ʻO Ol Pejeta Conservancy i kēia manawa kahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi nui

ʻO ka 90,000 ʻeka Ol Pejeta Conservancy, e kau ana i ka equator ma nā pāpū ʻo Laikipia ma waena o ka mauna kiʻekiʻe o Kenya a me nā mauna ʻo Aberdare, i kēia mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua lilo ia i wahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ma kona ʻano ponoʻī, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā palena ma waena o ka hana holoholona pipi. a ua wehe ʻia ka wahi i hoʻolaʻa mua ʻia no nā holoholona hihiu a ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi mālama mālama nui, kahi e noho pū ai nā pipi a me nā holoholona hihiu. Mālama ʻia nā pipi i ka pō i loko o nā "bomas" paʻa e hōʻoia i ka poʻe ʻaihue, i kēia manawa maʻamau ma ka conservancy, ʻaʻole hiki ke kuhi hewa i nā holoholona i mea ʻai, akā ʻai nā bipi i ka lā ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pāʻani i nā hui liʻiliʻi e mālama ʻia e nā kahu hānai. ʻO kēia hoʻohui ʻana he mea kupanaha loa i ka ʻike ʻana a me ka haʻihaʻi ʻana ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻike ma laila i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana e loaʻa ka lokomaikaʻi ʻia me kekahi o nā hui hana holoholona Masai ma waho o ka Masai Mara a me Amboseli, e noʻonoʻo nei i kēia manawa i ka mea e hana ai me ko lākou ʻāina. , a i ʻole e hoʻolilo iā ia i loko o kahi mālama holoholona hihiu kūʻokoʻa - e hoʻonui i ke kālā no lākou ma mua o kā lākou hānai pipi - a i ʻole i loko o kahi pā holoholona hui a mālama ʻia e like me ka hōʻike ʻia ma Ol Pejeta, a i ʻole e mālama maoli lākou i ka ʻaoʻao hānai pipi maʻemaʻe o nā mea, ʻo ia hoʻi. piha i ka pilikia e noʻonoʻo ana i nā draught lōʻihi hou. A hiki i ka laina lalo o Ol Pejeta, ʻoiai ka hoʻohui piha ʻana o ka ʻoihana pipi a me ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, aia kahi hoʻomaikaʻi nui loa ma mua o 30 pakeneka - ʻaʻole maikaʻi i nā manawa o nā kūlana hoʻokele waiwai.

Ua lilo ʻo Ol Pejeta i kekahi o nā mea kūʻai huila nui o nā makahiki 70 a me 80, ʻo Adnan Kashoggi, akā ua loli ka lima o ka hale hānai a me kona mau hale i ka wā ʻaʻole ʻo ia i uku i nā hōʻaiʻē i lawe ʻia mai ka "Tiny" Rowland o laila ʻo LonRho, he mea paʻa loa. ʻAʻole i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka huila ʻana a me kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani hōkū ma ka ʻāina o ʻApelika me kāna mau hoʻopukapuka like ʻole a mālama pono i nā pilina politika i nā noho mana nui a puni ʻApelika.

Ua ʻike koke ʻo Kashoggi i kāna mau mokulele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, a he mea koʻikoʻi no Kenya, ʻo kāna mau waiwai me ka Mt. Kenya Safari Club a me ka hale hānai ʻo Ol Pejeta i lawe ʻia e LonRho.

Ua loli nui mai ia mau lā ma Kenya, ʻoiaʻiʻo; Ua lilo ʻo LonRho i LonZim, a ua mālama ʻia ʻo Ol Pejeta i kēia manawa, ma ka ʻaoʻao o nā mea hou o Ol Pejeta Conservancy Limited, na Richard Vigne, he kamaʻāina mua ma Uganda, a me kāna hui. Ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka ʻona o Ol Pejeta ma waena o Flora a me Fauna International o UK, The Arcus Foundation, a me ka Lewa Conservancy, a ke hana nei ka hui ma ke ʻano he hui waiwai ʻole, kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai i nā mea kuleana a me nā alakaʻi nā ʻāpana a i ʻole kekahi ʻano o ka uku. , like loa me ka Rhino Fund ma Uganda. No laila, hoʻihoʻi ʻia nā koena kālā a pau i loko o ka waiwai e kōkua ai i ka uku ʻana i nā hana hoʻōla nui loa a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi mau ʻana i ka ʻoihana.

