Harambe

**Harambe** also known as the **Port of Harambe** is the fictitious port which is the setting of the Africa, "land" in Disney's Animal Kingdom as-well as its central attraction *Kilimanjaro Safaris*.

## Description

Harambe is a port located somewhere in East Africa along the Uvumbuzi River connecting to the Indian Ocean.. Harambe is found in an an unspecified country and its name is Swahili for, "Working together".

### Locations

* **Harambe Wildlife Reserve**: The Harambe Wildlife Reserve is a wildlife reserve which served as home to countless wild African animals. Tours were frequently held in the reserve by *Kilimanjaro Safaris*, a safari company which held offices in Nairobi, Mombasa, and Arusha.. The reserve is  800 square miles (2,100 km2) of natural terrain and has features including the Ituri forest, open bush country of the Serengeti Savanna, and wetlands of the Safi River valley.
* **Pangani Forest**: The Pangani Forest was located adjacent to (if not within) the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. It also held many wild-animals along with places of human study and conservation efforts.
	+ **Gorilla Falls**: This was water-feature within the forest which was found near the home of several silver-back gorillas.
* **Uvumbuzi River**: Translating to, "Discovery River" this was a water-body which Harambe was located adjacent to and which connected to the Indian Ocean.

#### New Town

New Town is a metropolitan district of Harambe with sky-scrapers and urban design.

#### Old Town

Old Town is the section of Harambe located around where it was originally placed as a colony.

* **Dawa Bar**:
* **Harambe Fort**: Harambe Fort is the oldest (known) building in Harambe and was constructed in 1420 by European colonists. It is located along the Uvumbuzi River.
* **Harambe Fruit Market**:
* **Harambe Market**: This was a town market-place for the people of Harambe which held different shops and restaurants.
* **Harambe Theatre**: The Harambe Theatre is a performance venue located near the Harambe Fort. It regularly hosted the *Festival of the Lion King* show which was hosted by the performers Kiume, Nakawa, Kibidi and Zawadi.
* **Harambe Railway Station**: This was a train-station which was used by *Eastern Star Railways*, a train-station connecting Harambe to a conservation station. Additionally, the railways connected to Nairobi, Nakuru, Kampala, Kisangani and Khartoum.
* **Kilimanjaro Safaris Base-Camp**: This was the basecamp of *Kilimanjaro Safaris*, bordering the Harambe Wildlife Reserve.
* **Kusafiri Coffee Shop & Bakery**:
* **Mombasa Marketplace**: The Mombassa Marketplace is an indoors shopping place which sells many African items.
* **Tusker House**: The Tusker House is a colonial British restaurant establishment which was used as a safari base. Since Harambe's liberation, it held the safari service bases for more modern safari groups such as Kilimanjaro Safaris.
* **Ziwani Traders**:

## History

Harambe was a colony erected by Europeans in 1420 around the Harambe Fort. In the 1500s, it became a notable merchant port utilized notably by Dutch and British colonists who regularly performed unsavoury tactics within their sovereignty. In 1961 through revolutionary means, the port of Harambe gained its independence from Europe and the year became of great significance for the people of the port as the year of their liberation.

## Appearances and allusions

### Adventure Trading Company

The Daily Gnus has an article titled, "ADVENTURE TRADING COMPANY ARRIVES IN ADVENTURELAND" mentions Harambe alongside Mystic Point and the Lost River Delta as having been host to the Adventure Trading Company.

### Africa (Disney's Animal Kingdom)

#### Kilimanjaro Safaris

Kilimanjaro Safaris takes guests on a jeep safari ride with the Kilimanjaro Safari Company through the Harambe Wildlife Reserve. They go through many ecosystems and can come across a large number of real, live animals before returning to civilization.

#### Wilderness Explorers

Harambe holds outposts for the *Wilderness Explorers* scouting organization of which its reserves hold ideals of ecological conservation with. Notably in the Wilderness Explorers is the Safari Badge which has guests taking a safari from Kilimanjaro Safaris and writing the name of the jeep SIMBA-1. It also mentions Harambe Wildlife Reserve by name and has participants document the animals which they observed.

### Disney Springs

A gate-board in the marketplace of Disney Springs mentions an airline departure to Harambe leaving on time.

### Jungle Cruise

A banner representing Harambe Village was added to the Jungle Cruise’s queue in 2022.

### Skipper Canteen

A book in the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* is titled as *The Harambe Chronicles* by Wilson. The name Wilson references the warden Wilson Matua of the reserve who appeared in the ride's pre-show up until 2020 when the pre-show was replaced. The book was however not actually written by Mutua given the 1930s setting of the Skipper Canteen, late 20th-21st century setting of Kilimanjaro Safaris, and Wilson having been Mutua's first-name rather than surname.

### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

On the walls of this bar is a photograph of a Safari including Trader Sam departing from Harambe with an elephant for transportation. Additionally when closely observed, the elephant's howdah has the logo for the Kilimanjaro Safaris company on it.

## Connections

### Jungle Cruise

The idea for a Disney attraction taking guests through a faux wilderness to see live exotic animals was recycled from Walt Disney's original plans for the Jungle Cruise. Likely due to this it has been referenced in certain Jungle Cruise and Jungle Cruise adjacent materials. Examples include it having been visited by Trader Sam, having a book on it within the Jungle Navigation Company headquarters' library, and partly its allusions in the Adventure Trading Company.

### The Lion King

The Harambe Theatre hosts the Festival of the Lion King, a show featuring and celebrating the Lion King characters of Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa. Said show is hosted by the performers Kiume, Nakawa, Kibibi, and Zawadi.

## Trivia

* Kilimanjaro Safari's namesake Mt. Kilimanjaro is a featured location in the attractions Soaring: Fantastic Flight, Soaring Around the World and Soaring Over the Horizon.
* Harambe, Anandapur, Diggs County and the Valley of Mo'araare all fictitious settings in Disney's Animal Kingdom used for the theming of its different, "Lands".

## References

1. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFridayPangani1.aspx
2. ↑ http://www.jamboeveryone.com/2013/10/the-story-of-harambe-part-one.html
3. ↑ https://allears.net/animal-kingdom/kilimanjaro-safaris-africa-animal-kingdom/
4. ↑ https://www.onlywdworld.com/2014/04/welcome-to-harambe.html
5. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/04/cessation-of-continuous-railway-service.html
6. ↑ https://wdwthemeparks.com/attraction/wildlife-express-train-harambe-railway-station/
7. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2017/08/28/review-dinner-at-tusker-house-in-disneys-animal-kingdom/
8. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1888833644766222/permalink/1903682073281379
9. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2017/10/gate-change.html
10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/BZcEgKllDSx/