He mau ʻaeto iʻa ʻelua e kiaʻi ana i ke kai mālie, ʻo ko lākou ʻano hulu ʻeleʻele, keʻokeʻo a me ka chestnut e ʻālohilohi wiwo ʻole ana i ka lā kakahiaka. I ka manawa koke, ua hoʻolei nā manu i ko lākou mau poʻo i hope me kahi hui ʻoi a hoʻāla. Ma ke one ma lalo, ua ola koke mai kahi moʻo crocodile i hānai maikaʻi ʻia, me ka pūʻiwa mai kona hiamoe ʻana. Holo wikiwiki ʻo ia ma waena o ka nahelehele ʻōpala, e hāʻule ana i loko o ka wai ma mua o ka waʻa, ʻike ʻole ʻia koe wale nō nā maka kiaʻi ʻelua e nānā pono ana ma luna o ka ʻili e nānā i kā mākou neʻe ʻana.
Aia ka mokupuni ʻo Rubondo ma ke kihi komohana hema o ka loko ʻo Victoria, ka lua o ka loko nui loa o ka honua, he kai kūloko e pālahalaha ana ma waena o Tanzania, Uganda a me Kenya. Me nā mokupuni liʻiliʻi he ʻumikumamākahi ma lalo o kona ʻēheu, mālama ʻo Rubondo i nā wahi hānau iʻa makamae. ʻO ka tilapia ʻono ka meaʻai nui o nā ʻotters ʻōniʻoniʻo melemele e ʻoliʻoli ana i nā ʻauwai pōhaku o ka mokupuni, ʻoiai ʻo ka Nile perch hihiu, ʻoi aku ke kaumaha o kekahi ma mua o 100kg, e hoʻowalewale i nā lawaiʻa holoholona leʻaleʻa e ʻimi ana i nā hopu moʻolelo honua.
ʻOi aku ʻo Rubondo ma mua o kahi ʻāina kupanaha wai. Hoʻopuni ʻia nā kahakai one neoneo e kūʻē i kahi ʻaʻahu o ka nahele puʻupaʻa, kahi e neʻe ai nā bushbuck ʻeleʻele akā mālie ma waena o kahi maze o nā tamarinds, nā pāma hihiu, a me nā fiku sycamore i kāwili ʻia me kahi pā o nā aʻa tallowing. ʻO ka sitatunga wai i uhi ʻia i ka shaggy, ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ka antelope paʻakikī loa, ua maʻalahi loa ka ʻike ʻana, ʻaʻole wale ma nā wahi pāpaʻi papyrus e noho mau ai, akā ma loko hoʻi o ka nahele.
Aia nā manu ma nā wahi a pau. ʻO nā ʻohana manu ʻApelika hina hina - i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ka mokupuni ma hope o ko lākou lawe ʻia ʻana mai nā mea hoʻopuka kū ʻole i ke kānāwai - e ʻuwā ana me ka hakakā ʻakaʻaka i ko lākou lele ʻana ma waena o nā lāʻau. ʻO ka ʻālohilohi azure o kahi malachite kingfisher e kau ana ma lalo o nā ʻohe e hoʻokūkū me ka huelo nani o kahi paradaiso flycatcher i kona lele ʻana ma waena o ka nahele ma kahakai o ka loko. Hoʻonui nā herons, storks a me spoonbills ma nā palena o ka loko swampy, i hoʻohui ʻia e nā tausani o ka poʻe malihini Eurasian i ka hoʻoilo ʻākau. ʻO nā ʻala o ka jasmine hihiu, 40 mau ʻōkena like ʻole a me kahi smorgasbord o nā ʻala ʻono a hiki ʻole ke wehewehe ʻia e puka mai ana mai ka nahele.
He kanaiwakūmāiwa pakeneka o ka paka he ululāʻau pulu; ʻo ke koena mai nā lau nahele ākea a i nā moena papyrus ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko. He nui nā ʻano mammal ʻōiwi - hippo, vervet monkey, genet a me mongoose - e kaʻana like i ko lākou wahi noho pale ʻia me nā ʻano i hoʻolauna ʻia e like me chimpanzee, colobus ʻeleʻele a keʻokeʻo, elepani a me ka giraffe, a ʻo lākou a pau e pōmaikaʻi ana mai ka hiki ʻole ke komo iā Rubondo.
