Aia ma kahi hohonu i loko o ka puʻuwai o loko o ʻApelika, hiki ʻole ke hele ʻia ma ke alanui a he 100 km wale nō (60 mile) ma ka hema o kahi i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Stanley i kēlā aloha make ʻole "ʻO Kauka Livingstone, ke kuhi nei au", he hiʻohiʻona e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi mokupuni kahakai o ka Moana ʻInia. ʻO nā ʻauwaʻa keʻokeʻo siliki e hoʻopuni ana i nā wai ʻālohilohi o Lake Tanganyika, i uhi ʻia e kahi kaulahao o nā piko hihiu i uhi ʻia i ka ululāʻau e kū pono ana ma kahi o 2 km ma luna o ke kahakai: nā mauna Mahale mamao a pohihihi.
ʻO nā Mauna ʻo Mahale, e like me kona hoalauna ʻākau ʻo Gombe Stream, kahi home o kekahi o nā chimpanzees hihiu hope loa o ʻApelika: he heluna kanaka ma kahi o 800, i maʻa i nā malihini kanaka e kahi papahana noiʻi Kepani i hoʻokumu ʻia i nā makahiki 1960. He ʻike kilokilo ka hahai ʻana i nā chimps o Mahale. ʻIke nā maka o ke alakaʻi i nā pūnana o ka pō nei - nā puʻupuʻu malu kiʻekiʻe i loko o kahi hale hōʻikeʻike o nā lāʻau e piha ana i ka lewa.
ʻO nā ʻāpana hua i ʻai hapa ʻia a me ka ʻōpala hou e lilo i mau hōʻailona waiwai, e alakaʻi ana i loko o ka nahele. Lele nā pulelehua i ka lā ʻālohilohi. A laila koke ʻoe i waenakonu o lākou: e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i nā ʻaʻahu ʻālohilohi o kekahi i kekahi i loko o nā hui pū ʻana, e hakakā ana me ka walaʻau, a i ʻole e lele ana i loko o nā lāʻau e lele mālie ma waena o nā kumu waina.
Ua kapa ʻia hoʻi ka ʻāina ʻo Nkungwe, ma muli o ke kuahiwi nui loa o ka paka, i mālama ʻia e ka poʻe Tongwe kūloko, a ma 2,460 mika (8,069 kapuaʻi) ke kiʻekiʻe loa o nā wahi koʻikoʻi ʻeono e hana ana i ka Mahale Range. A ʻoiai ʻo nā chimpanzees ka mea hoihoi nui, kākoʻo nā pali i nā ʻano holoholona like ʻole o ka nahele, me nā pūʻali koa colobus ʻulaʻula i ʻike koke ʻia, nā mōneki huelo ʻulaʻula a me ka uliuli, a me kahi ʻano kaleidoscopic o nā manu nahele kala.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hahai i ka huakaʻi hele kahiko a ka poʻe Tongwe i nā ʻuhane mauna, e hele wāwae ana ma ke kāʻei ululāʻau mauna - kahi home o kahi lāhui endemic o ka monkey colobus Angola - i nā kualono mauʻu kiʻekiʻe i uhi ʻia me ka ʻohe alpine. A laila e ʻauʻau i loko o nā wai maopopo loa o ka loko wai maʻemaʻe loa o ka honua, ka lua o ka hohonu loa a me ka liʻiliʻi loa o ka haumia - kahi e mālama ai i kahi ʻano iʻa 1,000 - ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i kou hiki ʻana mai, ma ka waʻa.
