He kaiaola nui ka Serengeti ma waena o ʻApelika. He 30 mau kilomika kilomika kona wahi, e wehewehe ana i ka inoa o ka paka, ma ka unuhi ana mai ka olelo Masai.
Aia ka paka aupuni ma ka ʻākau o Tanzania a hiki i ka ʻaoʻao hema hema o Kenya. Aia i loko o ka Serengeti National Park pono'ī a me kekahi mau mālama mālama ʻia e nā aupuni o kēia mau ʻāina ʻelua. Hōʻike ka ʻāina i ka neʻe ʻana o ka mammal nui loa ma ka honua a he huakaʻi safari kaulana ʻo ʻApelika.
Nui nā ʻano like ʻole o ka ʻāina o ka Serengeti: ʻo nā papa pālahalaha o nā acacias, nā pāpū pōhaku, nā mauʻu ākea e pili ana i nā puʻu a me nā pōhaku. ʻO nā mahana wela kiʻekiʻe me nā makani ʻino e hana i nā kūlana ʻino loa ma ia wahi. ʻO ka palena o ka paka ua "hoʻokumu ʻia" e Ol-Doinyo-Lengai, ʻo ia wale nō ka lua pele ikaika ma ia wahi e hū mau ana i nā pele carbonatite i keʻokeʻo ke ʻike ʻia i ka lewa.
ʻO ka Serengeti kahi home o nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole: nā wildebeest uliuli, nā gazelles, nā zebra, nā bufalo, nā liona, nā hyena ʻike ʻia - ʻike ʻia e nā poʻe āpau o ka kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Disney ʻo The Lion King. ʻO kahi maloʻo a me kahi maʻi pipi i nā makahiki 1890 i hoʻopilikia nui i ka heluna o ka Serengeti, ʻo ia hoʻi ka wildebeest. Ma ka waena o nā makahiki 1970, ua loaʻa hou nā helu wildebeest a me nā bufalo. ʻAʻole ʻo nā mammals nui wale nō ka poʻe noho o ka National Park. He ʻoluʻolu ka noho ʻana o nā agama-lizards a me nā hyrax mauna i loko o nā puʻu pōhaku nui - nā lua pele. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia ma ʻaneʻi nā ʻano ʻano ʻano he 100 o nā pipi dung!
Ua hānai ʻo Maasai i nā pipi ma nā pāpū kūloko no kahi kokoke i 200 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻEulopa i ia wahi. Ua komo ka German geographer a me ka mea mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Oskar Baumann i ka Maasai i ka makahiki 1892, a ua hoʻopaʻa ka Pelekane ʻo Stuart Edward White i kāna moʻolelo mua ma ka ʻākau ʻo Serengeti i ka makahiki 1913. A laila ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka paka aupuni ma 1951, loaʻa ka kaulana nui ma hope o ka hana mua a Bernhard Grzymak. a me kāna keiki ʻo Michael i ka makahiki 1950. Ua hoʻokuʻu pū lāua i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni a me ka puke ʻo The Serengeti Will Not Die, kahi palapala hōʻike mua e pili ana i ka mālama kūlohelohe. Ma ke ʻano he kiʻi holoholona hihiu, he wahi kūikawā ka Serengeti National Park i ka hana a nā mea kākau ʻo Ernest Hemingway lāua ʻo Peter Matthiessen, a me nā mea hana kiʻiʻoniʻoni ʻo Hugo van Lawitzk a me Alan Root.
Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hana ʻana o ka paka a no ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu, ua neʻe ʻia ka Maasai i nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o Ngorongoro, ʻo ia ka mea o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka Serengeti ka heluna nui o nā liona ma ʻApelika, me ka 3000 liona ma ka paka holoʻokoʻa. Ma waho aʻe o ka "lima ʻApelika nui", hiki iā ʻoe ke hālāwai. Nui ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻano ʻano pōloli e like me.
Noho ma ka muliwai Grumeti (a ma kona wahi kokoke). Ma waena o nā ululāʻau o ka ʻĀkau Serengeti e noho nei. Hāʻawi ka National Park ma kahi o 500 mau ʻano manu, i waena o ia -.