ʻO ka lua pele ʻo Empakaai kekahi o nā puʻupuʻu lua pele ma ka ʻĀina Hoʻomalu ʻo Ngorongoro, aia paha me ka palena kiʻekiʻe loa o nā mea a pau, a he loko nani i ʻoi aku ma mua o 75% o kāna papa lua. Ma waena o nā mea nui i loko o ka lua pele ka nui o nā Flamingos i ʻike ʻia a puni ke kahakai ʻo Crater's Lake.
Aia ka lua pele ma nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o Ngorongoro a ua hoʻopuni ʻia e nā pali ululāʻau kiʻekiʻe ma kahi o 300m ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻike ʻia e nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo kūlohelohe, nā holoholona hihiu, a me nā ʻano manu like ʻole. Aneane 8 kilomika ka laula o ka lua pele, aka, ua uhiia ma kahi o ka hapalua o kona papahele e ka loko soda hohonu, ka home no na lapalapa a me na manu wai e ae.
ʻOiai ma ka lihi o ka lua pele, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ka mauna Oldoinyo Lengai, ke awāwa ʻo Great Rift, a me Lake Natron me kahi panorama kupaianaha. Hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka hele wāwae kūlohelohe mai ka lihi o ka lua a i ʻole e iho i ka papahele lua e makaʻala i nā mea hoihoi like ʻole. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele wāwae kūlohelohe mai ka lua pele a i ʻole e iho i ka papahele lua e makaʻala i nā mea hoihoi like ʻole.
ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe ʻo Empakaai ma kahi o 3,200m ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana a me 2,590m ma luna o ka ʻilikai ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina. Ua uhi mau ʻia i ka noe ma muli o kona kiʻekiʻe, a ʻike ʻia ka loko emerald a i ʻole uliuli hohonu.
He mea kaulana ka lua pele o Empakaai no ka hele wāwae ʻana, kahi e hele ai ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola a hoʻi i hope no ʻelua hola a me ka hapa, ma muli o ka pono pilikino.
Hiki i ka poʻe kipa ke makaʻala i ka loko a me ka wao ua nui i loko a puni ma kahi kokoke i ka
papahele. Ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka ʻāpana mālama ʻo Ngorongoro, ʻo ka lua pele ʻo Empakaai ka hapa nui o nā holoholona hihiu, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻike ʻana i kekahi o nā Big Five, ʻo ia hoʻi nā leopards, nā liona, nā ʻelepani, a me nā bufalo. Hoʻokipa pū ia i nā holoholona hihiu liʻiliʻi e like me nā Monkeys a me nā ʻano manu like ʻole.
Ma kahi kūpono kūpono, hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia kahi safari hele lōʻihi i hana ʻia ma ka NCA ma o Oldoinyo Lengai a me Lake Natron e kū ana ma waho o ka wahi i hiki ke hoʻomau i ʻelua a ʻehā lā hiki ke hoʻonui ʻia e ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā safaris i ka lua o Empakaai. Hiki ke kipa ʻia kēia lua pele i kēlā me kēia
ka manawa o ka makahiki, me ka manaʻo nui mai Iune a Dekemaba (nā kau maloʻo). Pono ka hele wāwae ʻana i ka lua ʻo Empakaai e hele pū me kahi pūʻali koa. Aia kahi kahua hoʻomoana kūikawā ma ka lua pele no ka hoʻomoana. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ma mua
ua lakoia.
Huna ʻia ma ka ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o ka Ngorongoro Crater Conservation Area (NCA), aia kekahi mau mea huna i ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā malihini ma Tanzania. He 40-kilomita ka holo ma ka ʻākau o ka lua kaulana ʻo Ngorongoro, ʻo ia ka lua o Empakaai. ʻO kēia ka mea e ʻimi ai i ke ala kūpono loa i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona kūlohelohe maoli e like me ka Empakaai Crater.
ʻO 5km ka lōʻihi o ka hele ʻana i waho a i hope (huakaʻi hoʻi)
Hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia ka piʻi ʻana ma kahi o ʻelua mau hola e pili ana i ka lōʻihi o kou hauʻoli ʻana i nā hiʻohiʻona aʻo ka ʻaoʻao o ka loko i ka lua pele.
He mea maʻalahi kēia ala no ka mea he 5 mau kilomita wale nō ka lōʻihi. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka pali o ke ala ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka lua pele me 300m o ke kiʻekiʻe ma ke ala e piʻi ai. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe e noʻonoʻo ai ʻo ia paha ʻoe e hana nui ana i kēia huakaʻi i ʻike ʻia i ka lā.
ʻO 295 mika ka piʻi ʻana.
Aia ʻo Empakaai Crater ma ka ʻāina mālama ʻo Ngorongoro Crater, he ʻelima hola kaʻa mai Arusha. ʻO ka hapa nui o ka poʻe e kipa ana i ka lua o Empakaai e hana pēlā ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi e pili ana i kahi safari ma Ngorongoro Crater a me nā hikes kokoke o Olmoti Crater a me Ol Doinyo Lengai (Mountain of God). Hele au i ka lua o Empakaai ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻehā lā o kekahi mau hikes ma ka ʻāina me Altezza Travel. Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i ka palapala ʻāina o ka lua akā he mea nui ia e ʻike (e hoʻohui au i nā kikoʻī ma ka ʻāpana ma lalo) ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i ka lua me ʻoe iho me ka ʻole o kahi kahu.
Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻae pāka, pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i nā lawelawe o kekahi o nā mākaʻi paka no ka mea e haʻalele ana ʻoe i kāu kaʻa ma kahi ʻāpana kahi e hoʻomalu ai nā holoholona hihiu i ka ʻāina. ʻO ko mākou kiaʻi paka, ʻo Simon, ua lawe iā mākou i ʻelua huakaʻi i ka lā hoʻokahi. ʻO ka mua, ua holo mākou i kahi huakaʻi liʻiliʻi 3-kilomita o ka lua o Olmoti a laila holo mākou i ka lua o Empakaai a alakaʻi ʻo ia iā mākou i luna a i lalo.
ʻO ka ʻāpana hope e noʻonoʻo ai e pili ana i ka hiki ʻana i ka lua o Empakaai, pono ʻoe i kahi kaʻa 4x4, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawelawe i ka ʻāina paʻakikī o ka ʻāina mālama ʻo Ngorongoro Crater.