UGANDA (eTN) - Ua hāʻawi ʻia ka papahana STAR i kākoʻo kālā ʻia e USAID, pōkole no Sustainable Tourism ma ka Albertine Rift, i kā lākou mahele pāhana hope loa i ka Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai kahi kikowaena malihini kipa ʻo Rwenzori Mountains National Park. i kēia lā.

Kūkulu ʻia e pili ana i ka hale moe hou loa o ka huakaʻi safari Ugandan, ʻo ka Equator Snows na GeoLodges ʻApelika - nona pū kekahi a lawelawe i ka Nile Safari Lodge, ka Jacana Safari Lodge, a me ka RainForest Lodge i loaʻa i ka makana ma Mabira Forest - ke kikowaena malihini kipa hāʻawi i ka ʻike ākea i ka poʻe kipa i ka pā, a me nā pono e like me kahi hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi, nā lumi ʻōlelo pōkole kahi e hui ai nā alakaʻi me nā mea hele wāwae a hāʻawi i ka ʻike nui, a me kahi hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā hana kūloko i ke kākoʻo o nā kaiāulu kokoke.

ʻO ka mauna o ka mahina, e like me ka laulā ma ka palena maʻamau ma waena o Uganda a me Kongo DR, ua ʻike ʻia no ka lōʻihi o ke kaiaulu mauna mauna, a me kahi pūnaewele hou i bapetizo ʻia e like me ka Mahoma Trail, i hoʻomākaukau ʻia e USAID. ʻO ka papahana STAR i hui pū ʻia me ka US Forest Service, e hele lōʻihi loa e wehe i ka pā i ka poʻe holoholo, ʻaʻole wale nā mea piʻi, i ka hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui i ka helu o nā malihini kipa.

Hāʻawi ke ala hou he 28-mile ka lōʻihi i nā piʻi ma waena o 1 a me 3 mau lā a ua wehe i kahi ʻāina hou no nā malihini kipa ma nā pali o lalo o ke kuahiwi, ʻaʻole i hiki i mua akā no nā poʻe hele wāwae ʻoi loa. Hiki i ka loop hou i Lake Mahoma kahi e hoʻohui ai i ka "Central Circuit" e kū nei mai kahi e hoʻi ai nā mea hele wāwae i ke kikowaena kipa.

Kūkulu ʻia ma 1991 ma ke ʻano he wahi pale, ua ʻike ʻia ka Rwenzori Mountain National Park e UNESCO ma 1994 ma ke ʻano he World Heritage Site a ma 2008 i hāʻawi ʻia i ke kūlana o ka pūnaewele Ramsar, e hāʻawi ana i nā kumuwaiwai hou a me ka nānā.