Isigidi sezilwane zasendle… ngasinye siqhutshwa yisigqi esifanayo sasendulo, sigcwalisa indima yaso yemvelo emjikelezweni wokuphila ongenakugwenywa: impi yamasonto amathathu yokunqotshwa kwezindawo nokuzalana; ukusinda kwezinamandla njengoba izinsika ezingamakhilomitha angu-40 (25 miles) zingena emanzini agcwele izingwenya ekuphumeni kwaminyaka yonke enyakatho; ukugcwalisa lolu hlobo ngokuqhuma okuncane kwabantu okukhiqiza amathole angaphezu kuka-8,000 nsuku zonke ngaphambi kokuba uhambo lokuya e-1,000 km (600 miles) luqale futhi.
Ipaki kazwelonke endala nethandwa kakhulu eTanzania, futhi eyiNdawo Yefa Lomhlaba futhi muva nje yamenyezelwa njengeSimangaliso Somhlaba Wonke, iSerengeti idume ngokufuduka kwayo kwaminyaka yonke, lapho izinselo ezingaba yizigidi eziyisithupha zishaya khona amathafa avulekile, njengoba i-zebra engaphezu kuka-200,000 kanye ne-Thomson's gazelle engu-300,000 ijoyina uhambo lwe-wildebeest lokuyodla amadlelo amasha. Kodwa noma ukufuduka kuthule, iSerengeti ihlinzeka ngokubuka izilwane okumangalisayo kakhulu e-Afrika: imihlambi emikhulu yezinyathi, amaqembu amancane ezindlovu nezindlulamithi, kanye nezinkulungwane ngezinkulungwane zezimpungushe, ama-topi, ama-kongoni, ama-impala kanye ne-Grant's gazelle.
Umbukiso wezilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ugcwele ipaki elikhulu laseTanzania. Izilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ezidla ezinye izilwane ezivamile. Izingwe zodwa zihlala emithini yomtholo eseduze noMfula iSeronera, kuyilapho izingwe ezinabantu abaningi zihambahamba emathafeni aseningizimu-mpumalanga. Cishe ngokungavamile, zonke izinhlobo ezintathu zezimpungushe zase-Afrika zitholakala lapha, kanye nempisi enamabala kanye nenqwaba yezilwane ezincane ezidla ezinye izilwane, kusukela empisini edla izinambuzane kuya ekati elihle elikhonzayo.
Kodwa kukhona okungaphezu kweSerengeti kunezilwane ezincelisayo ezinkulu. Izibankwa ze-agama ze-Gaudy kanye ne-rock hyraxes ziyaqhudelana eduze kwe-granite kopjes ezihlukanisiwe zepaki. Kunezinhlobo ezingu-100 ze-dung beetle ezirekhodiwe, kanye nezinhlobo zezinyoni ezingaphezu kuka-500, kusukela ku-ostrich enkulu kanye nenyoni engavamile ye-secretary bird yasendle evulekile, kuya kuma-black eagles andiza kalula ngaphezu kwamaLobo Hills.
Njengoba ukubuka umdlalo kuqhubeka njalo, umuzwa wokukhulula wendawo ochaza amaThafa aseSerengeti, adlula ehlane elishiswe yilanga aze afike endaweni ekhanyayo yegolide ekugcineni komhlaba. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kwemvula, lo mhlaba ogqamile wotshani uguqulwa ube ikhaphethi eluhlaza engapheli enezimbali zasendle. Futhi kukhona namagquma anezihlahla nezindunduma eziphakeme zezihlahla, imifula egcwele izihlahla zamakhiwane kanye nehlathi lomtholo elinombala ophuzi ngothuli. I-Serengeti ingase ithandwe, kodwa ihlala inkulu kangangokuthi ungase ube yizilaleli zabantu kuphela lapho ukuziqhenya kwamabhubesi kuqondisa ukuvinjezelwa, kugxile ekudleni kwayo okulandelayo.
