Igama le-Osiligilai Traditional Lodge ngu-Oligilai Maasai Lodge. Le ndawo entsha esetshenziswa emalini eyizigidi ezingama-shilling yakhiwa cishe ku-90km eNortheast yedolobha lase-Arusha enyakatho neTanzania, ukuhlinzekela abavakashi abafuna ukuba seduze nemvelo.
I-Osiligilai Traditional Lodge ebizwa nge-Osiligilai Traditional Lodge ebiza izigidi ezingama-300 ebizwa nge-Oligilai Maasai Lodge, ivelele ngemuva kwamahektare angama-20 maphakathi nezintaba eziphakeme kunazo zonke e-Afrika iMeru neKilimanjaro enemibono esabekayo.
Ngokwakhiwa kwayo kwendabuko nenhle nempahla ekhumbuza ekuqaleni kwawo-1920, leli lodge lingahlala izivakashi eziyi-15 kuphela manje futhi libhekise abokufika nabantu bendawo abalandela ukunethezeka okukhethekile okuhambisana nokubukwa kwezwe okungenakuqhathaniswa.
Ngaphandle kokunikeza izwe amandla okuba yindawo yokuqala yokuhlala eyaziwa umhlaba wonke, umnikazi uphinde axhumaniswe nomsebenzi omkhulu wokuguqula iNdinyika esezintombini, ibe yindawo ezohambela izivakashi zeziqiwi zase-Arusha naseKilimanjaro.
Umtshalizimali wendabuko ngemuva kweLodge, uMnu William Kinua Mollel uthi inhloso yakhe, ngaphandle kokugqugquzela imisebenzi yezomnotho emphakathini wabomdabu baseMaasai, futhi ukuletha izivakashi eduze kwendalo ukuze bazazise.
"Sisebenzise izinto zokwakha zendabuko zase-Afrika eLodge yethu ukunikeza izivakashi amazwibela endalo" kusho uMnu Mollel, egcizelela ukuthi okunye ukushona kwelanga okuhle kakhulu kungajatshulelwa kusuka kumasimu aseLodge.
Uyanezela; “Noma ngabe uthanda ukuphumula noma ukujabulela ukuthula nobukhulu beziqhingi zaseMaasai kwelinye lama-bungalows ethu ayisithupha anethezekile futhi amiswe kahle, kuyisinyathelo esisodwa nje ukuphuma embhedeni wakho lapho uMt. UKilimanjaro noMeru bazokubingelela ngokumamatheka kwakhe njengeqhwa ”.
Njengoba yenziwe ngendlu yezindlu zase-Afrika eziyindilinga enophahla olukhethekile lotshani, futhi ihlotshiswe ngobuhlalu base-Afrika, ukuqoshwa kwezinkuni kanye nezithombe ezibaziwe, le ndawo ihlangana kahle nendawo yayo ebabazekayo.
Idrama nokho ayigcini nje ngokuma ngaphandle okukhulu: ibuye igeleze nangaphakathi kwezinga lokuqhekeka lesakhiwo esikhulu esinikeza ukuphana okungenakuqhathaniswa kwesikhala ngenkathi ngandlela thile ikwazi ukuhlanganisa isimo sokwamukela cishe sobabili imfudumalo nobumnandi obenezelwa ngamaMasai iwayini lesiko kanye nezindlela zokudla ezahlukahlukene.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu seTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) uMnu uSirili Akko uncome umtshalizimali ngalo mbono omuhle, wathi iLodge izokwengeza inani embonini yezokuvakasha kuleli.
Njengendlu yokulala eyiqiniso yamaMaasai enikeza abantu abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba umuzwa oyingqayizivele futhi ojulile wehlathi lase-Afrika.
Oligilai Traditional Lodge, eTanzania
Abantu baseMaasai uqobo lwabo babheka lendawo njengengxenye ebalulekile yendawo yabo futhi bathanda ukwamukela ngokufudumele izivakashi endaweni yabo yasekhaya.
USamwel Shuwaka Mollel oseduzane neKilima Simba uthe le ndawo iyisibusiso emphakathini wamaMaasai ngoba izodala amathuba amaningi emisebenzi, idlulisele izivakashi amadola emphakathini nokudlulisa amakhono.
Omele umkhandlu wabadala baseMaasai, uLoibon Toonga Laizer obuye abe ngumlawuli wezindinganiso zomdabu zendabuko unethemba lokuthi ukutshalwa kwemali kuzophinde kukhuthaze ezokuvakasha zamasiko eziseduze.
UNemburis Ndekero, uNashipai Launoni no-Isaya Simon Laizer bangabanye babasebenzi balesi sikhungo futhi bayaziqhenya ngokuba yingxenye yethimba elinikezwe igunya lokufeza iphupho lokusebenzela labo abazobe beyizimenywa zaselodge.
