El IPailón del Diablo (ngokusemthethweni iCascada del Río Verde) iyimpophoma yoMfula iPastaza ose-Andes e-Ecuadorian eduze nedolobha laseBaños de Agua Santa, onqamula ehlathini lase-Ecuador.
Ingesinye seziheho ezibaluleke kakhulu ezivakashini Isifunda saseTungurahua (futhi nakanjani ivela kuyo yonke iNingizimu Melika) inikezwe imvelo yayo ebabazekayo, ukuba seduze kwayo nomgwaqo omkhulu kazwelonke nokuphakama kwayo okungaphezu kwamamitha angama-80.
Igama lalo lifana nokufana idwala elinakho ebusweni bukadeveli, elibonwa kwelinye lamabhuloho alo.
Uma emasontweni ambalwa edlule ngikutshele ngohambo olubalulekile e-Ecuador (iCotopaxi National Park nentaba-mlilo), IPailón del Diablo kungaba enye. Noma yimuphi umzila wokufaka ubhaka emuva (noma cha) ezweni lase-Andes kufanele udlule edolobheni laseBaños de Agua Santa nezindawo ezizungezile (izimpophoma, izintaba-mlilo, ihlathi namathafa ayingqayizivele).
Ungafika kanjani empophomeni yePailón del Diablo?
Umnyango wempophoma utholakala eduze kakhulu nomgwaqo oxhuma iBaños de Agua Santa nedolobha lasePuyo, esivele iphakathi kwehlathi lase-Amazon, futhi cishe amakhilomitha angama-20 ukusuka edolobheni lokuqala.
Ngokunikwa lokhu kusondela, kulula kakhulu ukuyifinyelela, ngokungafani nezinye izinto ezikhangayo e-Ecuador, iPailón del Diablo ingatholwa kuphela ngomgwaqo, azikho izitimela.
Ukufika ku- IBaños de Agua Santa noma iPuyo, into efaneleke kakhulu ukukwenza emabhasini wenkonzo yezokuthutha zomphakathi yase-Ecuador. Amabhasi njalo ngehora axhuma u-Ambato noLatacunga (e-Andes) anamadolobha womabili ashisayo.
Uma useBaños, ungafinyelela emnyango wale ndawo ebiyelwe:
- Ngebhasi lomphakathi: kusuka eBaños noma ePuyo. Amanye amabhasi ame ngqo emnyango ongenhla wempophoma (kuneminyango emi-2). Abanye bayama phakathi nomgwaqo kodwa basondele kakhulu emnyango ongaphansi. Benza umzila uphumele ngaphandle ubuye futhi babe nemvamisa eyamukelekayo, njalo ngehora kunamabhasi amaningana.
- Ngamatekisi: impela inketho esheshayo kepha futhi ebiza kakhulu. Cishe emizuzwini engu-15 ufika ePailón del Diablo usuka enkabeni yeBaños. Uma sikhetha le nketho, kungakuhle ukuthi sixoxisane kahle ngentengo yohambo futhi ngokuqinisekile senze uhambo lokubuyela nenye itekisi noma ngebhasi.
- Ukuhamba ngebhayisikili. Le nketho ingenye yezindawo ezikhangayo esifundeni esinikeza abavakashi: hamba wonke umgwaqo oya ePuyo ngebhayisikili bese uyama kuzo zonke izimpophoma ezisendleleni. Ngalo mqondo ngifuna ukukutshela izinto eziningana. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, umgwaqo, yize ugandaywe kahle, unomgwaqo ophakeme kakhulu futhi kunemihubhe eminingana endleleni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukusuka eBaños kuya ePuyo ithambeka lihlala libuyele ezansi, kepha indlela ebuyela emuva ikhuphuka. Ekugcineni, yazi ukuthi ibanga eliphakathi kwale mizi emibili lingama-30 noma ama-40 km. Uma ufuna ukuvakashela impophoma emzileni webhayisikili, gcina lokhu engqondweni. Impela indlela engcono kakhulu kungaba ukwehla ngebhayisikili bese ukhuphuka ngebhasi noma ngetekisi elingu-4 × 4 elamukela amabhayisikili.
Ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwami, ngincoma ukuthi ubheke indawo yokuhlala eBaños futhi ujabulele yonke imizila nezinketho ezinikezwa yihlathi lase-Andes kusuka kuleli dolobha okungenani izinsuku ezimbili. Usuku olungu-2 alwanele, ukuvakasha kwale mpophoma kudinga usuku lonke uma kwenziwa ezinhlangothini zombili.
Yini ongayibona empophomeni yePailón del Diablo?
Njengoba ngike ngaphawula phambilini Indawo ebiyelwe ingafinyelelwa engxenyeni engezansi yempophoma noma ngengxenye engenhla. Yize umnyango ungenayo ngokuphelele (ngokwezinga elithile, ngokwesibonelo ibhuloho lokuqala lokumiswa, ukusuka lapho hhayi), Ngincoma ukuthi wenze imizila emibili. Enye ayixhumani nenye, kwesinye isikhathi kunesithiyo esibahlukanisayo. Njengoba kunikezwe ukukhetha, ngingaqala ngenze indlela engezansi bese kuba engenhla, ngicabanga ukuthi iyamangaza kancane.
Uma senza ukuvakasha okuvela ngezansi sizoqala sijabulele amahlathi emvula ase-Amazon kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bawo (izinyoni, izihlahla, amaxhaphozi, ...) futhi ekugcineni iPailón del Diablo ekhangayo evela ngezansi. Kungumzila cishe wesigamu sehora uze ufike ngezansi nangaphansi kwempophoma. Kunezindawo zokubuka eziningi, amabhuloho nezitebhisi ongacabanga ngazo ngempophoma.
Uma senza uhambo oluvela phezulu, sizoqala sijabulele indlela emfushane elandela uMfula iPastaza, enezimpophoma ezincane, kanye nezimbali ezimanzi zehlathi zasendaweni. Ngemuva kwemizuzu embalwa sizobe sesitholakala ukuphela okuphezulu kwempophoma lapho singacabanga khona ngempophoma emangalisayo (cishe amamitha ayi-100 wokungalingani). Ukusuka lapho, kwakhiwe amabhuloho amaningana elenga amapulangwe axhumanisa amaphuzu ahlukahlukene entaba nokuthi kancane kancane ehlela engxenyeni engezansi yePailón. Cishe noma yimaphi amabhuloho nezitebhisi ezisendleleni zikulungele ukujabulela ubuhle bendawo noma ukuthatha izithombe. Kushiya umuntu engawuvali umlomo ekuboneni. Emaphuzu athile kunikeza i-vertigo kancane.
Ezindaweni ezizungeze impophoma ungajwayeza izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zemidlalo eyedlulele, ngokwesibonelo i-rafting, ukukhuphuka noma umugqa we-zip. Kubathandi be-adrenaline, iPailón del Diablo yindawo ekahle.
Ngamafuphi, lesi sifunda sase-Ecuador (futhi ngokuqinisekile singasinwebisa kulo lonke izwe) asaziwa emphakathini waseYurophu futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza singenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu nezihehayo eNingizimu Melika.