Ziwombankhanga ziwiri za nsomba zimateteza gombe lofewa, mawonekedwe awo apadera a nthenga zakuda, zoyera komanso za chestnut zikuwala molimba mtima padzuwa la m'mawa. Mwadzidzidzi, mbalamezo zikuponya mitu yawo kumbuyo mu duet yowala komanso yosangalatsa. Pansi pa mchenga, chilombo chodya bwino cha ng'ona chikugwa, chikudabwa kuchokera tulo lake. Chikuthamanga kudutsa mu udzu wouma, chikugwera m'madzi patsogolo pa bwato, chosawoneka kupatula maso awiri a mlonda omwe akuyang'ana moopsa pamwamba pa nthaka kuti ayang'anire mayendedwe athu.
Chilumba cha Rubondo chili kum'mwera chakumadzulo kwa Nyanja ya Victoria, nyanja yachiwiri yayikulu padziko lonse lapansi, nyanja yamkati yomwe ili pakati pa Tanzania, Uganda ndi Kenya. Ndi zilumba zazing'ono khumi ndi chimodzi pansi pa mapiko ake, Rubondo imateteza malo oberekera nsomba zamtengo wapatali. Tilapia yokoma ndi chakudya chofunikira cha otter achikasu omwe amaseŵera m'mphepete mwa miyala pachilumbachi, pomwe nsomba za Nile perch zolusa, zina zolemera kuposa 100kg, zimakopa asodzi akusewera masewera osangalatsa omwe akufuna kugwira nsomba zodziwika bwino padziko lonse lapansi.
Rubondo ndi malo odabwitsa a m'madzi. Magombe a mchenga opanda kanthu ali pafupi ndi nkhalango yosatha, komwe bushbuckle wofiirira amasuntha gulu la anthu koma chete kudzera mumsewu wa tamarind, mitengo ya kanjedza yakuthengo, ndi nkhuyu zomwe zili ndi mizu yotsalira. Sitatunga wa m'madzi wokhala ndi ming'alu, kwina komwe ndi antelope osawoneka bwino, amapezeka mosavuta, osati m'madambo a papyrus omwe nthawi zambiri amakhala, komanso mkati mwa nkhalango.
Mbalame zili paliponse. Magulu a mbalame za ku Africa zotchedwa paparrot - zomwe zinatulutsidwa pachilumbachi zitatengedwa kuchokera kwa ogulitsa zinthu zosaloledwa - zimafuula mokweza pamene zikuuluka mokwiya pakati pa mitengo. Kuwala kowala kwa chimbalangondo cha malachite chomwe chili pansi pa mabango kumapikisana ndi mchira wokongola, woyenda wa mbalame yogwira ntchentche ya paradaiso pamene ikuuluka m'nkhalango ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Zimbalangondo, adokowe ndi ma spoonbill zimafalikira m'mphepete mwa nyanja yonyowa, zomwe zimawonjezeredwa ndi anthu zikwizikwi ochokera ku Ulaya m'nyengo yozizira yakumpoto. Fungo la jasmine yakuthengo, maluwa 40 osiyanasiyana a orchid ndi fungo lokoma losaneneka limachokera m'nkhalango.
Makumi asanu ndi anayi pa zana a pakiyi ndi nkhalango yonyowa; zina zonse kuyambira malo otseguka a udzu mpaka malo okhala ndi papyrus omwe ali m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Mitundu yambiri ya nyama zakuthengo - mvuu, anyani a vervet, genet ndi mongoose - imagawana malo awo otetezedwa ndi mitundu yomwe yabwera nayo monga chimpanzi, colobus wakuda ndi woyera, njovu ndi giraffe, zonse zomwe zimapindula ndi kusavuta kwa Rubondo.