ʻO Flora a me Fauna International, ma waho aʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kuleana, he mau hoa hoʻomohala hoʻi, me nā ʻano mea hāʻawi ʻē aʻe, e kōkua ana i ka conservancy i nā pilikia he nui ma nā kahua honua a me ke kākoʻo kūpono a me ke kōkua kālā, inā pono.

I loko o nā makahiki, ua lilo ʻo Ol Pejeta i wahi hoʻāno rhino nui loa a me ka papahana hānai ma Kenya no ka Hikina ʻEleʻele Rhino, i kēia manawa ua ʻoi aku ka 80 o kēia mau holoholona ma ka conservancy aʻo ka ʻaoʻao o kekahi mau ʻano o ka Hema White e noho pū ana me ko lākou mau hoahānau. ʻO nā ʻano o ka Hikina he "mea nānā" a ʻo nā ʻano o ka Hema he "nā meaʻai" no laila ʻaʻohe paio i nā kumu meaʻai, he mea nui ia i ka lawe ʻana i ka hiki o ka conservancy.

Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻomohala koʻikoʻi loa i kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ʻano rhino laha loa, ʻo ka Northern White, ʻehā o ia mau mea i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Czech Republic i Dekemaba, i ka wā i hōʻea ai lākou i kahi mokulele ma ke kahua mokulele honua ma Nairobi, ma mua o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i ke kalaka. Ol Pejeta. Ma laila lākou e hana ai i hale paʻa ma Ol Pejeta, a me ka manaʻolana e kūleʻa i ka hānau ʻana. ʻEhā hou o lākou i waiho ʻia ma Czech zoos, akā ua manaʻo ʻia ua ʻelemakule loa lākou no ka hana hānau.

ʻO ka heluna kanaka ʻāhiu ʻĀkau Keʻokeʻo hope loa, e like me ka mea i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia e kēia mea kākau i ka wā i hala, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poached e hoʻopau ʻia i ka Garamba National Park ma Kongo e nā kipi Ugandan, ka mea - ma hope o ka kipaku ʻia ʻana mai ka ʻĀkau o Uganda a me South Sudan - hoomoana ma Garamba. ʻO kahi mokulele mokulele i hoʻolālā mua ʻia, me nā ʻenekini mokulele e holo maoli ana, e lawe iā lākou i Ol Pejeta a i kahi puʻuhonua paʻa a hiki i nā kūlana ma Kongo ke kūpono hou i ka mālama ʻana, ua kāpae ʻia e kahi kuhina o ke aupuni Kinshasa i kēlā manawa, nāna i hoʻopunipuni iā ​​​​ia iho. Ua hiki iā Congo ke hōʻoia i ka palekana o kēia mau holoholona liʻiliʻi a hoʻopunipuni i ka honua i kēlā manawa ma luna o ko lākou hiki, ko lākou kūpaʻa maoli, a me ka manaʻo maoli.

Ke hoʻomau nei nā anana lewa a me ka ʻāina ma Garamba, i kēia manawa ua kipaku ʻia nā kipi i waho o ka paka a ma kahi mamao aku, akā i kēia lā, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona o kekahi Northern White e ola ana i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa o ka poʻe i manaʻolana ma mua o ka manaʻolana. hōʻoiaʻiʻo o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i manaʻoʻiʻo ua hala ʻiʻo lākou no ka manawa pau ʻole.

