Pehea ʻo Rwanda's Amahoro Tours i hoʻokumu ai iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu a me nā kaiāulu

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ʻO "Amahoro" ʻo Kinyarwanda no ka "maluhia." ʻO ka unuhi maoli ʻana, e unuhi ʻo Amahoro Tours iā "Peace Tours." Hoʻohana pū ʻia ka huaʻōlelo ma ke ʻano he aloha - ʻo ia hoʻi "hello."

Ma Amahoro Tours, ʻaʻole ʻo "Amahoro" wale nō ka inoa o ka hui, akā ʻo kāna ʻōlelo hoʻi. Hoʻoikaika ka ʻoihana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka pilina ma waena o nā lālā o nā kaiāulu kūloko a me nā malihini me ka manaʻo e hāpai i ka hoʻomohala hoʻomau ma ka ʻāina.

ʻO ka manaʻo nui o ka hui ʻo ia nā huakaʻi huakaʻi kūloko. "Ke hana nei mākou me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole e hāʻawi wale i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina a me ka pōmaikaʻi o ka poʻe a pau e pili ana, akā no ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ʻike a kōkua i nā malihini e hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i ke ʻano o ke ola ʻana o Rwandan," wahi a Greg Bakunzi, ka mea hoʻokumu a Luna Nui o Amahoro Tours.

ʻAʻole i ʻike ʻia kēia kūpaʻa i ke kaiāulu kūloko kahi e hana ai.

Ma Sepatemaba 1, 2017, i ka manawa o ka 13th pēpē gorila inoa inoa (Kwita Izina) ma Rwanda, Amahoro Tours a me ka hui kaikuahine, Red Rocks Rwanda, ua loaʻa i kahi hui kūikawā a me ka laha ʻole ma ke kua. Ua hele mai ka pat ma ke ʻano o ka pono a me ka hanohano e ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu ʻo Greg Bakunzi i waena o nā kānaka hanohano 19 i hāʻawi i nā inoa i nā lālā hānau hou o ka ʻohana gorilla.

No ka hanohano o Amahoro Tours a me Red Rock i ka hoʻokō paʻa ʻana i kahi kumu hoʻohālike ʻoihana hoʻokele kaiaulu e ʻimi nei e hoʻonoho i nā kaiāulu kūloko ma ka puʻuwai o ke kaulahao meaʻai mākaʻikaʻi.

ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hana huakaʻi ua loaʻa iā Bakunzi i ka makahiki 1997, ma hope o kāna huakaʻi mua e ʻike i nā gorillas ma ka Pāka National Mgahinga Gorilla ma Southwestern Uganda.

I ka ʻike ʻana i kahi manawa, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kūloko kūloko i ka makahiki aʻe, e lawe ana i nā mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike i nā gorilla mauna. Ua hoʻomau kēia a hiki i 2001, i ka wā i hoʻokumu ai ʻo ia iā Amahoro Tours.

ʻO ia me ka hoʻokumu ʻana o Amahoro Tours i loaʻa ai iā Bakunzi ka mālamalama o ka hihiʻo i kōkua i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā palapala hōʻoia paʻakikī o ka hui ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi kaiāulu.

"I koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana i kaʻu hui mākaʻikaʻi ponoʻī, ʻaʻole wale ia no ke kumu o ka gorilla trekking, akā ʻo ka hui pū ʻana o ke kaiāulu, ka mākaʻikaʻi, a me ka mālama ʻana a puni ka Volcanoes National Park," wahi a Bakunzi.

I loko o nā makahiki, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Amahoro Tours iā ia iho ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi mākeke i ka mākaʻikaʻi eco a me ke kaiāulu ma Rwanda. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia nā pūʻolo huakaʻi ikaika a hana ʻia e ka hui e hāʻawi i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e like me ka nui o ka launa pū ʻana me nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini like manaʻo e like me ka hiki, ʻoiai i ka manawa like e hiki ai i nā malihini ke leʻaleʻa i ke ʻano o ke ʻano.

Mai ia manawa mai, ua hānau ʻo Amahoro Tours i kahi hui mākaʻikaʻi kaikuahine, ʻo Red Rocks Rwanda, kahi kahua hoʻomoana o nā backpackers a me ka hale hoʻokipa aia ma kahi o ʻehiku mau kilomita ma waho o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Musanze, kahi i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ʻo Amahoro Tours.

ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o Red Rocks he hoʻolālā i hoʻonohonoho maikaʻi ʻia e hoʻohui i nā kaiāulu kūloko a puni ʻo Volcanoes National Park i loko o ke kaulahao waiwai mākaʻikaʻi a, e like me ka ʻōlelo a Bakunzi, "haʻaheo mākou e hiki mai ana kā mākou mau moemoeā."

No ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia, hana pū ʻo Amahoro Tours me kahi pūnaewele nui o nā hui kaiaulu like ʻole, Non-Governmental Organizations, a me nā mea manawaleʻa mai nā kihi mamao a pau o ka honua.

Ke hana nei ka hui me ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka noho ʻana o ka poʻe huakaʻi, akā pōkole, i kahi huakaʻi maikaʻi o ka ʻimi ʻana, "ma o ka lawelawe wikiwiki, maikaʻi, hoʻopili, a palekana hoʻi," wahi a Bakunzi.

Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia: "Makemake ʻo Amahoro Tours e kāhea aku i ka poʻe makemake a pau e hui lima i mea e hui pū ai i ke kaiāulu, ka mālama ʻana, a me ka mākaʻikaʻi no ka hoʻomau i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Me ke komo ʻole o ke kaiāulu kūloko, ʻaʻole e neʻe mua kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻo ka mālama ʻana paha ka mōʻaukala. Ke kono nei mākou i nā mea mālama mālama, nā kulanui, a me nā hui, e hui pū me mākou i ko mākou neʻe ʻana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia hoʻomalu ma o nā hana mākaʻikaʻi.

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