Ukuhamba nge-safari e-Afrika kungokunye kokuhlangenwe nakho okucebisayo futhi okungenakulibaleka noma yimuphi umhambi angaba nakho. Kuluhambo olumangalisayo ngosayizi walo nangenani elikhulu lezimanga ezilethwa nakho. Ukusuka ekucabangeni kokuphuma kwamathafa ezindaweni ezinamaphupho kuya ekuboneni umjikelezo wempilo njengoba kuqoqwe kwingoma edumile ye-movie ethi 'The Lion King'.
EsiSwahili, igama elithi safari lisho uhambo. Ngayinye inezici nezidingo zayo. Ngakho-ke, uma ucabanga ukuthi kungenzeka uthathe i-safari yase-Afrika eholidini lakho elilandelayo, nazi izeluleko ezizokwenza lolu hambo lube lula futhi lube mnandi.
Isiphi isikhathi sonyaka esihle kakhulu sokuhamba ku-safari?
Ngempela noma iyiphi inkathi ilungele i-safari e-Afrika kepha abahambi basentshonalanga bavame ukukwenza ngoJuni, Agasti noSepthemba lapho kuqondana nokufuduka kwamakhulu ezilwane minyaka yonke kanye namaholide azo ehlobo. Okubi kuphela ngalokhu ukuthi isizini iba phezulu futhi kuyabiza kakhulu ukwenza i-safari, futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuthola ukutholakala kohambo nezindawo zokuhlala. Yingakho kungakuhle ukuhlela uhambo lwalezi zici kusenesikhathi.
Yiliphi izwe elihamba phambili nge-safari?
IKenya noma iTanzania yizona zindlela ezingcono kakhulu zohambo e-Afrika ngoba inani lezinkampani ezenza ukuvakasha lapho ziningi futhi zinolwazi oluningi lapho ziphatha lezi zinhlobo zohambo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kula mazwe izilwane eziningi kakhulu ziyabonakala ngesikhathi se-safari, kepha futhi nezivakashi eziningi. Kulula ngezimoto eziningana ezivela kubasebenzisi bezokuvakasha abahlukene ukuhlangana emhlanjini ofanayo.
Kodwa-ke, iBotswana, iMozambiki, iNamibia, iZambia noma i-Uganda nazo ziyizindawo ezithokozisayo ongathatha ngazo uhambo lokujabulela imvelo ebukhazikhazini bayo futhi banethuba lokuthi basondelene kakhulu njengoba kungekho ukuhlangana okuningi kwabavakashi. Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi kufanele futhi uzame kanzima ukuthola izilwane zasendle.
Yisiphi isikhathi esihle sokubona izilwane ku-safari?
Isikhathi esihle sokucabanga ngezilwane ngesikhathi se-safari kusekuseni noma kusihlwa njengoba kuqondana nokuqala noma ukuphela kohambo lwezinhlobo eziningi, ukuba ngamahora aphakathi nosuku kuthule kakhulu selokhu izilwane zithathe ithuba lokuphumula futhi zibekelele amandla ngesikhathi sokushisa kakhulu.
Noma kunjalo, kufanele uzihlomise ngokubekezela ngoba ku-safari siphakathi kwendalo, lapho kungekho khona amashejuli. Kodwa-ke, abaqaphi nabanye abasebenzi basepaki bazohlala bezama ukwenza kube lula izivakashi ngenxa yesipiliyoni sabo esibalulekile.
Yini ongakupakisha nge-safari?
- Pakisha okulungile nokudingekayo: Ukugwema ukweqa isisindo esiphezulu semithwalo noma ukuphatha izinto eziningi kunalokho okuzodingeka empeleni. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukupakisha izingubo eziyisisekelo ezikuvumela ukuthi udlale ngezinhlanganisela.
- Izingubo eziduduzayo: Uma ukhuluma ngezingubo, awukho umqondo omubi kunokuya ku-safari ugqoke izingubo ezingathandeki. Lolu hlobo lohambo luyi-adventure, ngakho-ke kungakuhle ukuthi ugqoke izingubo nezicathulo ezintofontofo ukujabulela ngokugcwele i-safari. Khumbula ukufaka izingubo ezifudumele njengoba ebusuku amazinga okushisa ehla kakhulu.
- Gwema imibala egqamile: Lolu hlobo lwama-hues lungadonsela ukunaka okukhulu ezilwaneni futhi lubenze babaleke. Kungcono ukugqoka izingubo ezinsundu, zekhakhi, eziluhlaza noma eziphuzi ngokukhanyayo.
- Izesekeli ze-safari: Ezinye izibuko zelanga, isigqoko, i-sunscreen nokuxosha omiyane kuzoba izesekeli zakho ezibalulekile lapho uya ku-safari.
- Ubuchwepheshe: Ku-safari e-Afrika, yebo noma yebo, udinga ikhamera enhle ukuze wenze lolu hambo olungakholeki lube luhle. Kanye nayo uzodinga ibhethri elengeziwe, ishaja nenye imemori khadi.
- Imibhalo yohambo: Ukugwema ukwethuka uma kwenzeka kwebiwa noma kulahleka, Kunconywa ukwenza amakhophi ambalwa emibhalo yethu yoqobo (ipasipoti, inqubomgomo yomshuwalense, amasheke wabahambi, ama-visa namakhadi esikweletu) bese ugcina amakhophi nama-original ngokuhlukile.
- Umshuwalense wezokwelapha: Emazweni amaningi izindleko zokulala esibhedlela zithwalwa yisiguli futhi zingabiza kakhulu. Kungakho kunconywa ukuthi uthathe umshwalense wezokwelapha okuthi, uma kwenzeka ukugula noma ingozi ngesikhathi se-safari, kuqinisekisa ukumbozwa okugcwele. Umshuwalense wokuhamba uzosisiza futhi uma kwenzeka kwebiwa, ukulahleka kwendiza noma umthwalo.
- Imali: Kuhlale kunconywa ukuphatha imali esivele ishintshiwe epotimendeni lakho ukubhekana nezehlakalo ezingalindelekile. Futhi akulimazi ukuphatha ezinye izindlela zokukhokha ezifana namasheke wabahambi noma amakhadi esikweletu.
Wake wahamba nge-safari e-Afrika? Yiziphi ezinye izeluleko ocabanga ukuthi zibalulekile lapho uzenza?