Uma unamagundane amakhulu endlini yakho, uqinisekile ukuthi uzoheha amakati amakhulu. Ngakho bathi!
Yazi ukuthi ngayithanda kabi kangakanani i-Kidepo Valley National Park, indawo evikelekile esekhoneni elisenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Uganda esemahlombe ezintaba zaseSouth Sudan futhi emngceleni weKenya ukuya eMpumalanga. Kulungile mhlawumbe ubungazi, kodwa manje uyazi.
Okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi “I-True African Wilderness,, bekuhlale kuyisimo sezulu esipholile, lowo muzwa oluhlaza noweqiniso wehlathi lase-Afrika kanye nomcabango wokuthi “izimanga azipheli kule ngxenye yomhlaba.” Oh futhi uma uhlangabezana nokubonwa kwezilwane zasendle ezinomlingo, kuzoba nguwe kanye nogwadule. Leli paki alinawo umgwaqo ojwayelekile we-safari jeep ezindaweni eziningi zokulondoloza imvelo zase-Afrika.
NgoLwesine (Julayi 26, 2018) ngesikhathi sesidlo sasemini, enye yezindawo zokulala kuleli paki yamangala ngokungajwayelekile ukuvakasha kwenkosi okuvela kwenye yezinsikazi ezinhle zakuleli paki, ibhubesi.
Wangena waqonda endlini yokudlela (indawo yokudlela) wahlala eduze kwetafula lesidlo futhi ngesineke wabheka oweta ababezomphakela. Mhlawumbe ayekudinga nje kwakuyinyama egayiwe kanye nejusi yase-Afrika epholile ukuze aqede ukoma kwakhe. Kodwa ngemva kokulinda isikhashana kungekho sevisi, wahamba mhlawumbe wayodla ukudla noma wayofuna indawo yokudlela enohlobo lwakhe lokudla.
Engxoxweni yami noJustus Ainomugisha, umphathi eKidepo Savanna Lodge engasemngceleni wepaki kazwelonke, naye owathwebula lo mkhosi wasebukhosini, ngathola ukuthi lokhu bekuwukuvakasha okungajwayelekile futhi abafana bendawo yokulala abakwazanga ukuchaza umuzwa wabo bobabili ukwesaba. kanye nenjabulo. I-Kidepo Savanna Lodge iphethwe futhi iphethwe yi-Nature Lodges uchungechunge lwama-safari lodge e-Uganda.
“Ngezikhathi zasemini ngesikhathi izihambeli zethu ziphume ngohambo lwasekuseni, mina nabasebenzi bami sabona ukuvakashelwa kwenkosi enomusa yasehlathini. Sezwa ukuthi kukhona okuklwebhayo ngaphakathi endaweni yokudlela, kodwa asizange sikuthathele phezulu njengoba sasicabanga ukuthi i-waterbuck nje. Kodwa lapho sibhekisisa sabona ibhubesi lizipholela ngaphansi kwetafula lethu lokudlela. Wangena khona isikhathi esifushane (cishe imizuzu engu-30) wabe esehamba ngemva nje kwalokho ngaphandle kokudala isiphithiphithi lapho siqala ukuthatha izithombe,” kusho uJustus. Ubalule nokuthi kuvamisile ukuzwa amabhubesi ebhonga futhi elwa ebusuku, futhi kuyinto evamile kubavakashi bawo.
U-Diederik Vandehoeke, umxhumanisi wezohambo wase-Uganda ozinze eMpumalanga Afrika ophinde avakashele u-Kidepo nomndeni wakhe futhi osebenza kwa-Ubuntu Safaris, inkampani ezinze e-Australia; wajabula kakhulu ngalezi zindaba, ebiza i-Kidepo Valley National Park ngokuthi “ihlathi, ihlathi nesasendle… i-AFRIKA YEQINISO… futhi ayihlanganise lutho nesekisi elakhelwe izivakashi.”
U-Diederik wangitshela ukuthi “leli bhubesi libonakala lingomunye wabafowabo ababili abalwa kakhulu futhi owehluliwe kumelwe ukuba uthole indawo yakhe yokuhlala endaweni yabo yokulala.” Wanezela ngentshiseko ukuthi kumuntu obheke ukubona ihlathi langempela lase-Afrika, alihogele, alizwe - acwiliswe kulo, kufanele nje avakashele iKidepo.
I-Kidepo iyikho konke! Wethula inqwaba yezilwane zasendle epaki elingahlali muntu ngamaveni e-safari. Amabhubesi, izingwe, izingulule, izindlovu, izindlulamithi, inyathi, izintshe nezinye izinhlobo eziningi zezinyoni, izinyamazane, ziyisho; bese kuba nezwe elimangalisayo eligadwe imiphakathi yasendaweni eyiqiniso enamasiko ahehayo.
Iqiniso liwukuthi leli paki liyindle, ngakho-ke kufanele uqaphele futhi uqaphele kakhulu ukuthi ungazuli wedwa, kodwa abaphathi bepaki bathumela abaqaphi abahlomile bazungeze ipaki ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi izivakashi ziphephile futhi zithola ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lapha.
Ngiyayithanda le ndawo futhi ngiyincoma kakhulu.
Okwamanje ngihlala ngingowakho ngempela, Umvakashi wase-Uganda.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- From my chat with Justus Ainomugisha, the manager at Kidepo Savanna Lodge bordering the national park, who also filmed this royal wild patrol, I established that this was a very rare visit and the guys at the lodge couldn't explain the feeling of both fear and excitement.
- Iqiniso liwukuthi leli paki liyindle, ngakho-ke kufanele uqaphele futhi uqaphele kakhulu ukuthi ungazuli wedwa, kodwa abaphathi bepaki bathumela abaqaphi abahlomile bazungeze ipaki ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi izivakashi ziphephile futhi zithola ulwazi olungcono kakhulu lapha.
- He also mentioned that it is very common to hear the lions roaring and fighting in the night, and it is a usual delight for their guests.
