UGANDA (eTN) - Ua hōʻike nā kumu huakaʻi i ko lākou hauʻoli no ka nūhou e ʻae nei ka Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kaʻa mauna ma Mt.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka Pōʻalima i hala i ka wā i hele ai kekahi hui o nā kaʻa kaʻa mauna ʻIlani i nā ala i hoʻohana mau ʻia e ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e kipa ana i kēia mauna a me ka ululāʻau ʻāina. I ka wā e kūkākūkā ana i ka hana hou me kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi koʻikoʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia penei: “He hana maikaʻi kēlā no Mt. Elgon. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia kēlā paka a hiki ke hana me nā malihini he nui. ʻO ka mea a UWA e hana ai i kēia manawa, ʻo ia ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi mea hoʻopukapuka e kau i nā laina zip a i ʻole kahi hele wāwae. Ke lohe nei au e hana maikaʻi ana ka mea ma Rwanda. ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo aia nā laina zip ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma East Africa, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ma Uganda. ʻO ia kekahi hana hoʻokalakupua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻolaha. I kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā mākou ka parachuting ma Eastern Uganda a hiki iā mākou ke hana i kēia wahi hou no ka huakaʻi e like me Jinja.
"Akā, pono mākou i kahi hana liʻiliʻi ma ʻaneʻi mai UWA i kēia manawa ua waiho wale ʻia lākou e ka poʻe kālai'āina a hiki ke hoʻomau i ka hana. Akā ʻaʻohe mea e like me kēia lā e hoʻomaka ai a ʻike mākou i nā laina zip ma Rwanda ma mua o mākou ma aneʻi. Ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au ua hiki mai ʻoe i kēlā manaʻo he 10 mau makahiki i hala aku nei e hana i kahi hele wāwae ma Mabira. Ua hana ʻo Rwanda; Manaʻo wau ua lawe ʻo Rosette i ka manaʻo me ia, akā eia mākou e kali nei. E noʻonoʻo i ka nui o ka poʻe e kū ma Rain Forest Lodge ma Mabira inā loaʻa iā lākou kēlā ala ala kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke wau ʻo ia ka NFA, akā ua like ke kumukānāwai. Pono mākou i nā mea hou i kā mākou ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi a me nā mea e pili ana i ka huakaʻi kūʻai maikaʻi loa ma waho.
ʻO Uganda no 2012 ka huakaʻi o ka makahiki e nā alakaʻi alakaʻi o Lonely Planet a ʻo ka hoʻolauleʻa makahiki 50th i lawe mai i ka hoihoi hou no ka ʻāina, ʻoiai ʻo ke kālā hoʻolaha hoʻolaha i hāʻawi ʻia i ka Uganda Tourism Board ʻo ia ka mea liʻiliʻi loa o nā mokuʻāina ʻo 5 East African Community. . ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Nile luna ma lalo o Jinja, ua lilo ia i puʻu o nā hana hoʻohiwahiwa me ka bungee jumping, rafting, waʻa kahawai, quad biking, mountain biking, horseback safaris, a me nā mea hou aku, e huki ana i ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi e ʻimi ana i kahi mea ʻokoʻa ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kahi. ʻO ka safari pāʻani nui maʻamau a i ʻole ka nānā ʻana i nā gorilla ma nā paka ʻāina ʻo Bwindi a me Mgahinga.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Uganda was for 2012 the destination of the year by Lonely Planet guides and the 50th anniversary celebrations also brought added interest for the country, even though the tourism promotional budget given to the Uganda Tourism Board is the least of all the 5 East African Community member states.
- The upper Nile valley below Jinja has been turned into a hub of adventure activities with bungee jumping, rafting, river boating, quad biking, mountain biking, horseback safaris, and lots more, drawing ever larger numbers of tourists seeking that something different after completing a conventional big game safari or gorilla tracking in Bwindi and Mgahinga national parks.
- What UWA should now also do is to find an investor to put up zip lines or a canopy walk.
