Namhlanje ndiza kukuxelela ngolunye lwehambo olubalulekileyo xa usiya eSri Lanka, uhambo olukuMineriya National Park.
IMinneriya yenye yeepaki zesizwe ezinkulu eSri Lanka. Ime kwiphondo elikumantla embindini welizwe kwaye inommandla omalunga neehektare ezingama-9000.
Yafumana ukukhuselwa okusemthethweni njenge paki ngo-1997 ngenxa yobukho bezilwanyana zasendle kumhlaba wayo kunye nokukhusela amachibi anikezela ngezityalo nezilwanyana zalo mmandla.
Yindawo ebaluleke kakhulu ekhuselweyo kwaye ikhuphisana nokuthandwa yiYala, iBundala kunye neUdawalawe, eyona idumileyo eCeylon. Ngamnye wabo ume ngaphandle kwesizathu esithile, iMinneriya ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ngenxa yeendlovu. Wonke umntu ohambela eSri Lanka kufuneka aye kwiipaki zesizwe ezi-1 okanye ezi-2.
Elona xesha lilungileyo lokuyityelela iqala ngoJulayi ukuya ku-Okthobha, ixesha elomileyo emantla elizwe. Ngexesha lasehlotyeni, imvula inqabile kwaye izilwanyana ziyanyanzelwa ukuba zifudukele kwimigxobhozo nakumachibi epaki.
Ufika njani eMinneriya?
IMinneriya isondele kufutshane nonxantathu owaziwayo wenkcubeko eSri Lanka, ezona ndawo zibalulekileyo ze-3 zakudala kwilizwe kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo yeyona ndawo yokhenketho eCeylon (Sigiriya, Anuradhapura nasePolonnaruwa). Ngesi sizathu kulula ukufikelela kule National Park. Ngokwesiqhelo, abahambi abenza unxantathu wenkcubeko bakhetha ukuya kwi-safari eMinneriya.
Ukufika kuyo kwaye wenze i-safari okanye ungene ngaphakathi, kuya kufuneka uqeshe inkonzo yearhente yabucala enemoto eyi-4 × 4 kunye nomqhubi, awunakuhamba wedwa (ngo-2015). Ungajikeleza kuphela ngaphakathi kwendawo ekhuselekileyo ngeemoto ezi-4 × 4. Ixabiso akufuneki liye ngaphezulu kwe- $ 45 okanye i- $ 50 kumntu ngamnye. Ngokwesiqhelo ixesha lokuhamba malunga neeyure ezi-3 okanye ezi-4, zanele ukuphonononga ihlathi kunye namathafa namachibi ngokuzolileyo.
Kulula kakhulu ukufumana ikhontrakthi kule nkonzo nje ukuba sibe kweli lizwe, akukho mfuneko yokuba uyiqeshe ukusuka apha. Indawo yokulala okanye ihotele ngokwayo iya kulawula uhambo. Olunye ukhetho kukuya kwiidolophu ezikufutshane nomnyango wepaki kwaye uqeshe iarhente apho, ecaleni nasecaleni kwendlela izele ziinkampani ezinamaxabiso afanayo anikezela ngokwenza uhambo.
Eyona nto isengqiqweni kukungena kwipaki evela eSigiriya inikwe ukusondela kwayo (kuphela i-10Km), ndincoma ukuba undwendwele indawo yezinto zakudala kunye nendawo yelifa lehlabathi laseSigiriya kusasa, ukuqala kwangoko, nasemva kwemini ukuya eMinneriya ukuya qhubeka nohambo. I-Sigiriya inokufikelelwa ngololiwe, ngemoto okanye ngebhasi ukusuka eColombo (ikomkhulu) okanye eKandy (isixeko sesibini ngobukhulu nesimi embindini weSri Lanka).
Kuyinto entle kakhulu ukubona indlela ilanga litshona ngayo lijikelezwe ziindlovu kunye neendawo ezintle ezivela kule paki yesizwe.
Olunye ukhetho olukhoyo kukwenza inxenye yohambo olukhwele indlovu. Ezinye iiarhente zibonelela ngale nkonzo, zihamba ngeMineriya kunye neendlovu ezinamahlathi kunye namahlathi. Ngokwam, andazi ukuba kufanelekile, ndikhethe ukwenza lonke uhambo ngemoto.
Yintoni ongayibona eMinneriya? Izilwanyana
IPaki yeSizwe iMinneriya idume kwihlabathi ngeendlovu zaseAsia. Kukho amakhulu kubo endle kwaye kulula kakhulu ukubona uninzi lwazo ngemini enye. Ukuhlalisana phakathi kwabantu nezi zilwanyana kuyindalo ngokupheleleyo kwaye ngentlonipho, sele beqhelene nenqwaba yeemoto eziza kubabona yonke imihla. Okwangoku ndicinga ukuba zininzi kakhulu iimoto kwindawo apho kukho izilwanyana ezininzi. Andazi nokuba urhulumente unyanzelisa ubuninzi bokungena epakini.
Ngexesha lasehlotyeni (ixesha elomileyo kule ndawo), iindlovu ziza kathathu okanye kabini ngosuku ukusela amanzi echibini eliphambili, kulapho ungabona khona iindlovu kufutshane.
Ngaphandle kweendlovu, ipaki ikwanentaphane yeenkawu, oonwabu, iiflamingo kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zeentaka, iipikoko, iinyathi zamanzi, ... Zikhona nehlosi, nangona kunzima ukuzibona.
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Yintoni ongayibona eMinneriya? Iintyatyambo
IPaki yeSizwe iMinneriya imi kwihlathi laseSri Lanka.
Uhlaza lwepaki luquka amahlathi ashinyeneyo akweleenjiko, axutywe namathafa engca, iindawo ezinamatyholo kunye nemigxobhozo. Indawo ebonakalayo kulo mmandla ngamachibi kunye namadlelo.
Eminye yemithi ekhoyo eMinneriya yemveli kwesi siqithi, inokubonakala kuphela kweli lizwe. Umzekelo umthi wesundu iCeylon. Imozulu efudumeleyo nemvula idala indawo entle ngobuhle bendalo.
Ukusuka kumava am ndiyakuxelela ukuba i-safari eSri Lanka ayinakuthelekiswa ne-safari yase-Afrika kodwa ngamava anyanisekileyo xa usiya eMzantsi-mpuma Asia. Njengoko besenditshilo ngaphambili, ngokunikwa ukusondela konxantathu wenkcubeko, ndicebisa ukuba uye eSigiriya kusasa naseMinneriya emva kwemini. Ukungena akubizi kakhulu kodwa kwiiyure ezi-2 okanye ezi-3 zohambo lokuzonwabisa uyonwabele imbonakalo yomhlaba kunye nezilwanyana zepaki.