Kei roto i te puku o te roto o Āwherika, kāore e taea te haere atu mā te rori, ā, 100 kiromita (60 maero) noa iho te tonga o te wāhi i whakapuakina ai e Stanley te mihi mutunga kore "E Tākuta Livingstone, ki taku whakaaro", he tirohanga e whakamahara ana i tētahi moutere o te Moana Inia. Kei roto i ngā wai kikorangi o te roto o Tanganyika ngā kokoru mā, e taupokina ana e te mekameka o ngā tihi ngaherehere e tū tata ana ki te 2 kiromita i runga ake i te takutai: ko ngā Maunga Mahale tawhiti, ngaro hoki.
Ko ngā Maunga Mahale, pērā i tōna rohe tata ki te raki, ko te awa o Gombe, te kāinga o ētahi o ngā tīmpani mohoao whakamutunga o Āwherika: he taupori tata ki te 800, i taunga ki ngā manuhiri tangata nā tētahi kaupapa rangahau Hapanihi i whakatūria i te tekau tau atu i 1960. He wheako makutu te whai i ngā tīmpani o Mahale. Ka kitea e ngā kanohi o te kaiārahi ngā kōhanga o te pō nei – he puranga atarangi teitei i roto i te taiwhanga rākau e kapi ana i te rangi.
Ko ngā toenga hua kua kainga haurua me ngā paru hou ka waiho hei tohu whai hua, e anga atu ana ki roto i te ngahere. Ka rere ngā pūrerehua i te hihi o te rā. Kātahi ka noho koe i waenganui i a rātou: e whakapaipai ana i ō rātou huruhuru kanapa i roto i te huihui, e totohe ana me te haruru, e pekepeke ana rānei ki roto i ngā rākau ki te piu haere i waenganui i ngā aka.
E mōhiotia ana hoki te rohe ko Nkungwe, i muri i te maunga nui rawa atu o te pāka, e tapu ana te iwi o Tongwe, ā, kei te 2,460 mita (8,069 putu) te teitei o ngā pūwāhi e ono e hanga ana i te Pae Maunga Mahale. Ahakoa ko ngā tīmpani te tino wāhi rongonui, kei ngā pari he maha ngā momo kararehe ngahere e kitea ana, tae atu ki ngā ope o ngā karapīpiti whero, ngā makimaki hiku whero me ngā makimaki kikorangi, me te huinga manu ngahere kanapa.
Ka taea e koe te whai i te haerenga tawhito a te iwi Tongwe ki ngā wairua maunga, te hikoi i roto i te whitiki ngahere ua o te maunga - te kāinga o te momo makimaki colobus o Angola - ki ngā pari tarutaru teitei kua whakairohia ki te bamboo o te maunga. Kātahi ka kaukau i roto i ngā wai mārama o te roto wai māori roa rawa atu o te ao, te tuarua o ngā mea hōhonu rawa atu, me te iti rawa o te poke - kei reira te 1,000 ngā momo ika - i mua i te hokinga mai i tō haerenga mai, mā runga poti.