No laila, ʻo nā Northern White ʻehā i kēia manawa ma Ol Pejeta ʻo ia wale nō ka manawa i koe e hoʻopakele ai i nā ʻano, a e hele ana ma ka moʻolelo o ka conservancy, inā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hana, ʻaʻohe mea hiki. ʻO kaʻu mea hoʻokipa, ʻo Richard Vigne, ua hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokokoke aku i ka Northern Whites a ʻaʻole wale e ʻike iā lākou akā e kamaʻilio pū me kā lākou mau kahu a me nā kahu no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike mua e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o ko lākou noho ʻana i ko lākou wahi hou a mau loa. ma Ol Pejeta. Ua hoʻouna mai ʻo Richard iaʻu e hele me kahi keiki makua ʻole Hikina ʻEleʻele i lawe ʻia i ka conservancy i ʻelua mau pule i hala aku nei i kona hoʻi ʻana i nā pā i ka pō me kāna kahu pilikino mai kā lākou hana maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua hoʻomanaʻo mai iaʻu i nā luʻina o ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu a me ko mākou kuleana e mālama pono iā lākou, i hiki ai i nā hanauna kanaka e hiki mai ana ke hauʻoli i ka mea maʻamau noʻu a me koʻu hanauna.

Loaʻa iā Ol Pejeta nā hale noho ma ka ʻāina ākea i loaʻa no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e noho ana i ka pō a i ʻole no kekahi mau lā, a ʻo ka mea nui loa, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Gamewatchers i kā lākou Porini Rhino Camp ma kahi kihi nani o ka conservancy, kahi mamao aku i ka prying eyes, mamao mai nā kaʻa huakaʻi, a hoʻonoho ʻia i waenakonu o nā pāʻani pāpū he nui, nā giraffes, nā kakini o nā rhino, a me ka nui o nā mea ʻaihue, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia i ka wā o ka noho ʻana. ʻO ka mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka mea makemake e ʻike i ka "lima nui" i loko o hoʻokahi mālama a me ka manawa palena ʻole, pono e noʻonoʻo i kahi safari ma ke alanui a i ʻole ma ka lewa mai Wilson Airport me SafariLink, i ka Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaneʻane hōʻoia ʻia nā ʻike, a inā ma ke alanui i 3 ½ a 4 mau hola mai Nairobi a i ʻole ma ka lewa ma 35 mau minuke i ke kahua mokulele ʻo Nanyuki, e loaʻa i nā malihini nā makana waiwai e kali ana iā lākou, nā pāʻani nui, a me kekahi o nā safari maikaʻi loa. Loaʻa nā ʻike hoʻomoana i kēia lā ma ka mākeke ma Kenya.

E like me ka waiwai o ko lākou kaikuahine ma Amboseli, hāʻawi pū ka Rhino Camp i nā malihini kipa me 6 wale nō o kā lākou mau hale lole supersized i hana ʻia, e hoʻonoho ʻia ma kahi kahawai liʻiliʻi a nānā i kahi lua wai, ʻo ia hoʻi i ka wā maloʻo, he wahi hui no ka pāʻani e hele mai ana. e hoomau i ko lakou makewai.

ʻO ka nānā hou ʻana i nā kikoʻī, e like me ʻAmboseli, he mea kupanaha - e hāʻawi i hoʻokahi laʻana, ma hope o ka pō mua, he anuanu loa ma muli o ke kiʻekiʻe o 2,000 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, ua ʻōlelo wau ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka hue wai wela. , akā, makemake au e loaʻa iaʻu he ʻekolu mau laina ma lalo o koʻu duvet a me nā pale no ka lua o ka pō. Noho lākou mai ka wela a hoʻomaha i ka pō holoʻokoʻa ʻoiai ua hoʻopiha ʻia lākou i ka wai paila a laila waiho ʻia i loko o kahi uhi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e mālama i ka wela nui a hiki i ke kakahiaka.

Mākaukau ka ʻaina kakahiaka e kauoha a komo pū ka naʻau a pau i makemake ʻia, a inā e hele i waho no kahi huakaʻi pāʻani kakahiaka nui, ua hoʻomākaukau ʻia nā sanwīwī, e like me nā huaʻai a me nā ipu me ke kī a i ʻole ke kope, e mālama i kēlā manaʻo peckish ma mua o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka ʻaina kakahiaka. i ka hoi ana i kahi hoomoana.

Hoʻomaikaʻi aku au i ka mea kuke ʻo Porini Rhino no kāna ʻāʻī ʻōpala o ke keiki hipa, he mea ʻono loa ia, e like me kāna mau meaʻai a pau, me nā hana sopa āna i waiho ai i mua oʻu a me nā huakaʻi ʻelua ʻelua aʻu i hui pū ai i kahi hoʻomoana i koʻu noho ʻana.

