Parike ya Kitulo

Pariki y'igihugu ya Kitulo ni Pariki y'igihugu ya Tanzaniya, igizwe n'akarere karinzwe n'ibyatsi bya montane n'ishyamba ku kibaya cya kitulo mu misozi miremire cyane ya Tanzaniya . Parike iri ku butumburuke bwa 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) hagati yimisozi ya Kipengere na Poroto kandi ifite ubuso bwa 412.9 square kilometres (159.4 sq mi), uherereye mu Karere ka Mbeya no mu Karere ka Njombe . Iyi parike iyobowe na parike y’igihugu ya Tanzaniya (TANAPA) kandi ni parike ya mbere y’igihugu muri Afurika yo mu turere dushyuha yashinzwe cyane cyane mu kurinda Ibimera byayo.

Abenegihugu bavuga ko ikibaya cya Kitulo ari "Bustani ya Mungu (Ubusitani bw'Imana), mu gihe abahanga mu bimera bavuga ko ari "Serengeti y’indabyo".

Iyemezwa ry'iyi parike

Kurinda ibimera bidasanzwe bya Kitulo Plateau byasabwe bwa mbere n’umuryango w'ibinyabuzima bitandukanye (WCS), mu rwego rwo guhangana n’ubucuruzi mpuzamahanga bugenda bwiyongera mu birayi Bya orchide ndetse no kongera ibikorwa byo guhiga no gutema amashyamba akikije. Mu 2002, nibwo Perezida Benjamin Mkapa yatangaje ko hashyizweho parike. Iyi parike yashyizwe mu kinyamakuru mu 2005, ihinduka parike y'igihugu ya cumi na kane ya Tanzaniya. TANAPA yatangaje ko iyi parike ishobora kwagurwa mu gihe kiri imbere kugira ngo ishyiremo ishyamba rituranye n'umusozi wa Rungwe.