I-Dachigam – Abenzi bamaholide e-Kashmir banenye into okufanele bayibone abangeke bakwazi ukuyigeja - i-Hangul, okuwukuphela kwezinhlobo ezisekhona zomndeni wakwa-Asiatic Red Deer.
Konke okudingeka ukwenze izivakashi ukushayela ezansi eDachigam National Park, cishe amakhilomitha angama-22 ukusuka eSrinagar, lapho inyamazane “esengozini enkulu” ingabonwa ngesikhathi se-safari ehlelwe ngokukhethekile enenani lama-Rs 125 kuphela uhambo.
Izwe namuhla livule ipaki engu-141sqkm, indawo yokugcina ye-Hangul enombala onsundu nezimpondo ezimbili, ezivakashini njengengxenye yohlelo olukhulu lokuthuthukisa ezokuvakasha kwemvelo. Izinombolo zezinyamazane zehle zafinyelela ku-150 zisuka ku-2,000 ngo-1947.
“Izivakashi ziyaluthokozela lolu hlelo. I-Hangul nezinye izilwane zihlala ehlane, ngakho-ke kuyinhlanhla ukuzibona kodwa ziningi izinto ongazibuka lapha, ”kusho uRashid Naqash, umphathi wezilwane zasendle enkabeni yeKashmir.
Izivakashi nazo zazijabule. Omunye wabo kwakuyisakhamuzi sase-Howrah, u-Rajeev Chaudhuri, okwathi, kanye nomkakhe nezingane ezimbili, babephakathi kwabokuqala ukunambitha ukugibela. “Kusendle kakhulu futhi kunokuthula lapha, ngokungafani nezinye izindawo engizivakashele eKashmir ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. Kumnandi ukuba lapha futhi yinhle kakhulu indawo yonke,” kusho yena.
Izikhulu zinethemba lokuthi nezinye izilwane zalesi siqiwu, njengezinyamazane i-musk, izingwe, ibhere elimnyama nama-langoors, nazo zizoba yizindondo ezinkulu.
Izimoto ezintathu ezisebenza ngamabhethri ze-safaris zizothatha izivakashi ngaphakathi ngaphakathi kwepaki zigibele cishe imizuzu engama-90 iyinye. Uhambo olubili kuphela ngosuku olunikezwayo njengamanje, kodwa inani lizokwengezwa futhi izimoto ezinjalo ezingenamsindo, ezinamazinga okukhipha i-zero, zifika.
Ukungena kuleli paki, elibekwe ngemuva kwezintaba ezinde, bekuvinjelwe futhi kwavunyelwa kuphela labo abanezindawo ezikhethekile. Manje, iziphathimandla zezokuvakasha zakha izindawo ngaphakathi kule ndawo, ezingaheha abathandi bemvelo, ngezindleko zama-Rs 30 lakh.
Izivakashi zithande uhambo ngaphakathi kwepaki. “Ziningi izinyoni ngaphandle kwezibaya ezihlala izingwe namabhere. Ipulazi lama-trout nalo liyamangalisa,” kusho uChaudhuri.
Ngaphansi komkhankaso we-eco-tourism, i-16,000sqkm yendawo yezilwane zasendle izothuthukiswa eminyakeni embalwa ezayo. Inkampani yase-Karnataka, i-Jungle Lodge's and Resorts, esebenzisa i-safaris, iqashwe ukuze ilungise ipulani.
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