Ezokuvakasha eKenya ziqale unyaka omusha ngenkulu inhlokomo, ngemuva kokuthi umkhumbi kanokusho ume edolobheni lezivakashi i-Indian Ocean, iMombasa, ohambweni lwawo lwe-vintage cruise ogwini oluseMpumalanga Afrika.
Iphephandaba laseKenya, iThe Daily Nation, lithe iMS Nautica, ephethwe yinkampani yemikhumbi yaseMelika i-Oceania Cruises, ifike eMombasa isuka eZanzibar Island inabantu abangu-576 nabasebenzi abangu-395.
I-Daily Nation ibike ukuthi ukufika komkhumbi kanokusho eMombasa ngoLwesine kuleli sonto kukhombisa ukuthi ezokuvakasha ziyanda eKenya.
Izivakashi bekulindeleke ukuthi zihambe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi zilibangise eMahe, eSeychelles.
NgoNovemba 2017, i-MS Nautica yaletha abagibeli nabasebenzi abangaphezu kwe-1,000 eMombasa ngenkathi i-MS Silver Spirit iza nabavakashi abangaphezu kuka-800, kusho iphephandaba.
Iningi labantu abebehambele iholidi bebeqhamuka eMelika nase-United Kingdom, kanti abanye bebeqhamuka eGermany, Australia, France, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Belgium, Holland, Denmark naseNingizimu Afrika.
Lapho befika, ezinye izivakashi zandizela e-Amboseli National Park ukuze ziyogibelela izilwane, kuyilapho ezinye zasala esiqhingini saseMombasa ukuze zibone izinto ezibukwayo.
Umenzi wamaholide waseMelika uDaniel Dole nonkosikazi wakhe uYvette bacashunwe bethi bajabule kakhulu befike okokuqala eKenya. Bathe baya e-Amboseli ukuyobona amabhubesi, izindlovu, izindlulamithi, izingwe nezinyathi.
I-Amboseli National Park iphakathi kwezindawo ezihamba phambili zezivakashi eMpumalanga Afrika etholakala ezansi kweNtaba iKilimanjaro lapho izivakashi zingabuka khona intaba ephakeme kunazo zonke e-Afrika.
“Sekuyiminyaka sihlela ukuvakashela leli zwe elihle elidume umhlaba wonke nge-safari. Sesikhathele ukufika e-Amboseli ukuze sibuke izilwane zasendle endaweni yazo yemvelo,” kusho izivakashi.
