ʻO Nyungwe Forest Lodge: ʻīpuka i ka nahele enchanted

(eTN) - Ke kākau wau e pili ana iā Rwanda, i kekahi mea e pili ana me Rwanda, hoʻi pinepine kaʻu poʻe heluhelu iaʻu a ʻōlelo lākou i koʻu makemake i ka "Land of a Thousand Hills," a he ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ke kapikala ʻo Kigali, me kona mau alanui māmā, maʻemaʻe a me ka hoʻopaʻi ʻana, he hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ia o ke ʻano o ke kaona nui o ʻApelika, e hoʻohauʻoli ana i kahi malihini mai ka manawa mua e holo ai kekahi i ke kūlanakauhale mai ke kahua mokulele, a i ʻole. ka aoao kuaaina.

Ua kipa au i nā wahi he nui o ka ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei a ua kākau nui au e pili ana i ka Parc de Volcanoes, ka Akagera National Park, ka Congo Nile Trail, a me nā hiʻohiʻona kupanaha ma nā kahakai o Lake Kivu. Akā, hoʻokahi paka, hoʻokahi wahi kūikawā, ua hopu i koʻu noʻonoʻo e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe - ʻo ia ka Enchanted Forest, aka ʻo Nyungwe National Park a me ka Nyungwe Forest Lodge, kokoke loa i ka ululāʻau e noho ana ma ka lanai o kekahi o nā villas. manaʻo kekahi i loko o ka nahele ponoʻī, ʻaʻole i ka nānā wale ʻana. ʻO kaʻu mau mākaʻikaʻi pōkole loa i ka wā i hala, ua haʻalele wau i ka ʻono i loko oʻu, a ma hope o kēia makahiki, ke olakino maikaʻi a me ka manawa e ʻae ʻia, manaʻo wau e hoʻi i ka ululāʻau mauna nui loa o ʻApelika Hikina a holo ma kahi kokoke i 50 km o nā alahele no i kekahi mau lā, e ʻimi ana i nā mea huna huna o Nyungwe e ʻike i nā wailele; e noho ma kapa o na kahawai liilii i nalowale i ka noonoo; a e ʻimi i nā pepeke a me kekahi o nā ʻano orchid he 100 a ʻoi aku, nā mea kanu exotic, a me nā kumulāʻau kahiko, a ʻo ka nui o ia mau mea he mau haneli mau makahiki i hala.

ʻAe, aia kekahi pāʻani - ʻoi aku ma mua o 70 mau ʻano me nā mea ʻaihue e like me ka leopadi maalea a paʻakikī, ka pōpoki gula, serval, genet a me civet cats, a me colobus, mangabey hina-hina, uliuli a me ka monkey huelo ʻulaʻula, nā monkey mauna. , nā monkey gula, nā monkey maka pueo, a me nā chimpanzees - he mea nui no ka hapanui o nā malihini, akā noʻu kokoke i ka ʻaoʻao honua o nā mea. ʻO ka ululāʻau ka home o nā ʻano manu he 275, ʻoi aku ka nui o lākou, akā ʻo ka hoihoi maoli iā ʻoe ʻo ka mehameha, ka manaʻo nani o ka hoʻopuni ʻia ʻana e nā pua o nā lā i hala ma kahi ʻē, ka ea hou, a me ka ʻike makamae. Loaʻa ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ko kākou ao i kēia mau lā, koe wale nō nā ululāʻau mamao o Borneo, ka wao ua Amazon paha, ʻoiai ʻo nā ala maʻamau ma laila ua ʻike ʻia ua paʻa loa i koʻu ʻono.

ʻO ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana o ka nahele i loko o kahi paka aupuni piha i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, i hoʻoulu ʻia e ka ʻike o ka ORTPN (ke keʻena ʻo Rwanda no ka mākaʻikaʻi a me nā National Parks) a me kāna mau mea hoʻolālā mākaʻikaʻi, a ua hoʻohuli ʻia e ka Rwanda Development Board's Tourism and Conservation Department. Ua haʻalele ʻo Rwanda i ʻoi aku ka waiwai o nā mea olaola, ʻoi aku ka waiwai no kahi hale kiaʻi wai koʻikoʻi, a ʻoi aku ka waiwai o kahi huakaʻi no nā malihini kipa. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e hele mai nei i ka ʻāina, ma muli o ka nui o nā huakaʻi e nā mokulele ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka wā ma mua a ma muli hoʻi o kahi kūʻai noʻonoʻo a paʻa i ka ʻāina ʻē e RDB (Rwanda Development Board) a me ka ʻoihana pilikino. A hiki i ka manawa kūpono, e heluhelu hou ʻoe e pili ana i ka nahele ʻo Nyungwe, ka mea aʻu i kapa ai ʻo "Enchanted Forest," no ka mea hiki iaʻu ke pani i koʻu mau maka a lohe i ka ʻūlū ʻana o nā lau ma luna oʻu. ebbing makani, a manaʻo wau ua lawe ʻia au i kahi honua ʻē aʻe, mamao, kahiko, a piha i nā mea ola mai nā moʻolelo aʻu i heluhelu ai i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, a ʻoi aku hoʻi ma ʻaneʻi, e noʻonoʻo ana i nā hana a JRR Tolkien.

