Aia ma ka ʻaoʻao komohana mamao o Tanazania, ʻO Mahale Mountains National Park kekahi o nā wahi nani loa ma Tanzania. Aia ka paka i ka loko o Tanganyika, kekahi o nā loko kahiko a hohonu loa o ka honua.
ʻO ka hele ʻana i ka paka he mea hoʻokalakupua, no ka mea, hiki ke loaʻa ma ka ea a me ka waʻa wale nō. ʻAʻohe alanui ma ka paka, ʻo nā ala ulu lāʻau wale nō ma waena o nā mea kanu ulu. He paradaiso kēia pāka, akā ʻo ka mea nui, he paradaiso chimpanzee. ʻO Mahale kahi puʻuhonua no nā primates, me ka chimpanzee trekking kekahi o nā kumu nui o nā kipa.
Ua piha ka paka i ke ola, aia nā muliwai a me nā wailele ma nā wahi a pau, a ma ke kahakai o ka loko nā kahakai one keʻokeʻo maikaʻi ʻole i hiki ke noʻonoʻo.
Ka mamao, ka hele wāwae, ka hele wāwae, hoʻopili, a me ka nana manu.
He home ʻo Mahale no ʻeiwa mau ʻano primates, ʻo ia hoʻi ka baboon melemele, colobus ʻulaʻula, nā kēne uliuli, a me ka monkey huelo ʻulaʻula, a me 73 mau mammals ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa iā Mahale ka heluna kanaka mālama nui loa o ka honua (ma kahi o 700-1000) o nā ʻano subspecies hikina o Chimpanzee.
Aia i loko o ia wahi he 337 mau ʻano manu, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea kakaʻikahi a pili i ka Albertine Rift. E laʻa, ka pueo lawaiʻa a Pel.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea maʻamau e pili ana iā Mahale, ʻo ia ke ʻano ākea o nā ʻano noho i loko. He mosaic ka pāka o ka wao ua, ka ululāʻau, ka nahele ʻohe, ka nahele ʻo Montane, a me nā mauʻu mauna, ʻo ia hoʻi, hiki iā Mahale ke kākoʻo i kahi hui kūʻokoʻa o nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona e hilinaʻi nei i nā wahi noho like ʻole.
Loaʻa iā Mahale 8 (9 paha) primates me nā chimps; ʻO kēia nā ʻōpala melemele, nā moʻo uliuli, nā ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula, pied colobus, a me nā monkey vervet, ʻelua a ʻekolu mau ʻano o Galago.
ʻO Lake Tanganyika, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o Mahale, ʻo ia ka lua o ka lua o ka lua o ka wai hohonu a me ka lua o ka hohonu hohonu, ʻo 673km ka lōʻihi a me 60-80km ka laulā.
ʻO ka iʻa iʻa o Lake Tanganyika kekahi o nā ʻano like ʻole o ka honua. ʻO ka Lake kahi home o nā ʻano iʻa he 400 aʻe, ma kahi o 250 o ia mau cichlids, a ʻo 98% o ia mau mea he endemic (ʻaʻole lākou i loaʻa ma kahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua)
ʻO ka chimpanzee trek e lawe i nā malihini i kahi huakaʻi hihiu ma waena o nā ululāʻau noe. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia nā hikes ma waena o 30 mau minuke no ka ʻike mua ʻana a hiki i 3 mau hola. I kēia mau huakaʻi, loaʻa i ka poʻe hele wāwae ka manawa e ʻike ai i nā holoholona ʻē aʻe e like me ka roan a me ka sable antelope, mongoose, warthog, a i kekahi manawa ʻo ka liona a me ka leopadi. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Crocodiles e noho ma ka paka. ʻIke ʻia ʻo Hippos i kekahi manawa ma Lake Tanganyika, e ʻau ana i ka wai aniani. ʻAʻole i noiʻi ʻia ka honua amphibian a me nā mea kolo o Mahale, akā mai ka mea i ʻike ʻia, aia ka liʻiliʻi o 20 mau ʻano amphibians a me 26 mau mea kolo.
Me ka aneane 355 mau ʻano manu, e hoʻomāʻona ka paka i ka poʻe ʻōpio a me nā manu koʻikoʻi. Ma nā kahakai one, hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā pelicans a me nā ʻokoʻa like ʻole me ka malachite kingfishers, pied kingfishers, a me nā ʻaeto iʻa. Ma kahi kokoke loa i nā ululāʻau, hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā turacos o Livingston, nā trogons Narina, nā manu manu ʻulaʻula, a me nā mea ʻai pipi ʻulaʻula.
Aia ma luna o 250 mau ʻano iʻa endemic ka loko a hiki ke ʻike ʻia i ka snorkeling i nā wai pāpaʻu.
ʻAʻole pili wale ʻo Mahale i ka chimpanzee-trekking; Hāʻawi ia i ke kaulike kūpono o ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu a me ka hoʻomaha ʻana ma ka loko. ʻO ka holo kaʻa, ka snorkeling, a me ka lawaiʻa ʻana ma ka wai maʻemaʻe o Lake Tanganyika e hoʻonui i ka nui o ke kipa ʻana iā Mahale. No ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa ma ka ululāʻau, he koho ka hele wāwae. Piʻi (2-3 lā) i ka piko o nā mauna ʻo Mahale, mauna Nkungwe (2,462 m).