Ukwenza iGalapagos kahle

Zikhula minyaka yonke ngokuthandwa, iziQhingi zaseGalapagos ziyindawo ethandwa kakhulu yokuvakasha. Futhi ingesinye sezimiso zemvelo ezintekenteke kunazo zonke emhlabeni.

Ukuheha kwalesi siqhingi ngasogwini lwase-Ecuador kungafaniswa nehansi elizalela iqanda legolide. Ukuthandwa kakhulu, kusho uTodd Smith, umsunguli nomongameli we-AdventureSmith Explorations, kusho ukubeka engcupheni ukukhula okungalawuleki kwezokuvakasha kanye nengqalasizinda yalesi Siza Samagugu Esizwe se-UNESCO.

"Lokhu kungaholela ekuqedeni phansi yona kanye imvelo esekela impilo yezinyoni, izitshalo nezilwane abantu abahamba lapha ukuzozibonela," esho.

Okulandelayo imihlahlandlela yokuthi ungayenza kanjani i-Galapagos kahle.

- Hamba ngomkhumbi omncane (izivakashi eziyi-12 kuya kwezingu-100) Imikhumbi emincane isenhliziyweni yeholide laseGalapagos Islands. Ukufakaza ngezinyoni nezilwane zasendle ezindaweni zazo ezingekho ezinselele zesiqhingi kutholakala kangcono ngomkhumbi omncane. Kungani? Imboza ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha-skwele angu-3,000 ngeziqhingi ezinkulu eziyi-13, iqoqo leziqhingi laseGalapagos likhulu kunokuba ucabanga, futhi izindawo eziningi zezivakashi zitholakala kuphela ngamanzi. Ukulala emkhunjini ubusuku ngabunye kuvumela indawo ebanzi yokuhlola njengoba kungadingeki ukuthi ubuyele endaweni yokuhlala emhlabeni kusihlwa njalo emva kohambo losuku ngesikebhe.

I-International Galápagos Tour Operators Association (IGTOA) ibika ukuthi amaphesenti ayi-100 okukhula kwezokuvakasha zaseGalapagos kule minyaka eyishumi edlule aqhamuka kwezokuvakasha ezisemhlabeni ngesikhathi lapho ezokuvakasha ezenzelwe imikhumbi zehla.

"Ukuhambela okuthunyelwa ngemikhumbi eGalapagos kulawulwa kakhulu ukukhulisa ulwazi lwezivakashi nokunciphisa umthelela eziqhingini," kusho uSmith, osebenza ebhodini le-IGTOA. Ezokuvakasha komhlaba njengamanje azilawulwa kangako, futhi kuyinjongo ye-IGTOA, i-UNESCO namanye amaqembu ezemvelo ukusondela ekukhuleni kweziqhingi ngokucophelela njengokuvakasha okwenziwe ngemikhumbi.

- Hlala isikhathi eside ngangokunokwenzeka. Ngokuzivumela isikhathi esithe xaxa eziqhingini lezi uzohlangana nezilwane zasendle eziningi kakhulu futhi ubone uhla olubanzi lweziqhingi. Ukwabiwa kwesikhathi esithe xaxa sokuqonda umehluko ocashile wemvelo phakathi kweziqhingi kuthuthukisa umuzwa futhi kusize ukongiwa ngezindiza ezimbalwa ezindiza ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ukuhamba kwezindiza kanye nokuthunyelwa kwempahla okwandisiwe yizinto ezimbili ezikhathazayo ezikhonjwe yi-UNESCO embikweni wayo we-2016 State of Conservation Report on the Galapagos Islands njengoba lezi kuyizithwali eziyinhloko zokufika kwezinhlobo ezintsha ezihlaselayo.

Ukuhlala isikhathi eside futhi kusiza ukusekela umphakathi wendawo ngamathuba amaningi okusebenzisana okunenjongo. "Sincoma okungenani ukuhamba ngesikebhe ubusuku obungu-7 / izinsuku ezi-8," kusho uSmith.

- Yenza kuqala ukongiwa kwemvelo. Ngaphambi kohambo lwaseGalapagos, abantu bayakhuthazwa ukuthi bafunde ngezinhlangano zokongiwa kwemvelo nezidingo zomphakathi futhi banikele ngesikhathi noma imali kubo.

- Hlela kusengaphambili, kwenze kahle kanye. Ukuya endaweni entekenteke njengoba amaGalapagos kufanele enziwe kanye, ngakho-ke yenza inqubo yokukhetha ibe mnandi kulolu hambo olwenzeka kanye nje kuphela. "Thenga isipiliyoni esihle futhi ufune iseluleko kuchwepheshe ovakashele eGalapagos Islands," kweluleka uSmith. Ukubhuka kusenesikhathi kunikeza izinketho eziningi zedethi nemikhumbi, kanye nokunikezwa okukhethekile njengezaphulelo zezinyoni zakuqala.

- Snorkel! “Uma ungangeni emanzini, ulahlekelwa uhhafu wezilwane zasendle eGalapagos,” kubabaza uSmith. "Azisweleki izinhlanzi ezimibalabala, kepha ukuhlangana nemegafauna ekhangayo (izingonyama zasolwandle ezidlalayo, oshaka, imisebe, izimfudu), ama-iguana asolwandle abukeka njengomlando kanye ne-penguin okuwukuphela kwayo ehlala enyakatho nenkabazwe yiyo ehlukanisa iGalapagos snorkeling." Izinketho ze-snorkeling zivela emanzini ajulile kuya ezinhlakeni zasolwandle ezinomusa zabaqalayo. Kulabo abangafuni ngempela ukubhukuda ngesikebhe se-snorkel, ungakhetha umkhumbi onesikebhe esingaphansi kwengilazi. "Ukusebenzisana nezilwane zasendle zaseGalapagos nokuzibona zisondele kangaka kukhuthaza umqondo wokongiwa kwemvelo njengoba uhlangana nezilwane ezingesabi," kwengeza uSmith.

- Khumbula ukuthi useNingizimu Melika. Ungasheshi uhambo futhi uphuthelwe ukuhlola okunye kokunye i-Ecuador noma ezinye izifunda eziseduze, njenge-Sacred Valley neMachu Picchu, ePeru, okufanele zinikele.