Ma waho aʻe o ka noho ʻana a hiki i Cyangugu - ma kahi o 35 mau kilomita mai ka Nyungwe Forest Lodge - ua loaʻa i ka Rwanda Development Board kahi noho maʻamau ma kā lākou mau keʻena paka ʻo Gisakura, me kekahi mau kahua hoʻomoana hoʻolaʻa ponoʻī i loko o ka ululāʻau, ma ka liʻiliʻi hoʻokahi aʻu i manaʻo ai e hoʻohana. e hana i kahi huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa i ka pō inā ʻae ʻia iaʻu e noho hoʻokahi no ka pō.

Akā, ua hoʻonoho ʻia i waenakonu o kahi ʻāina kī nui he wahi momi liʻiliʻi, ʻo kahi i loko o koʻu manaʻo ponoʻī e hele ai ma hope o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka manawa ma nā alahele a laila makemake i kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha, me ka ululāʻau kokoke i kahi mamao mai kahi o nā nā pā hale villa a me kahi kumu no ka hele wāwae hou aku, alakaʻi ʻia a hoʻokahi wale nō.

ʻO Dubai World, nā mea nona ka Nyungwe Forest Lodge, ʻaʻole i mālama i ka uku no ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka hale hoʻokipa ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu wale nō akā hāʻawi i nā mea hoʻonani e manaʻo ʻia mai kahi waiwai helu 5-hōkū nona lākou, ʻo ka helu ma ke ala i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hale hoʻokipa e RDB. i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2011, i ka manawa i hōʻike mua ʻia ai ka helu hōkū mua o nā hōkele a me nā hale hoʻokipa ma Rwanda.

ʻO ka hale nui o ka hale hoʻokipa e haʻi i ka moʻolelo, mai ka manawa e holo ai ke kaʻa i ka lānai. Kūkulu ʻia me ka pōhaku a me ka lāʻau, hoʻonohonoho ia i ka leo no ka noho ʻana, a mai ka hale i hoʻopili ʻia, e puka mai nā kapuahi i makemake ʻia e nā kapuahi hāmama a puni nā wahi ākea. Hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻeke me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia, a hoʻokipa ka mea hoʻokipa i ka poʻe i hōʻea mai, me ka wai anuanu hou - e hoʻohuhi ʻia, hāʻawi ʻia ke kī wela hou ma ke noi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me ke kofe - a me nā kāwele ʻala e holoi i ka lepo a me ka hou o ka. huakaʻi. He wikiwiki ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, hana ʻia ma ka lumi hoʻomaha inā makemake ʻia. Ma waho aʻe o nā lumi hoʻomaha a me ke kapuahi nui, kahi e uwē ai ke ahi i ka pō, a inā e noi ʻia i ke ao, inā he anuanu ma waho i ka wā ua, he hale kūʻai a me kēlā lumi ʻaina mea nui loa.

I ke kakahiaka a i ke ahiahi paha, e hoʻonui ana i waho a i ke ahiahi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma loko o ka hale, hāʻawi ka papa kuhikuhi i kahi koho o nā mea hoʻomaka, nā papa nui, a me nā mea ʻono, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻaina kakahiaka he hui pū ʻana o kahi kīʻaha liʻiliʻi maikaʻi o nā huaʻai a me nā cereals. ʻoiai he mau ʻoki anu, a lawe ʻia nā kauoha no nā kīʻaha wela e ka poʻe lawelawe mālama. Loaʻa kahi koho nui o nā berena a me nā pastries i hoʻomoʻa ʻia i ka home, pono ʻole e ʻōlelo.

A ʻo ka ʻaina awakea, hiki ke hāʻawi ʻia i ka "al fresco" (ma ka lewa ākea) ma ka ʻaoʻao wai no ka poʻe palaualelo, a i ʻole i hopu ʻia i kā lākou mau puke, e ʻaʻahu a hele i ka hale ʻaina. Loaʻa kēia lawelawe a ma laila no ka nīnau ʻana i nā malihini.

