Mhute isingaonekwe inovanza mambakwedza ari kufambira mberi. Mitsetse yekutanga yezuva inopenya misoro yehuswa hwakapfava ichiyerera mubani iri muchimiro che russet halo. Boka rembizi, rine chivimbo mukuvanda kwaro panguva ino yekuuraya, rinomira semabhora ebhora, misoro yakatarisana uye mitsetse ichibatana mukufamba kunoyerera.
Paki yeMikumi National Park iri pamuganhu wekuchamhembe kwenzvimbo huru yemhuka muAfrica - Selous - uye inopoteredzwa nemugwagwa une denga pakati peDar es Salaam neIringa. Saka ndiyo nzvimbo inonyanya kusvikika yenzvimbo ine makiromita zviuru makumi manomwe nezvishanu (makiromita zviuru makumi mana nenomwe) yesango rinotambanukira kumabvazuva kusvika kuIndian Ocean.
Nzvimbo dzakashama uye mhuka dzakawanda dzemusango reMkata Floodplain, iro riri pakati peMikumi, rinowanzo enzaniswa neSerengeti Plains ine mukurumbira. Shumba dzinoongorora huswa hwadzo - uye mapoka embizi, nyuchi, impala nenyati anofamba-famba pamusoro payo - kubva pamusoro pemirwi yemagwenzi, kana dzimwe nguva, panguva yemvura, kubva munzvimbo dzakakwirira mumiti. Twiza dzinotsvaga chikafu munzvimbo dzakaparadzana dzemuacacia dziri pedyo neRwizi rweMkata, zvitsuwa zvemumvuri zvinofarirwawo nenzou dzeMikumi.
Criss, ine migwagwa yakawanda yekuona mhuka, Mkata Floodplain ingangove ndiyo nzvimbo yakavimbika muTanzania yekuona mhuka dzine simba, mhuka huru pasi rose. Mhuka huru dzinonzi kudu nesable antelope dzinogara mumakomo akafukidzwa ne miombo anobva kumiganhu yepaki. Mhando dzeshiri dzinopfuura mazana mana dzakanyorwa, dzine mhuka dzakawanda dzakadai se lilac-breasted roller, yellow-throated long claw ne bateleur eagle dzinobatana nevanhu vakawanda vekuEurope munguva yemvura. Mvuu inzvimbo inokwezva madziva maviri ari makiromita mashanu kuchamhembe kwegedhi guru rekupinda, dzakatsigirwa neshiri dzemumvura dzinogara dzichichinja.
