Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking
“Ka Mauna o ke Akua”
ʻO "Oldoinyo Lengai" ʻo ia hoʻi "Ka mauna o ke Akua" ma ka ʻōlelo Maasai. Ka piko o keia lua pele strato he 2962 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai a hāʻawi i nā ʻike pololei i ka caldera o ka lua pele ikaika i hōʻoia ʻia ma Tanzania, a ʻo ka lua pele carbonatite wale nō o ka honua; Ua mālama ʻia nā moʻolelo o nā pele mai ka makahiki 1883, ʻo ka mea nui loa i waiho i ka lehu ma 100 mau kilomita ma Loliondo ma ka palena ʻo Kenyan ma ke komohana ʻākau, Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking kekahi o ka ʻike maikaʻi loa.
Aia ia ma ka ʻākau o Tanzania e moe ana ma ka hema o Lake Natron ma ke awāwa Rift, ma ka puʻuwai o ka ʻāina ʻo Maasai, a ua manaʻo ʻia he mauna kapu. Ke nānā aku nei i ka ʻākau mai ka lua o ka piko, ʻo ka paʻakai paʻakai wela o Lake Natron e kū ana i kahi mamao. Aia ma ka hema ka Crater Highlands a me ka Hoʻopaʻa pāʻani ʻo Ngorongoro. ʻO ka ʻaoʻao hikina hikina e Kilimanjaro a ma ke komohana, ʻo nā escarpments a me nā puʻu i loko o nā pali komohana o ke awāwa Rift. I kēlā me kēia ʻehiku makahiki, hū aʻela ʻo Lengai a paʻa ka uahi mai loko mai o ka lua.
Hiki ke hele ma ka papahele lua. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o Oldoinyo Lengai ke koi nei ma muli o ka wela o ke ao, ka nele o ka wai, nā pali pali a kūpono ʻole o ka lehu a me nā pōhaku ʻūhā, a me ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka e piʻi i ka piko i ke kakahiaka nui a hiki i ka piko i ka puka ʻana o ka lā. ʻO ke kapa pōkole a me ka pumehana he kūpono no ka piʻi ʻana, a maikaʻi nō hoʻi nā pālule lōʻihi e like me ke anuanu ma mua o ka wanaʻao. ʻO ke ala e komo ai mai ke Komohana ʻĀkau e hiki ai ke iho mua mai ka piko i ka malu o ke kakahiaka.
Ke kū nei ma 2,878 mau mika ma luna o ka Soda Ash Lake Natron, kaulana ka mauna o GOD i ka poʻe Maasai e noho ana ma ia wahi, aia ʻo Mountain Ol'doinyo Lengai ma nā ʻāina kiʻekiʻe o Ngorongoro a me ke awāwa Rift ʻApelika ma kahi o 120 mau kilomita ma ke komohana ʻākau o Arusha, Tanzania. .
Mai nā kūpuna i hala, ua hoʻohana ʻia ka Holly Lengai e Maasai no kā lākou pule i ko lākou Akua i kapa ʻia ʻo NGAI. ʻO Ol'doinyo Lengai wale nō ka lua pele ikaika ma ka honua e hū ana i ka pele nitrocarbonatite i ʻoi aku ka maʻalili ma mua o nā pele ʻē aʻe ma kahi o (510 degere C) i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā mahana o nā pele basaltic (1,100 degere C) me ka liʻiliʻi o ka silika.
Hiki pinepine ka mauna i nā pele liʻiliʻi a hana ʻia nā hale me he cone ma kona kumu lua.
ʻOiai ma ka piko o ka mauna ʻo Ol'doinyo Lengai, hiki ke maopopo i ka Soda Lake Natron kahi e hoʻokipa ai a loaʻa nā wahi pūnana maikaʻi no nā ʻano manu like ʻole, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā Flamingos, nā pelicans, a me nā geese ʻoi aku ma mua o 350 mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hiki i kēia lā.
ʻAʻole like me nā mauna kiʻekiʻe ʻelua ʻē aʻe, lawe ʻo Lengai ma kahi o ʻeono a ʻehiku mau hola i ka lua pele. Eia kekahi, he wahi kūpono ka mauna no ka holo safari e nā alakaʻi Maasai me nā mea kaua e ʻike i nā holoholona hihiu e like me ka olive baboon, velvet, monitor lizard, hyenas, liona, leopadi, jackal, Grant's gazelle, impala, a me ka zebra.
Ma hope o Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking aia ma kahi kokoke ʻo Maasai BOMAS e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi manawa e launa pū me nā ʻōiwi e aʻo i kā lākou moʻomeheu, kapu, a me nā kuʻuna.
Hoʻonohonoho nui ʻia nā piʻi i ke aumoe a hiki i ka piko i ka puka ʻana o ka lā. ʻOiai paʻakikī ke ala ma muli o ka wela (40°C) a ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka poʻe hele wāwae e makaʻala loa, he mea kupanaha nā ʻike mai ka mauna ʻo Lengai. Ma ka ʻākau ʻo Lake Natron e ʻike ʻia, ma ke komohana ʻo Great Rift Valley, a ʻo ka ʻaoʻao hikina e hāʻawi i nā hiʻohiʻona nani o ka mauna ʻo Kilimanjaro.