ʻO kekahi o nā hana, e like me ka nānā ʻana i nā chimps, pono e hoʻomaka i ka hola 4:00 am, akā naʻe, loaʻa nā mea inu wela a me kahi ʻaina kakahiaka nui, a i ʻole, hiki ke lawe ʻia kahi pahu ʻaina kakahiaka inā kauoha ʻia i ka pō ma mua.

ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka meaʻai a me ka hōʻike ʻana i kēia manawa ke hōʻike nei i ka moʻopuna o nā mea nona a me ka lawelawe ʻana mai nā lā mua o ka wehe ʻana, a ua oʻo maikaʻi a gelled maikaʻi, ʻoiai i ka wā e paʻa ai ka hale hoʻokipa a ua noho ʻia nā villas 22 a me 2 suites. A ua mākaukau nā chefs e hoʻomākaukau i kahi kīʻaha kūikawā a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, hauʻoli e kūkākūkā i nā mea leʻaleʻa culinary me kā lākou mau malihini, a hiki i kahi o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou no ka mākaʻikaʻi wikiwiki o kā lākou lumi kuke, kīnā ʻole, ʻoiaʻiʻo, e like me ka mea e manaʻo ai i loko. he waiwai o keia ano maikai.

Hoʻohui ʻia kahi wai ʻauʻau wela ma ka lihi o ka ululāʻau e kahi hale haʻuki i hoʻolako piha ʻia – e nānā ana i waho o ka ululāʻau, ʻoiaʻiʻo - a hāʻawi kahi spa i nā hoʻomaʻamaʻa kino a nani no ka poʻe makemake i ka lomilomi ma hope o kahi lā lōʻihi. nahelehele.

Loaʻa ka hale noho i loko o nā villa, a i ʻole ʻelua suites maikaʻi loa, a ʻoiai kaʻawale ka hale ʻauʻau, hiki ke wehe ʻia nā pani pani ma luna pono o ka moena e ʻae ai i ka ʻike ʻana mai ka ʻauʻau nui ma waena o ka lumi a ma o nā pale hāmama, a i ʻole nā ​​​​pani puka ākea a hiki i ka nahele, e hāʻawi ana i kēlā manaʻo kūikawā o ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ke ʻano ma waho.

ʻOiai e ʻike paha kekahi poʻe malihini i kahi TV kīwī palahalaha me nā polokalamu ukali he mea nui, hoʻomaʻamaʻa wau i kaʻu huakaʻi ʻaʻole e hoʻohuli iā lākou, e hilinaʻi ana i kaʻu hānai Twitter no ka haʻihaʻi nūhou. Loaʻa iā Nyungwe Forest Lodge nā pilina pūnaewele ʻole a me ka hoʻokipa ʻana no nā kelepona.

ʻO nā lumi kahi hui o nā hiʻohiʻona hou a me nā hiʻohiʻona ʻApelika e like me ke kiʻi, a ʻo wau hoʻi, makemake wau i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka rustic, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā malihini, makemake wale i ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou.

ʻOi aku ka ʻoluʻolu o nā moena, me nā uluna hulu palupalu a me nā moena paʻakikī, akā ʻo ka mea nui, he duvet mahana e pale aku ai i ke anu i nā pō ʻoluʻolu, e noʻonoʻo ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka hale moe.

I koʻu manaʻo, he pōkole loa ka noho ʻana ma Nyungwe Forest Lodge, no ka lōʻihi o ka noho ʻana o kekahi, a makemake wau i ʻekolu mau pō, e makaʻala i ka pā hale moe a me ka ʻāina kī, hana i kekahi mau hikes, ʻike i nā chimps a i ʻole kekahi ʻO ka ʻumikūmālua mau primates ʻē aʻe a poina ʻole, e hele kiʻekiʻe ka canopy ma luna o nā kumu lāʻau mai ka Uwinka Visitors 'Center, kahi e wehe ai kahi hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ululāʻau, e hōʻike ana i kona ākea. Manaʻo wau ua hoʻokalakupua pū wau iā ʻoe i kēia manawa a hoʻoinu i kou waha i mea hou aku i kēia meaʻai no ka ʻuhane, no ka heluhelu ʻana i kēia manawa, akā manaʻolana wau i kekahi lā e ʻike kino ai, ʻoiai me ka pumehana ka "Land of a Thousand Hills". hookipa ana i na malihini mai kahi kokoke a mamao.

No ka 'ike hou aku e pili ana i ka hale ho'okipa, e kipa www.nyungweforestlodge.com a i 'ole e a'o hou aku e pili ana i na wahi māka'ika'i o Rwanda ma ke kipa 'ana www.rwandatourism.com.