te tūhura i te kanorau o ngā nohonga ataahua i roto i ētahi haora.
Ka anga atu te kūaha tomokanga ki roto i te ngahere pōuriuri o te maunga e nohoia ana e ngā makimaki kikorangi hihiri me ngā turacos me ngā trogon tae kanapa – koinei anake te wāhi i te ara safari raki e kitea ngāwari ana te makimaki colobus pango-mā. Kei waenganui o te ngahere te Ngurdoto Crater whakamiharo, ko ōna pari pari, toka e karapoti ana i te papa repo whānui kua kapi i ngā kahui kau me ngā warthog.
I te raki atu, kei ngā pukepuke tarutaru e karapoti ana i te ataahua marino o ngā roto o Momela, he rerekē te tae o te kakariki, o te kikorangi rānei o ia roto. Ko ō rātou awa papaku he māwhero i ētahi wā me ngā mano tini o ngā flamingo, he maha ngā momo manu wai noho me ngā manu heke e tautokona ana e ngā roto, ā, ko ngā waterbuck huruhuru e whakaatu ana i ō rātou haona nui, he āhua rite ki te hāri, i runga i ngā taha wai. Ka rere ngā karāpeti i ngā pukepuke tarutaru, i waenganui i ngā kahui zebra e kai ana, i te mea ka rere ngā takirua dik-dik kanohi whānui ki roto i te ngahere matotoru, pērā i ngā rāpeti kua tupu nui me ngā waewae hiroki.
Ahakoa he onge ngā arewhana i te Papa Whenua ā-Motu o Arusha, ā, kāore hoki ngā raiona i te kitea, tera pea ka kitea ngā reparo me ngā haiena kōwhai e ngokingoki haere ana i te atatu me te ahiahi pō. I te ahiahi me te atatu hoki ka mārama te arai o te kapua i te pae rawhiti, e whakaatu ana i ngā tihi hukarere whakahīhī o Kilimanjaro, 50km noa iho (30 maero) te tawhiti.
Engari ko te whanaunga iti o Kilimanjaro, ko Maunga Meru – te tuarima o ngā maunga teitei rawa atu i Āwherika, e 4,566 mita (14,990 putu) te teitei – e tino kitea ana i te pae tawhiti o te pāka. Ko ōna tihi me ōna pari waewae ki te rawhiti e tiakina ana i roto i te pāka ā-motu, e tuku ana a Meru i ngā tirohanga whakamiharo o tōna hoa tata rongonui, me te hanga hoki i tētahi wāhi hikoi whai hua.
Mā te haere tuatahi i roto i te ngaherehere, te wāhi e kitea pinepine ai ngā kau me ngā karāpeti, ka ahu atu te pikinga o Meru ki roto i ngā ngahere e mura ana i ngā putiputi whero me te turuturu o te moko Pāniora, i mua i te taenga atu ki ngā ngahere tuwhera teitei kua kapi i ngā putiputi lobelia nunui. Ka piri ngā putiputi pumau ki te koraha o te maunga, ā, ko ngā clipspringers he ātaahua ō rātou maikuku e tohu ana i te ahunga whakamua o te pikinga. I runga i te tihi pari, ka tū a Kilimanjaro me te kore hura i ō rātou kakahu, e whero ana i te rā e whiti mai ana.
Mo Arusha National Park
Rahi: 552 kiromita tapawha (212 maero tapawha).
Tauwāhi: Te Tai Tokerau o Tanzania, te raki-mā-rāwhiti o te tāone o Arusha.
Te tiki ki reira
He māmā noa te taraiwa i Arusha, 40 meneti te roa. Tata ki te 60 kiromita (35 maero) te tawhiti atu i te Taunga Rererangi o Kilimanjaro. Ka taea te toro atu ki ngā roto, te ngahere me te Ngurdoto Crater i roto i te haerenga haurua-rā i te tīmatanga, i te mutunga rānei o te haerenga roa ki te raki.