Ua uku ʻia ka pāʻani i loko o ka conservancy me nā ʻike he nui, me ʻelua cheetahs i ka manawa hoʻokahi a me kahi ʻike ʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe o kekahi ma hope aku, akā ʻike pū mākou i nā rhino i ka nahelehele, a ʻo ka mea hoihoi loa ʻo ia ka manawa e hele ai ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka conservancy. .

ʻO kaʻu mau mākaʻikaʻi, nā mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā alakaʻi i helu mua, kamaʻilio loa me nā manu i loaʻa ma ka conservancy, a paʻa i nā helu kālā e like me ka hāʻawi ʻia e ka Kenya Professional Safari Guide Association. Ua hele mākou no kekahi mau hola ma ka pōʻai ākea a puni ka pā, a hiki i ka pā āpau, a hiki iaʻu ke ʻike maka i nā "ākea" i hana ʻia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka neʻe ʻana i loko a i waho o ka conservancy, kahi mea nui e mālama ai i nā ʻano neʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka pāʻani. a e hōʻoia i kahi kumu mau o nā genes hou i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka poʻe kamaʻāina ma ka conservancy. ʻO ka pāpū ʻo Laikipia i ka wā kahiko, he ala nui ia no ka neʻe ʻana o ka ʻelepani a me nā mea pāʻani ʻē aʻe mai ka mauna ʻo Kenya a i nā mauna ʻo Aberdare a no ka neʻe ʻana aku i ka ʻāpana ʻĀpana ʻĀkau, e like me ka mea i kapa ʻia i ka wā kahiko, me nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka ʻelepani. hele mai a hele loa i Marsabit a i hope, e like me ka wehewehe ʻana a koʻu mau alakaʻi.

Mālama ʻia kēia mau hakahaka i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka no ka ʻike ʻana mai nā paʻi ʻana o ka lepo ʻūhā i komo a i waho paha nā holoholona a ua hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau hōʻike no ka noiʻi a me ka nānā ʻana. ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa, i ka wā o ka hele ʻana, ʻo ia ka hālāwai pinepine ʻana me nā manu wahine kāne make, i ka wā i hula ai nā kāne me ko lākou nani ʻeleʻele i kā lākou hulahula i waena o ka lewa, he ʻike e ʻike ʻia a uku ʻia ma ka lele ʻana i loko o kahi ululāʻau. wahine hoʻokipa.

I kēia lā, ua paʻa nā Aberdares a ke hoʻomaka nei nā hoʻolālā e hoʻopaʻa i nā pali haʻahaʻa holoʻokoʻa o Mt. Kenya, no ka mālama ʻana i nā holoholona i loko o nā conservancies a me ka paka aupuni, e piʻi ana mai kahi kiʻekiʻe i luna o ka mauna.

A e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ka mauna Kenya, ʻike ʻia ka mauna i kēlā me kēia lā aʻu i noho ai ma Ol Pejeta, kiʻekiʻe ma hope, akā ʻo ke kaumaha i kēia manawa ua aneane ʻole i ka hau a me nā māla hau, he hōʻailona maopopo loa ua hoʻi mai ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka home i ʻApelika Hikina e moe ai. e hoʻoneʻe mālie ana i nā icecaps o Rwenzori Mountains ma Uganda, ka hau a me ka hau o Kilimanjaro, a me nā glaciers o Mt. Kenya. ʻO ia ka ʻike haʻalulu loa o kēia huakaʻi ke ʻike i ka nui o ka heheʻe ʻana, a he mea hopohopo loa ke noʻonoʻo i ke ʻano o kēia mau mauna i nā makahiki he 15 a i ʻole 20.

Loaʻa nā pono o ka pā, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a ʻo nā mea a pau e noʻonoʻo ʻia, ʻo ia ka mea e hoʻoholo ai i ka ʻohana conservation kūloko e hoʻoholo i loko o kahi hoʻomaʻamaʻa consultative i koho i lawelawe iā lākou, nā holoholona, ​​a me ka heluna kanaka maikaʻi loa, e hōʻemi a pale aku i ka hakakā kanaka / holoholona hihiu. ma muli o ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o ka heluna kanaka ma nā ala neʻe a puni nā paka, conservancies, a me nā mālama pāʻani.

