I-Ol Pejeta Conservancy engamahektha angu-90,000 30, enqamula inkabazwe emathafeni aseLaikipia phakathi kweNtaba ewumbhoshongo yaseKenya kanye nezintaba zase-Aberdare, eminyakeni yamuva nje isiphenduke indawo ephambili yezokuvakasha ngokwazo, ikakhulukazi njengoba imingcele phakathi kwepulazi lezinkomo ezisebenzayo. futhi indawo ekuqaleni neyahlukaniswa ngokwehlukana eyayinikezelwe izilwane zasendle yasuswa futhi kwakhiwa indawo eyodwa, enkulu yokongiwa kwemvelo, lapho izinkomo nezilwane zasendle manje seziphila ndawonye ngenjabulo. Izinkomo zigcinwa ubusuku bonke “emabhomeni” avikelekile ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi izilwane ezidla ezinye, manje ezivame kakhulu endaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo, azinalo ithuba lokuphambanisa imfuyo ngokudla, kodwa imihlambi iklaba emini eceleni kwenyamazane ngamaqembu amancane alawulekayo aqondiswa abelusi. Lokhu kuhlanganiswa kumangalisa kakhulu ukufakaza futhi kugqamisa ngezindlela eziningi, njengoba ulwazi olukhona eminyakeni ezayo lungase luthandeke kumapulazi amaningana eqembu lamaMasai ngaphandle kweMasai Mara ne-Amboseli, okwamanje asacabanga ukuthi yini okufanele ayenze ngendawo yawo. , ngokuyiguqula ibe yindawo yokugcina izilwane zasendle kuphela - ukubenzela imali eningi kunokwelusa izinkomo zabo - noma ibe ipulazi elihlangene kanye nendawo yokongiwa kwemvelo njengoba kukhonjisiwe e-Ol Pejeta, noma uma empeleni bezogcina uhlangothi lwezinto ezifuywayo, okuyi egcwele ubungozi uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi kusasele isikhathi eside kwakamuva. Futhi mayelana nengqikithi ye-Ol Pejeta, kusukela ekuhlanganisweni okuphelele kwebhizinisi lezinkomo nezokuvakasha, kukhona ukuthuthuka okuphawulekayo okungaphezu kwamaphesenti angu-XNUMX - akukubi ngezikhathi zezimo zomnotho eziyinselele ngenye indlela.
U-Ol Pejeta wake waba omunye wabadayisi abakhulu bamasondo ngeminyaka yawo-70s kanye nama-80s, u-Adnan Kashoggi, kodwa ipulazi nezakhiwo zalo zashintsha izandla ngesikhathi ehluleka ukukhokha imali ebolekiwe eyayithathwe ku-“Tiny” Rowland owayengasekho ngaleso sikhathi, i-LonRho. elingana noma engeyona ephakeme ekusebenzelaneni ngamasondo futhi omunye wabadlali abavelele ezwenikazi lase-Afrika ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwakhe okuhlukahlukene futhi wakhulisa ngokucophelela ukuxhumana kwezepolitiki kuzo zonke izihlalo ezinkulu zokuphatha e-Afrika yonkana.
U-Kashoggi wavele wathola ukuthi amajethi akhe amisiwe, futhi abalulekile eKenya, izindawo zakhe ezihlanganisa i-Mt. Kenya Safari Club kanye nepulazi lase-Ol Pejeta elithathwe yi-LonRho.
Kuningi osekushintshile kusukela ngalezo zinsuku eKenya, kunjalo; I-LonRho isiphenduke i-LonZim, futhi i-Ol Pejeta manje isiphethwe, egameni labanikazi abasha be-Ol Pejeta Conservancy Limited, nguRichard Vigne, owake waba isakhamuzi sase-Uganda, kanye nethimba lakhe. Ubunikazi be-Ol Pejeta buhlukaniswe phakathi kwe-Flora ne-Fauna International yase-UK, i-Arcus Foundation, ne-Lewa Conservancy, futhi inkampani isebenza njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzo, lapho abanikazi bamasheya noma abaqondisi bengatholi izabelo noma yiluphi uhlobo lwenkokhelo. , okufana ncamashí ne-Rhino Fund yase-Uganda. Ngakho-ke, yonke imali enqwabelene iphindiselwa endaweni ukusiza ukukhokhela imizamo ebiza kakhulu yokongiwa kwemvelo kanye nokwenza ngcono okuqhubekayo kwengqalasizinda.
