Yana cikin tsakiyar yankin cikin gida na Afirka, ba a iya shiga ta hanya kuma kilomita 100 kawai (mil 60) kudu da inda Stanley ya furta wannan gaisuwar "Doctor Livingstone, ina tsammanin", wani yanayi ne da ke tunawa da wani kyakkyawan bakin teku na tsibirin Tekun Indiya. Farin koguna masu siliki suna rufe a cikin ruwan kudu na Tafkin Tanganyika, wanda aka lulluɓe da sarkar ƙololuwar daji masu rufin daji waɗanda suka kai kusan kilomita 2 a saman bakin teku: tsaunukan Mahale masu nisa da ban mamaki.
Tsaunin Mahale, kamar maƙwabciyarsa ta arewa, Gombe Stream, gida ne ga wasu daga cikin ƙananan birai na daji na Afirka da suka rage: yawan jama'a kusan 800, waɗanda suka saba da baƙi na ɗan adam ta hanyar wani aikin bincike na Japan da aka kafa a shekarun 1960. Bin diddigin birai na Mahale abin mamaki ne. Idanun jagora suna zana gidan jiya da daddare - ƙananan birai masu duhu a cikin wani tarin bishiyoyi da ke cike da sararin samaniya.
Ragowar 'ya'yan itatuwa da aka ci rabin-cinsu da kuma najasa sabo suna zama alamu masu amfani, suna shiga cikin daji. Malamai suna shawagi a cikin hasken rana mai duhu. Sai kwatsam ka shiga tsakiyarsu: suna shirya riguna masu sheƙi na juna a cikin tarin jama'a, suna yin hayaniya da hayaniya, ko kuma suna ɗaure cikin bishiyoyi don yin lilo cikin sauƙi tsakanin inabin.
Ana kuma kiran yankin da Nkungwe, bayan babban dutsen wurin shakatawa, wanda mutanen Tongwe na yankin suka riƙe shi da tsarki, kuma yana da tsawon mita 2,460 (ƙafa 8,069) mafi tsayi daga cikin wurare shida da suka mamaye Mahale Range. Kuma yayin da birai su ne taurarin da ke jan hankalin mutane, gangaren yana goyon bayan namun daji daban-daban, ciki har da rundunonin jajayen bishiyoyi, birai masu wutsiya ja da shuɗi, da kuma jerin tsuntsayen daji masu launi daban-daban.
Za ku iya bin diddigin tarihin rayuwar mutanen Tongwe na zamanin da zuwa wuraren tsaunuka, kuna yawo a cikin tsaunukan dajin - gida ga wani nau'in biri na Angola mai suna Colobus - zuwa tsaunuka masu tsayi masu ciyawa da aka yi wa ado da bamboo. Sannan ku yi wanka a cikin ruwan da ba zai yiwu ba na tafki mafi tsayi, na biyu mafi zurfi da kuma mafi ƙarancin gurɓataccen ruwa a duniya - wanda ke ɗauke da kimanin nau'ikan kifaye 1,000 - kafin ku dawo da kanku, ta jirgin ruwa.
