I-Mahale National Park

I-Mahale Mountains National Park, eTanzania

Incazelo

Itholakala engxenyeni esentshonalanga ye- Tanzania, I-Mahale Mountains National Park ingenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu eTanzania. Lesi siqiwu sisemngceleni weLake Tanganyika, elinye lamachibi amadala najulile kakhulu emhlabeni.
Ukufika epaki kuyinto ejabulisayo, njengoba kufinyeleleka kuphela ngomoya nangesikebhe. Ayikho imigwaqo kuleli paki, kunemigwaqo yasehlathini kuphela enqamula uhlaza oluluhlaza. Leli paki liyipharadesi lomhambi, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, liyipharadesi lezimfene. I-Mahale iyindawo yokudoba izinkawu, futhi ukuhamba kwemfene kungesinye sezizathu eziyinhloko zokuvakashelwa.
Ipaki igcwele ukuphila, imifula nezimpophoma kukhona yonke indawo, futhi ngasogwini lwechibi kukhona amabhishi anesihlabathi esimhlophe angonakalisiwe noma ubani ongawacabanga.

Amaphuzu avelele

Ukude, ukuhamba ngezinyawo kwama-primate, ukugibela izintaba, snorkeling, nokubuka izinyoni.
EMahale kunezinhlobo ezingu-9 zezimfene, okuhlanganisa imfene ephuzi, i-colobus ebomvu, izinkawu eziluhlaza, nezinkawu ezinomsila obomvu, kanye nezinye izilwane ezincelisayo ezingu-73.

I-Mahale iqukethe okungenani isibalo sabantu esikhulu kunazo zonke esivikelwe emhlabeni (esilinganiselwa ku-700-1000) sezinhlobo ezincane ezisempumalanga ye-Chimpanzee.

Usayizi

Le ndawo iqukethe okungenani izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingu-337, eziningi zazo eziyivelakancane futhi zitholakala e-Albertine Rift. Isib, isikhova sikaPel sokudoba.

Enye yezinto ezingajwayelekile ngeMahale izinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobo zezindawo ezikuyo. Leli paki liwumfanekiso wamahlathi aminyene, ihlathi, ihlathi le-bamboo, ihlathi laseMontane, nezintaba ezinotshani, okusho ukuthi i-Mahale ingakwazi ukusekela ingxube eyingqayizivele yezitshalo nezilwane ezithembele ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene.

I-Mahale iqukethe ama-primates angu-8 (Mhlawumbe angu-9) ngaphezu kwezimfene; lezi izimfene eziphuzi, izinkawu eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, i-colobus ebomvu, i-pied colobus, nezinkawu ze-vervet, izinhlobo ezimbili noma ezintathu ze-Galago.

ILake Tanganyika, eliyingxenye yeMahale, lingelesibili emhlabeni ngesibili ubude nelingelesibili ukushona echibini elinamanzi ahlanzekile, elingama-673km ubude no-60-80km ububanzi.

Amanzi ahlanzekile

Izilwane ezifuywayo zaseLake Tanganyika zingenye yezinhlobo ezihlukahlukene kakhulu emhlabeni. IChibi liyikhaya okungenani lezinhlobo zezinhlanzi ezingu-400, ezingaba ngu-250 zazo ezingama-cichlid, kanti ezingu-98% zazo zitholakala kalula (azitholakali kwenye indawo emhlabeni)

Uhambo lwezimfene luthatha izivakashi uhambo lwasendle lunqamula emahlathini anenkungu. Ukuhamba ngezinyawo kungahluka phakathi kwemizuzu engama-30 uma uqala ukubona kuze kufike emahoreni ama-3. Phakathi nalokhu kuhamba, abaqwali baphinde babe nethuba lokubona ezinye izilwane ezifana ne-roan and sable antelope, mongoose, warthog, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ibhubesi nengwe. Izingwenya ziyaziwa futhi ukuthi zihlala epaki. Ngezinye izikhathi izimvubu zibonwa eLake Tanganyika, zibhukuda emanzini acwebile. Umhlaba wezilwane ezihlala emanzini nasemanzini kanye nezilwane ezihuquzelayo zaseMahale azikakacwaningwa kahle, kodwa ngokwaziwayo, kunezinhlobo okungenani ezingama-20 zezilwane ezihlala emanzini kanye nezinhlobo ezingama-26 zezilwane ezihuquzelayo.
Njengoba cishe izinhlobo zezinyoni ezingu-355, leli paki lizokwanelisa kokubili abathandi bezinyoni abangayimfundamakhwela nabangabalulekile. Ogwini olunesihlabathi, umuntu angabona ama-pelicans nonogolantethe abahlukahlukene kanye nama- malachite kingfisher, ama- pied kingfisher nama- fish eagle. Eduze kwamahlathi, ama-turaco ka-Livingston, ama-Narina trogons, izinyoni ze-crested guinea, kanye nabadla izinyosi abanezihlathi eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Ichibi linezinhlobo zezinhlanzi ezingaphezu kuka-250 ezikhona futhi singabonakala ngenkathi sisnorkeling emanzini angashoni.

Imisebenzi

UMahale akagcini nje ngokuhamba ngezimfene; inikeza ibhalansi ephelele yokubuka izilwane zasendle kanye nokuphumula echibini. Ukuhamba nge-kayaking, i-snorkeling, nokudoba emanzini acwebile eLake Tanganyika kwengeza isici esingeziwe ekuvakasheleni eMahale. Kulabo abafuna ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi emahlathini, ukuhamba ngezinyawo kuyinketho. Khuphuka (izinsuku ezi-2-3) esiqongweni sezintaba zaseMahale, iNtaba iNkungwe (2,462 m).