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.

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

“We do it with a view to not only contribute to the economic development of the region and the prosperity of all those involved, but also to raise awareness and help visitors understand better the Rwandan way of life,” explains Greg Bakunzi, the founder and CEO of Amahoro Tours.
This was basically in honor of Amahoro Tours and Red Rock's firm commitment to a community-based tourism business model that seeks to position the local communities meaningfully at the heart of the tourism food chain.
The pat came in the form of the privilege and honor by the founder Greg Bakunzi to be among the 19 distinguished individuals that bestowed names upon the newly-born members of the gorilla family.