UFlora kanye neFauna International, ngaphandle kokuba abanikazi bamasheya, bangabambisene nabo bezentuthuko, kanye nenqwaba yabanye abanikeli, abasiza abongi ezindabeni eziningi ezinkundleni zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nokwesekwa okungokoqobo nosizo lwezezimali, lapho kudingeka khona.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, i-Ol Pejeta isibe yindawo enkulu yobhejane kanye nephrojekthi yokuzalanisa e-Kenya ye-Eastern Black Rhino, manje inezilwane ezingaphezu kuka-80 zalezi zilwane endaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo kuyilapho eduze nenani lezinhlobo ze-Southern White zihlala ndawonye nabazala bazo ngenjabulo. Izinhlobo zaseMpumalanga 'ziyiziphequluli' kanti ezaseNingizimu 'zingamadlelo' yingakho zingenakho ukungqubuzana ngemithombo yokudla, okubalulekile uma kuziwa ekuthwaleni umthamo wendawo yokonga.
Kodwa-ke, intuthuko ephawuleka kakhulu yakamuva kube wukwethulwa kwezinhlobo zobhejane eziyivelakancane, iNorthern White, ezine zazo ezanikelwa yiCzech Republic ngoDisemba, ngesikhathi zifika ngendiza esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe eNairobi, ngaphambi kokuthuthwa ngamaloli Ol Pejeta. Lapho manje bazokwenza ikhaya laphakade e-Ol Pejeta, futhi ngethemba lokuthi bazophumelela ekuzaleni. Ezinye ezine zazo zisele kuma-zoo aseCzech, kodwa kucatshangwa ukuthi sezindala kakhulu kakade ngezinhloso zokuzala.
Isibalo sokugcina sabantu baseNyakatho abaMhlophe abasasele, njengoba bekuvame ukuvezwa yile ntatheli esikhathini esedlule, cishe babulawa ngokungemthetho eGaramba National Park eCongo ngamavukela-mbuso ase-Uganda, okwathi ngemva kokuxoshwa eNyakatho ye-Uganda naseNingizimu Sudan - wamisa inkamba eGaramba. Indiza eyayihlelelwe ngaphambilini, izinjini zezindiza sezivele zisebenza ngempela, ukuze zilethwe e-Ol Pejeta futhi ziyiswe endaweni ephephile kuze kube yilapho izimo zaseCongo seziphinde zivumela ukongiwa kwemvelo, kwakhanselwa ungqongqoshe kuhulumeni waseKinshasa ngaleso sikhathi, owazikhohlisa ngokuthi. I-Congo yakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuvikelwa kwalezi zilwane ezingavamile futhi yadukisa ngokusobala umhlaba ngaleso sikhathi phezu kwamakhono azo, ukuzibophezela kwazo kwangempela, kanye nenhloso yangempela.
Uphenyo lwasemoyeni kanye nelomhlaba luyaqhubeka eGaramba, njengoba manje amavukelambuso esekhishiwe epaki futhi kude, kodwa kuze kube manje, azikho izimpawu zanoma iyiphi iNorthern White ephilayo esezitholakele eziye zadumaza labo ababenethemba elingaphezu kwethemba futhi ukuqinisekiswa kwabanye abakholelwa ukuthi ngempela sebehambile unomphela.
Ngakho-ke, i-Northern White emine manje ese-Ol Pejeta yilona kanye elisele ithuba lokusindisa lezi zinhlobo zezilwane, futhi ngokuya ngomlando wendawo yokulondoloza imvelo, uma zingakwazi ukukwenza, akekho ongakwenza. Umninikhaya wami, uRichard Vigne, wangenza ngakwazi ukusondelana nabaMhlophe BaseNyakatho futhi ngingagcini nje ngokubabona kodwa futhi ngikhulume nabaqaphi babo kanye nabalindi ukuze ngizitholele mathupha mayelana nokuthi baye bazinza kanjani endaweni yabo entsha nehlala njalo. ku-Ol Pejeta. URichard waze wangihambisa nentandane encane yaseMpumalanga Black eyalethwa endaweni yokulondoloza imvelo emasontweni ambalwa edlule lapho ibuyela endaweni ebiyelwe ubusuku bonke nonogada bayo besuka ezindleleni zabo zokuhamba zansuku zonke. Kungikhumbuze izinselele zokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle kanye nomthwalo wethu wemfanelo wokuzinakekela kahle, ukuze izizukulwane ezizayo zabantu zikwazi ukujabulela lokho okubonakala kusajwayelekile kimi nasesizukulwaneni sami.
