Emindenini eminingi, iKruger National Park iyindawo okudingeka ibonwe kuyo okungenani kanye. Empeleni, ipaki labona ngaphezu kwezivakashi ezingama-250 000 emasangweni alo ngenkathi yamaholide edlule kuphela. Kubantu bendawo, le ndawo enhlobonhlobo - esabalele yonkana iLimpopo neMpumalanga - ilungile emnyango wethu kanye nendawo efanelekile yokuvakasha ngamaholide ezikole.
Lesi siqiwu sihlala ezinhlotsheni eziningi zezilwane ezincelisayo mahhala, ezihuquzelayo, izilwane eziphila ezweni nasemanzini nezinyoni. Kokubili ipaki uqobo, nendawo etholakala kuyo, icebile ngomlando. IKruger yipaki lesizwe elidala kunawo wonke eNingizimu Afrika.
Kunobufakazi bokuthi abantu bakuqala bazulazula kule ndawo kuze kube yiminyaka engama-500 000 edlule, futhi ubuciko bezamasiko butholakele ngempela busukela eminyakeni eyi-100 000 kuya kwengama-30 000 edlule. Kusenezindawo eziningi zamagugu amasiko epaki, kufaka phakathi izindawo ezingaphezu kuka-100 zobuciko bamadwala nezinhlobonhlobo zamanxiwa emivubukulo.
KwakunguMongameli uPaul Kruger, isikhulu sezepolitiki esihamba phambili ngekhulu le-19 laseNingizimu Afrika, owahlanganyela endaweni evikelekile yezilwane zasendle. Ipaki yaqale yamenyezelwa ngonyaka we-1898 njengeSabie Game Reserve, futhi kwaba ngo-1926 kuphela, lapho kumenyezelwa iNational Parks Act futhi kwahlanganiswa iSabie neShingwedzi Game Reserves, ukuthi yaba yiKruger National Park. Ngo-1927, abashayeli bokuqala bangena epaki ngemali yokungena yePondo elilodwa (ngaphezulu nje kuka-R18 namuhla)
Izivakashi zepaki zingafunda ngakho konke lokhu nakho konke okuphakathi, ngenkathi zibheke i-The Big Five, nokunye okuningi. Kepha kunokunye ukuvakashela ezifundazweni ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga yeNingizimu Afrika kunokuhambela eKruger kuphela.
"Le ngxenye yezwe ehlukahlukene inokunikela okuningi, ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukusebenzela ezinye izindawo ezimbalwa ohambweni lomgwaqo noma uthathe uhambo losuku ngenkathi uhlala endaweni - uma unesikhathi sokwenza lokho," kusho u-Avukile UMabombo, oyiGroup Marketing Manager, eHhovisi Lesifunda laseMarriott International, eKapa.
“Sinemindeni eminingi evakashele iProtea Hotel ngaseMarriott® Kruger Gate, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zamaholide ezikole. Futhi nakuba kunokuningi ongakubona ngaphakathi kwepaki, eligcwele izilwane zasendle nezindawo ezinhle, sihlala seluleka ukuthi sizinike isikhathi sokuhlola izindawo ezizungezile. ”
IMapumbugwe National Park iqhele ngamahora amabili nohhafu uhamba ngemoto. Incane kakhulu maqondana neKruger, okuthiwa inkulu njengamanye amazwe amancane, le World Heritage Site igcwele umlando nezindawo ezihehayo.
Ngokusho kukaMabombo, “Okukhetheke ngempela ngokuvakashela leli paki ukuthi lapha ungabuka ukuhlangana kweMifula iShashe neLimpopo lapho iNingizimu Afrika, iBotswana neZimbabwe zihlangana khona. Akuvamile ukuthi ubone amazwe amathathu usuka endaweni eyodwa yokubuka. ”
Kuyafaneleka futhi ukuthatha olunye lwezindawo zokuhambela amagugu epaki ngenkathi uvakashele ukuyofunda ngabantu baMapungubwe, izilwane manje ezizulazula kulo mhlaba, ukwakheka kwamatshe amangalisayo okutholakala lapho, nokuningi.
Ngaphezudlwana kwehora usuka eKruger, ohlangothini lweMpumalanga, uzothola idolobha elijwayelekile lePilgrim's Rest. Idolobha lonke liyisikhumbuzo sikazwelonke esisemthethweni, 'inkumbulo ephilayo yezinsuku zokuqala zegolide' ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-1800 kanye nasekuqaleni kwawo-1900. Ukuvakashela leli dolobhana elinomlando kufana nokubuyela emuva ngesikhathi, futhi akuphelelanga ngaphandle kokuvakashela iminyuziyamu nezindawo ezinomlando: imnyuziyamu yendlu, imnyuziyamu yokuphrinta, nesikhumbuzo sempi, ukubala ezimbalwa.
Cishe ihora nesigamu usuka eKruger Park, noma ngaphansi nje kwamahora amabili usuka ePilgrim's Rest, yiKaapsehoop (noma iKaapschehoop) - 'idolobha lezinganekwane elinomlando ocebile nobabazekayo' - eliseduze kwaseNelspruit eMpumalanga. Leli dolobha elinezimayini linezindlela eziningi ezinhle zokuhamba izintaba nezindawo ezinhle kakhulu, ngenxa yokuthi likuluphi uhlangothi emaphethelweni oKhahlamba. Ukuzizwa komlingo kwale ndawo kungabangelwa ukuphakama kwayo okuphezulu, isizathu sokuthi idolobha livame ukugcwala inkungu. Qaphela amahhashi asendle, inzalo yalabo abasala ngemuva ngamasosha aseBrithani ngesikhathi seMpi yaseNingizimu Afrika eminyakeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-20.
I-Barberton eseduze (cishe u-50km, noma cishe ihora, ukusuka eKaapsehoop) nayo kufanele ime, 'kwezinye zezindawo ezinhle kakhulu e-Afrika'. Uma ukule ndawo, ungalandela iPanorama Route yaseMpumalanga esuka eNelspruit, uthathe iWindow Window, iLisbon Falls, iBerlin Falls, iPinnacle, iBuckke's Luck Potholes, neBlyde River Canyon.
Noma, uma ucindezelwe isikhathi, ungabheka ingxenye encane yomzila eyaziwa ngokuthi yiLong Tom Route ehlanganisa iLong Tom Pass, iLydenburg nePilgrim's Rest, kanye nezinye izindawo zempi ze-Anglo-Boer Impi. Ngosuku olucacile, kufanelekile ukudabula lezi zindawo ezaziwa ngeminye yemibono emihle kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika.
Ngakho-ke, lapho uthola ukumaka leyo nto yohlu lwamabhakede - uhambo oluya eKruger National Park edume umhlaba wonke - qiniseka ukuthi usebenzisa ithuba lokuhamba kabanzi kule ngxenye ethakazelisayo yaseNingizimu Afrika.
