Endaweni ephakathi kweZimbabwe neZambia, impophoma yakha uthingo, okwenza kube omunye wemibukiso yemvelo emangalisayo hhayi e-Afrika kuphela, kodwa nasemhlabeni jikelele. Zivumele ukuthi uthonywe amandla ashukumisayo eVictoria Falls kulolu hambo olujabulisayo. Ungasijoyina?
Isingeniso esifushane seVictoria Falls
I-Afrika iyizwekazi elinezimangaliso zemvelo ezenza libe ngelinye lamazwe athakazelisa kakhulu emhlabeni. Iqoqo lamazwe lapho i-safari, izintaba-mlilo ezingasebenzi, kanye namahlathi emvula kudala khona i-mosaic yokuhlangenwe nakho okuyingqayizivele. Kodwa uma kukhona indawo eyodwa ongayivakashela okungenani kanye empilweni, ngokungangabazeki yi-Victoria Falls, impophoma efinyelela kumamitha ayi-108 ukuphakama kanye namakhilomitha ayi-1.7 ububanzi, eyakhiwa uMfula iZambezi ogeleza phakathi kweZimbabwe neZambia.
Ubucwebe bemvelo obuye baba yinto eheha kakhulu phakathi nohambo lokuya kwelinye lamazwe amabili adlule noma iBotswana eseduzane, iNamibia noma iNingizimu Afrika, okugcina kungukunikeza inhlanganisela ehamba phambili yezindiza uma kuziwa ekuphambukiseni kulesi simangaliso amanzi nokuphila.
Njengoba yatholakala eNtshonalanga ngumhloli wamazwe waseScotland uDavid Livingstone, owayiqamba ngegama leNdlovukazi uVictoria, le mpophoma yaziwa endaweni ngokuthi iMosi-oa-Tunya, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi “umusi odumayo.” Ngemva kokumenyezelwa njengeNdawo Yefa Lomhlaba ye-UNESCO ngo-1989, iVictoria Falls yaqala ukuvelela ebalazweni lezivakashi, yaba ngesinye sezimangaliso zemvelo eziyisikhombisa zomhlaba.
Ungathanda ukwazi ukuthi kunjani lapho usondela kulolu limi olukhulu lwamanzi?
Ukuvakashela Impophoma iVictoria
Izindawo zokuqala zokuvakashela i-Falls yimizi yaseVictoria Falls, eZimbabwe, kanye neLivingstone, inhloko-dolobha yaseZambia . Zombili lezi zindawo zingafakwa kalula njengesandiso sohambo oluya eNingizimu Afrika, isibonelo, noma njengendawo ebalulekile yohambo olukhulu lwase-Afrika.
Izindawo ezimbili ezincintisana ngokubona kahle izimpophoma, iZambia ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengengcono kakhulu, inikeza imibono engcono, kanti ukubuka usuka eZimbabwe kunzima kakhulu ngenxa yenkungu ebanzi eyakheka emaweni azungezile. Kodwa-ke, womabili la mazwe afaneleka kakhulu ekukhetheni indawo yokuhlala kwelinye lamadolobha aseduze nokunquma ukuthi ufuna ukuvakashela kanjani izimpophoma, kungaba ngendiza enophephela emhlane noma ngezinyawo.
Uma ukhetha le ndlela, uzoshayela amakhilomitha angama-20 ukusuka eLivingstone uye empophomeni bese uhamba ngezinyawo uye endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi " iDevil's Pool ," ichibi lemvelo lapho ungabhukuda khona uma izinga lamanzi liphansi. Ngesikhathi semvula, amanzi angafinyelela kalula imitha ukujula ngemizuzu embalwa nje. Lena yindlela engcono kakhulu yokuqala ukuhlola kwakho leli pharadesi, lapho ungabuka khona uthingo olubonile ngaphambi kokujabulela imisebenzi eminingi ezungeze iVictoria Falls.
Enye indlela ukugxuma nge-bungee usuka e-Iron Bridge edumile , elenga ngaphezu kwamamitha ayi-100 ngaphezu komfula. Kuyindlela ehlukile yokuzwa umthelela wokuwa ngentengo efanelekile, ngoba uma ukhetha ukundiza phezu kwamanzi agelezayo ngendiza encane noma i-helicopter, intengo ingafinyelela kuma-euro angu-300 ohambo oluthatha imizuzu embalwa kuphela. Ngemva kwalokho, akukho okungcono kunokujabulela ubhiya kwenye yezindawo zokuphuza ezibheke umfula ngaphambi kokuzama ukuthatha izithombe ezindaweni zokubukwa ezingu-16 ezisakazeke eweni.
Kukhona futhi nethuba lokuwela leli bhuloho eselikhululwe ngenhla elixhumanisa iZambia neZimbabwe, kepha ukuze wenze lokho kuzodingeka ube ne-visa eningi. Kuhle uma ufuna ukuzwa umehluko phakathi kwamazwe womabili achazwe ngemibono yempophoma.
Kepha uma kunokukhanga okukodwa okufanele ukuhlangabeze lapho uvakashele iVictoria Falls, lokho ngokungangabazeki kungenzeka ukuthi uthathe isikebhe esikebheni emfuleni iZambezi, ikakhulukazi lapho kushona ilanga. Ilungele ukujabulela amandla emvelo ezimpophoma, ukuhamba ngesikebhe kubiza cishe amaRandi angama-60 kodwa kuyakufanelekela uma kukhulunywa ngokubona obhejane noma amadube efuna ukuphuza.
Uma ukhetha isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuvakashela iVictoria Falls, kuhle njalo ukwazi ukuthi isikhathi semvula siqala ngoDisemba kuya ku-Ephreli. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ukugeleza koMfula iZambezi kuphakeme kakhulu, okwenza ukubhukuda echibini likaDeveli kungenzeki, futhi amanzi agcwele adala amafu aminyene enkungu kangangokuthi kunzima nakakhulu ukubona kahle lo mbukwane wemvelo. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, sincoma ukuvakashela iVictoria Falls ngoJuni noma ngoJulayi, njengoba ukugeleza kungancishiswa ngesikhathi sesomiso, esiqala ngo-Agasti kuya kuNovemba. Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwalezi zimo ezithile, noma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka yisikhathi esihle sokuvakashela iVictoria Falls.
Jabulela usuku oluyipharadesi futhi ujabulele ithuba lokuhlola ubuhle bamadolobha afana neLivingstone noma ngisho nokubhuka ubusuku bokuhlala kwelinye lamahhotela amaningi endaweni. Ungacabanga nje ukuzwa umsindo wezimpophoma ebusuku ngaphambi kokulala? Uma kwenzeka.
I-Victoria Falls ingenye yezimangaliso zemvelo ezinkulu kakhulu e-Afrika futhi iyindlela ephelele yokuxhumana nezinye izindawo ezikhangayo engxenyeni eseningizimu yezwekazi. Sebenzisa leli thuba ukuvakashela iChobe National Park, ikhaya lezindlovu ezinkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni eBotswana , uqhubeke uye e- Okavango Delta kanye namabhubesi ayo abhukudayo, noma uye eNamibia , lapho iNamib Desert idala khona indawo eyingqayizivele ngempela.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, ungahlala uthatha ithuba ukuthola kangcono iNingizimu Afrika, lelo zwe lapho amapaki afana neKruger neBig Five yawo eba yindlela engcono kakhulu yokuxhumana neVictoria Falls ukuze ube nohambo lwempilo yakho yonke.
Ungathanda ukuvakashela iVictoria Falls?