I-Ol Pejeta inezindawo zokulala endaweni ethe thuthu etholakala izivakashi ezihlala ubusuku bonke noma izinsuku ezimbalwa, futhi okuphawuleka kakhulu ukuthi, ababukeli begeyimu basungule Ikamu labo le-Porini Rhino ekhoneni elihle le-conservancy, kude namehlo abukayo, kude namabhasi okuvakasha, futhi ihlale phakathi kwenqwaba yezilwane zasemathafeni, izindlulamithi, inqwaba yobhejane, nenani elikhulu lezilwane ezidla ezinye, njengoba kubonakale phakathi nokuhlala kwamuva nje. Eqinisweni, noma ubani ofuna ukubona "amahlanu amakhulu" phakathi nendawo eyodwa yokubhuka nesikhathi esilinganiselwe, kufanele acabangele uhambo ngomgwaqo noma ngendiza esuka eWilson Airport ngeSafariLink, ukuya e-Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Lapha, okubonwayo kucishe kuqinisekiswe, futhi noma ngabe ngomgwaqo emahoreni ama-3 ½ kuye kwayi-4 ukusuka eNairobi noma ngendiza emaminithini angama-35 ukuya esiteshini sezindiza saseNanyuki, izivakashi zizoba nemivuzo ecebile ezilindile, inqwaba yemidlalo, kanye nolunye uhambo oluhle kakhulu. okuhlangenwe nakho kwekamu okutholakala namuhla emakethe eKenya.
Njengendawo kadadewabo e-Amboseli, i-Rhino Camp iphinde inikeze izivakashi kuphela izivakashi ngamatende azo ayisi-6 kuphela enziwe ngokwezifiso, abekwe eceleni komfula futhi abheke umgodi wokunisela, ikakhulukazi ngenkathi eyomile, oyindawo yokuhlangana yezilwane ezizayo. ukuze baqede ukoma kwabo.
Ukunaka imininingwane futhi, njengase-Amboseli, kwakuhlaba umxhwele - ukwenza isibonelo esisodwa, ngemva kobusuku bokuqala, kubanda kakhulu ngenxa yokuphakama kwamamitha angaphezu kuka-2,000 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, ngike ngabalula ukuthi ibhodlela lamanzi ashisayo lamukelwa kakhulu. , kodwa ngafisa sengathi ngabe nginazo eziningi - kodwa ngathola ezintathu zikleliswe ngaphansi kwe-duvet yami nezingubo zokulala ngobusuku besibili. Zihlala zingashisi zifudumale ubusuku bonke njengoba zigcwaliswa ngamanzi abilayo bese zifakwa ngaphakathi kwesembozo esivalekile esigcina ukushisa okuyigugu kuze kube sekuseni.
Ibhulakufesi lilungiselelwa uku-oda futhi lihlanganisa konke okufunwa yinhliziyo yomuntu, futhi uma ephuma ukuyogijima ekuseni kakhulu, amasemishi ayalungiswa, njengezithelo namaflaski anetiye noma ikhofi, ukuze kugcinwe lowo muzwa we-peckish ulawulwa ngaphambi kokuba kunikezwe ukudla kwasekuseni ngendlela efanele. lapho umuntu ebuyela ekamu.
Ngitusa umpheki kabhejane wasePorini ngomlenze wakhe othosiwe wewundlu, okwakunqunywa ukuthi waba mnandi, njengoba kwakunjalo, nakho konke ukudla kwakhe, kuhlanganise nendalo yesobho ayeyibeka phambi kwami nezinye izihambi ezimbili engangihlanganyela nazo ekamu phakathi nokuhlala kwami.
Igeyimu ishayela endaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo yaklonyeliswa ngokubona okuningi, okuhlanganisa izingulule ezimbili ngesinye isikhathi futhi esinye sabonwa ngokuhlukile kwenye kamuva, kodwa saphinde sabona obhejane endle, futhi isici esasijabulisa kakhulu kwakuyithuba lokunqamula indawo yokonga izilwane. .
