Ipaki kazwelonke ekufutshane nedolophu yaseArusha – ikomkhulu leenqanawa zaseTanzania elikumantla – ipaki kazwelonke yaseArusha lilitye elinqabileyo elinamacala amaninzi, elihlala lingajongwa ngabantu abahamba ngeenqanawa, nangona linika ithuba lokuhlola iindawo zokuhlala ezahlukeneyo ezinomtsalane kwiiyure ezimbalwa.
Isango lokungena likhokelela kwihlathi elimnyama lentaba elihlala iinkawu eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ezinomdla kunye neeturacos kunye neetrogons ezimibalabala - indawo ekuphela kwayo kwisekethe yesafari esemantla apho inkawu ye-colobus emnyama nemhlophe ebonakalayo ibonakala lula. Phakathi kwehlathi kukho iNdurdoto Crater emangalisayo, enamatye amakhulu, agqunywe kumgangatho omkhulu omanzi ogcwele imihlambi yeenyathi kunye neengulube.
Ukuya emantla, iinduli ezinengca eziqengqelekayo zigqume ubuhle obuzolileyo bamachibi aseMomela, nganye inombala oluhlaza okanye oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Amachibi awo angaphantsi ngamanye amaxesha anombala opinki kunye namawaka eeflamingo, amachibi axhasa uluhlu olubanzi lweentaka zamanzi ezihlala apho nezifudukayo, kwaye ii-waterbucks ezinde zibonisa iimpondo zazo ezinkulu ezimile okwe-lyre kwimiphetho yamanzi. Iindlulamthi zihambahamba kwiinduli ezinengca, phakathi kwemihlambi yezebra ezitya ingca, ngelixa izibini zee-dik-dik ezinamahlo amakhulu zingena kwihlathi elinoburhalarhume njengeemvundla ezikhule kakhulu kwimilenze emincinci.
Nangona iindlovu zingaqhelekanga kwiArusha National Park, kwaye iingonyama zingekho kwaphela, iingwe kunye neengcuka ezinamabala zinokubonakala zihambahamba kusasa nasemva kwemini. Kwakhona kukutshona kwelanga nokusa apho isigqubuthelo samafu kumphezulu osempuma sinokubonakala khona, siveze iincopho ezinkulu zaseKilimanjaro ezigqunywe likhephu, ezikude ngama-50km kuphela (iikhilomitha ezingama-30).
Kodwa ngumzala kaKilimanjaro ongenakratshi, iNtaba iMeru – eyesihlanu ngobukhulu eAfrika kwiimitha ezingama-4,566 ze-MASL (iinyawo ezili-14,990) – elawula umphezulu wepaki. Iincopho zayo kunye neenyawo zasempuma ezikhuselweyo ngaphakathi kwepaki yesizwe, iMeru inika imibono engenakuthelekiswa nanto yommelwane wayo odumileyo, ngelixa ikwadala indawo entle yokuhamba ngeenyawo ngokwayo.
Ukudlula kuqala kwi-savannah enemithi apho iinyathi kunye neendlulamthi zihlala zidibana khona, ukunyuka kweMeru kukhokelela emahlathini avuthayo anee-red-hot pokers kunye ne-Spanish moss, ngaphambi kokuba kufike kwindawo ephakamileyo evulekileyo ene-lobelias ezinkulu. Iintyatyambo ezihlala zihleli zinamathele entlango yeentaba, njengoko ii-klipspringers ezineempuphu ezintle ziphawula inkqubela yohambo. Ehamba phezu kwencopho enamatye, iKilimanjaro imi ityhilekile, iqaqambile ekuphumeni kwelanga.
