Ньюнгве | Nyungwe
Помимо горилл, в Руанде полно других приматов. Больше всего их в Ньюнгве, старинном тропическом лесу на юге страны расположенном вдоль конго-нильского водораздела. Там водятся шимпанзе и дюжина других обезьян, множество редких птиц, насекомых и растений. Из растений, наиболее заметно Sericostachys Scandens (умукипфу). Эта лоза-паразит, согласно местному поверью, цветет раз в 15 лет, и её цветы предвещают несчастье. Прошлый раз она цвела в 1994 во время геноцида. Эта лоза также была любимой едой слонов, которые водились в Ньюнгве. Слонов давно истребили, и умукипфу катастрофически быстро разрастается, убивая другие растения. Сейчас весь лес снова цветет и местные егеря не скрывают волнения - какие ещё несчастья могут ожидать эту страну?
Rwanda is famous for its many primates, not just gorillas. One of the best places to see the is Nyungwe, one of the oldest montane rainforests in the world nested along Congo-Nile watershed boundary. Here one can find chimpanzees and a dozen other monkey species, as well as rare birds, bugs, and numerous plants. One plant in particular is hard to miss. Sericostachys Scandens (locally known as umukipfu) is a creeper vine that flowers once every 15 years and according to local beliefs its flowers are a bad omen. The last time it flowered was during genocide in 1994. This vine was the favorite food of Nyungwe elephants, but now with the elephants long gone, it has overgrown the entire forest threatening other plants. This year the forest is in bloom once again, and the local park rangers don't deny their concerns - can this country handle any more bad luck?
Rwanda is famous for its many primates, not just gorillas. One of the best places to see the is Nyungwe, one of the oldest montane rainforests in the world nested along Congo-Nile watershed boundary. Here one can find chimpanzees and a dozen other monkey species, as well as rare birds, bugs, and numerous plants. One plant in particular is hard to miss. Sericostachys Scandens (locally known as umukipfu) is a creeper vine that flowers once every 15 years and according to local beliefs its flowers are a bad omen. The last time it flowered was during genocide in 1994. This vine was the favorite food of Nyungwe elephants, but now with the elephants long gone, it has overgrown the entire forest threatening other plants. This year the forest is in bloom once again, and the local park rangers don't deny their concerns - can this country handle any more bad luck?