Ua hauʻoli wau i koʻu kipa pōkole ʻana iā Ol Pejeta a mahalo hou i kā lākou mau limahana a pau, ka poʻe e lawelawe ana me ka manaʻo nui i ka hale lole ma nā inoa ʻo Amosa a me Hesebona; Hana ʻo Kariuki i kahi moe a lawe mai i nā ʻōmole wai wela i ka pō; ʻO Babu, Saruni, a me Solonka e alakaʻi maluhia ana i nā malihini i ko lākou mau hale lole; nā alakaʻi, nā mākaʻikaʻi, a me nā mea hahai mai Dominique a John; a ʻo ka luna hoʻomalu ʻo Paul Magiri ponoʻī, he kanaka hoʻokipa hoʻokipa e haʻaheo loa i kāna hana a pehea ʻo ia i mālama ai i ke ʻano o ka moku. Ua hui pū ʻia lākou a pau i hoʻokahi hui maikaʻi e haʻaheo ai kekahi mea hoʻomoana, a ke kau nei lākou i ke ola maoli i loko o kahi hoʻomoana.

ʻO ka noho mehameha maikaʻi, me kahi ʻāpana nui o ka mālama mālama iaʻu iho, i hui pū me ʻelua mau malihini ʻē aʻe i hoʻokahi o koʻu mau lā ʻelua ma laila, hoʻihoʻi mai i nā hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi o nā lā lōʻihi i hala, ʻo ka holo ʻana i ka wao nahele kaʻu mea leʻaleʻa mau i nā hopena pule a i kēlā me kēia manawa. a i ʻole, ua hiki mai ka manawa e hele ai i ka ʻaoʻao o ka nahele. ʻAʻole loa au i manaʻo ua nalo wau i kekahi o nā hāmeʻa maʻamau a i ʻole nā ​​​​mea hoʻonani keu, ʻoiai ʻo ka bonus maoli ke kaʻawale ʻana mai ka lehulehu; ia'u iho ka holoholona hihiu, na manu, a me ka waonahele; a ʻo ke koho e hele a hana i nā pāʻani pāʻani pō, ʻo ia mau mea a pau i hoʻokokoke mai iaʻu i ke ʻano e like me ka hiki i kēia lā a me kēia makahiki. Ua haʻi aku au i kekahi, i koʻu hele ʻana i ka home i kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, "inā hiki iā ʻoe ke lohe i ka leo, ʻike ʻoe aia ʻoe ma kahi kūpono no kāu safari." ʻO kahi hoʻomoana ʻo Porini Rhino kekahi o ia mau wahi kakaʻikahi.

ʻO ka pilikia liʻiliʻi wale nō kaʻu, akā mālama maikaʻi ʻia e nā ponchos i kēia manawa i loko o nā kaʻa, ʻo ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka lepo pulupulu ʻeleʻele e hoʻoulu ai i ka lepo, a ʻo nā kāmera a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e uhi pono ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia. , a me ka poncho i hoohana ia ma ke ala hele a mai ke kahua mokulele o Nanyuki, kahi e lawelawe ai o SafariLink i kekahi mau lawelawe i kela la i keia la e hele mai ana a i ole e hele ana i na paka paani e ae a mai ke kahua mokulele o Nairobi's Wilson.

E kipa www.olpejetaconservancy.org a i ʻole e kākau iā [pale ʻia ka leka uila] no ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i kā lākou hana hoʻomalu nani a pehea e kākoʻo ai i kā lākou mau pahuhopu a me ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā kahua hoʻomoana o Porini ma www.porini.com. Hiki ke loaʻa ka pūnaewele o SafariLink ma www.safarilink-kenya.com a hoʻohui lākou i ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā paka aupuni a pau o Kenyan a me kekahi o nā kahakai maikaʻi loa me kā lākou mau ʻauwaʻa Cessna Caravans, Twin Otters, a me Bombardier Dash 8 e hana ana ma waho o Wilson Airport Nairobi.

E ʻike pū i kaʻu helu helu ma ka TripAdvisor no ke kahua hoʻomoana ʻo Porini Rhino.

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