Ama-trackers ami, ama-spotters, nama-guide kwaba yizinga lokuqala, ejwayelene kakhulu nezinyoni ezitholakala endaweni yokongiwa kwemvelo, futhi ephethe izilinganiso ezisiliva njengoba kuklonyeliswe i-Kenya Professional Safari Guide Association. Sahamba amahora amaningana esiyingini esibanzi sizungeze ikamu, safika ocingweni lomjikelezo, futhi ngakwazi ukuzibonela mathupha "izikhala" ezidalwe ukuze kube lula ukufuduka nokuphuma endaweni yokugcinwa kwemvelo, into ebalulekile yokugcina amaphethini okufuduka afakwe emdlalweni, futhi uqinisekise umthombo oqhubekayo wezakhi zofuzo ezethulwa kubantu abahlala endaweni yokonga. Amathafa aseLaikipia asendulo ayeyimpambano yomgwaqo eyinhloko yokufuduka kwezindlovu nezinye izilwane zisuka eNtabeni iKenya ziye ezintabeni zase-Aberdare futhi nezilwane ezifudukayo ziya futhi zisuka esifundeni saseNyakatho Frontier, njengoba yayibizwa kanjalo ezinsukwini zakudala, nobufakazi bokuthi indlovu weza futhi wahamba yonke indlela eya eMarsabit futhi wabuya, njengoba kuchazwe ngokucacile ngabaqondisi bami.
Lezi zikhala zigadwa njalo ekuseni ukuze kutholwe emibhalweni enhlabathini exegayo ukuthi yiziphi izilwane ezangena noma zaphuma futhi le mibiko ihlotshaniswa ngezinjongo zocwaningo nokuqapha. Esinye sezici ezinhle kakhulu, nokho, phakathi nohambo, kwakuwukuhlangana okuphindaphindiwe nezinyoni zabafelokazi, lapho abesilisa kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bawo obumnyama benza umdanso wabo wokukhwelana emoyeni, okuwumbono okufanele uwubuke futhi ngokuvamile wavuzwa ngokundiza ehlane nezinyoni. owesifazane okhulelwe.
Nokho, namuhla ama-Aberdare abiyelwe futhi kuyaqhubeka izinhlelo zokuthi mhlawumbe kubiyelwe yonke imithambeka engezansi yeNtaba iKenya, ukuze kugcinwe izilwane ngaphakathi kwezindawo zokulondoloza imvelo kanye nepaki kazwelonke, esukela endaweni ethile ephakeme ukuya phezulu entabeni.
Futhi uma ngikhuluma ngeNtaba iKenya, intaba yayibonakala nsuku zonke ngangise-Ol Pejeta, ngiphakeme ngemuva, kodwa ngokudabukisayo manje cishe ingenalutho namasimu eqhwa, isibonakaliso esiqinisekile sokuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu sekufikile ekhaya eMpumalanga Afrika ukuzolala, ngokuqhubekayo ekhumula izintaba ze-Rwenzori e-Uganda, iqhwa neqhwa laseKilimanjaro, nezinguzunga zeqhwa zeNtaba iKenya. Bekuwukuqashelwa okushaqisayo kwalolu hambo ukubona izinga lokuncibilika, futhi kuyakhathaza kakhulu ukucabanga ukuthi lezi zintaba zizobukeka kanjani eminye iminyaka engu-15 noma engu-20.
Uthango lunokufaneleka, kodwa futhi nobubi, futhi konke kucatshangelwa, kungenxa yenhlangano yendawo yezokongiwa kwemvelo ukuba inqume ngokubonisana ukuthi iyiphi indlela engabasiza bona, izilwane, kanye nenani labantu kangcono kakhulu, ukuze banciphise futhi bagweme kakhulu ukungqubuzana kwabantu/nezilwane zasendle, okuthi ngenxa yokwanda kwabantu emizileni yabantu abafudukela kwamanye amazwe nasemapaki, izindawo zokulondoloza imvelo kanye neziqiwi, kuhlala kukhona.
Ngakujabulela ukuvakashela kwami isikhashana e-Ol Pejeta futhi futhi ngincoma kakhulu bonke abasebenzi babo, labo abakhonza ngokulangazela etendeni elingcolile ngamagama ka-Amose noHesbon; UKariuki wendlala umbhede futhi eze namabhodlela amanzi ashisayo ebusuku; U-Babu, u-Saruni, no-Solonka bephelezela izivakashi ngokuphepha uma beya futhi bebuya ematendeni abo; abaqondisi, ama-spotters, nama-trackers ukusuka e-Dominique kuya kuJohn; futhi okokugcina umphathi uPaul Magiri ngokwakhe, umakadebona wokungenisa izihambi eziqhenya ngokwedlulele ngomsebenzi wakhe nokuthi wayigcina kanjani indawo isesimweni somkhumbi. Bonke bangene eqenjini elilodwa elihle noma yimuphi umqhubi wekamu angaziqhenya ngalo, futhi bebebeka impilo yangempela ekamu.
Ukuba ngedwa okuhle kakhulu, nokuba nengxenye enkulu yendawo yokuhlala kimina, ngahlanganyela nezinye izivakashi ezimbili kuphela phakathi nolunye lwezinsuku ezimbili ngilapho, kubuyise izinkumbulo ezijabulisayo zezinsuku ezidlule, lapho ukushayela ehlane kwakuyinto yami yokuzilibazisa evamile ngezimpelasonto nanoma nini. ngelinye ilanga kwavela ithuba lokuya ngasehlathini. Angikaze ngizizwe sengathi ngiphuthelwe yinoma yimaphi amagajethi avamile noma izinto eziwubukhazikhazi ngokweqile, njengoba ibhonasi yangempela futhi kwaba ukuhlukaniswa noquqaba; nginezilwane zasendle, nezinyoni, nehlane; kanye nenketho yokuhamba nokwenza amadrayivu emidlalo yasebusuku, konke okungilethe eduze nemvelo ngangokunokwenzeka kulolu suku neminyaka. Ngatshela othile, lapho ekugcineni ngingena ekhaya ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, ukuthi “lapho uzwa ukuthula, wazi ukuthi usendaweni efanele yohambo lwakho.” IPorini Rhino Camp ingenye yalezo zindawo eziyivelakancane.
Okuwukuphela kwenkinga encane enganginayo, kodwa enginakekelwa kahle ama-poncho ahlala ekhona ezimotweni, ukuthi ukushayela emhlabathini omnyama kakotini kuvusa uthuli oluningi, futhi amakhamera nezinye izinto ezibucayi kufanele zimbozwe kahle futhi zipakishwe. , kanye ne-poncho egqokwa lapho uya futhi ubuya esikhumulweni sezindiza saseNanyuki, lapho iSafariLink isebenzisa khona izinkonzo ezimbalwa zansuku zonke ezivela noma eziya kwamanye amapaki kanye nokuya nokubuya esikhumulweni sezindiza saseNairobi eWilson.
Vakashela ku-www.olpejetaconservancy.org noma ubhalele ku [i-imeyili ivikelwe] ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nomsebenzi wabo omuhle wokongiwa kwemvelo kanye nendlela yokusekela izinjongo nemizamo yabo futhi uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana namakamu asePorini ku-www.porini.com. Iwebhusayithi yeSafariLink ingatholakala nge-www.safarilink-kenya.com futhi ixhuma abahambi kuzo zonke iziqiwi zaseKenya kanye namanye amabhishi amahle kakhulu ngemikhumbi yabo ye-Cessna Caravans, Twin Otters, kanye ne-Bombardier Dash 8 esebenza ngaphandle kwe-Wilson Airport Nairobi.
Futhi bona isilinganiso sami ku-TripAdvisor ye-Porini Rhino Camp, okwenza ukufunda okwengeziwe okunenzuzo ku-www.tripadvisor.com.
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LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- This integration is most amazing to witness and groundbreaking in many ways, as the experience there may in fact in coming years find favor with several of the Masai group ranches outside the Masai Mara and Amboseli, which are presently still pondering what to do with their land, either turning it into an exclusive wildlife conservancy – making more money for them than their cattle herding – or into a combined ranch and conservancy as showcased at Ol Pejeta, or if they will in fact retain the pure cattle ranching side of things, which is fraught with risk considering the recent prolonged draughts.
- U-Ol Pejeta wake waba omunye wabadayisi abakhulu bamasondo ngeminyaka yawo-70s kanye nama-80s, u-Adnan Kashoggi, kodwa ipulazi nezakhiwo zalo zashintsha izandla ngesikhathi ehluleka ukukhokha imali ebolekiwe eyayithathwe ku-“Tiny” Rowland owayengasekho ngaleso sikhathi, i-LonRho. elingana noma engeyona ephakeme ekusebenzelaneni ngamasondo futhi omunye wabadlali abavelele ezwenikazi lase-Afrika ngokutshalwa kwezimali kwakhe okuhlukahlukene futhi wakhulisa ngokucophelela ukuxhumana kwezepolitiki kuzo zonke izihlalo ezinkulu zokuphatha e-Afrika yonkana.
- The ownership of Ol Pejeta is split between Flora and Fauna International of the UK, The Arcus Foundation, and the Lewa Conservancy, and the company operates as a not-for-profit organization, where neither shareholders nor directors received dividends or any form of remuneration, quite similar to the Rhino Fund in Uganda.
