Esimweni esenyakatho-mpumalanga yeSewula Afrika esifundazweni saseMpumalanga, iBlyde River Canyon kucatshangwa ukuthi yi-canyon enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni jikelele. Ukulinganisa amakhilomitha angu-16 / amakhilomitha angu-25 ubude nobubanzi obude ngamamitha angu-750/750 ububanzi, futhi yi-canyon enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Iyingxenye ye- Drakensberg escarpment futhi ilandela umzila weMfula iBlyde, owela phezu kwamadwala e-escarpment eDameni laseBlyderivierpoort kanye ne-lowveld ephansi ngezansi.
Izivakashi eziningi eNingizimu Afrika, ziyisinye sezibonakaliso ezibonakala kakhulu kunazo zonke kanye nenye yezakhiwo ezinhle kakhulu zemvelo izwe elizokwenza.
Ingemuva kaCanyon
Ngokwemvelo, umlando we-canyon waqala izigidi zeminyaka edlule lapho kuvela u-Drakensberg escarpment njengoba i-Gnome yaqala ukuhlukana. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, umzila wokuqala wephutha owadala i-escarpment yanyuka phezulu ngenxa yokunyakaza kwemvelo nokuguguleka komhlabathi, okwakhiwa amaqhubi amakhulu awenza i-canyon ibe mnandi namhlanje. Muva nje, i-canyon kanye ne-lowveld ehlangene nayo inikeze indawo yokuhlala nokulima nokuvuna izizukulwane ezingenakubalwa zendabuko.
Ngo-1844, uMfula iBlyde wabizwa yiqembu labadoti baseDutch abahlala khona lapho bekulindele amalungu eqembu lawo ukuba abuyele eDelagoa Bay (manje eyaziwa ngokuthi iMaputo Bay, eMozambique).
Igama lisho ukuthi "Umfula Wenjabulo" futhi ubhekisela enjabulweni lapho iqembu lezokuvakasha lamukelwa khona ekhaya. Bebehamba isikhathi eside kangangokuthi babesaba ukufa - yingakho uMfula iTurur, ohlangene noMfula iBlyde, wabizwa ngokuthi "uMfula Wokudabuka". Ngo-1965, amahektha angu-29 000 e-canyon kanye nendawo eyakuzungezile yayivikelekile njengengxenye yeBlyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
Izilwane zasendle zeBlyde River
Lokhu kuvikelwa kuye kwavumela izilwane zasemakhaya ukuba zithuthuke, zisekelwa ububanzi obuningi bezindawo zokuhlala ezihlukene ezitholakala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene ezihamba ngobude be-canyon. Izimila eziluhlaza kanye nokutholakala kwamanzi amaningi kusiza ukuheha inqwaba yezinhlobo ze-antelope, kufaka phakathi i-klipspringer, ukuguqulwa kwentaba, i-waterbuck, i-wildebeest ne-kudu. Idamu le-Blyderivierpoort liyikhaya lamavubu nezinkozi, kuyilapho zonke izinhlobo ezinhlanu ze-South African species zizobonakala ngaphakathi kweBlyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
Izinhlobo zezilwane ezincane kakhulu zikhona lapha, okwenza uMfula iBlyde ube indawo ephezulu kwabakhuluma ngezinyoni . Izindawo ezikhethekile zibandakanya isikhwama sokudoba se-Pel esingenakuqhathaniswa nokugwinya okwesibhakabhaka okusemandleni, kanti ama-cliffs amancane e-canyon ahlinzeka ngezimo ezifanele zokudoba kwezilwane zaseKapa ezisengozini. Okudume kakhulu, inqolobane isekela indawo eyaziwa yiNingizimu Afrika eyaziwa kuphela ye-falta yaseTaita engavamile.
Izici eziphawulekayo
I-Blyde River Canyon idume kakhulu ngenxa yezinhlelo zayo eziphawulekayo ze-geological. Abanye balaba bafinyelele ngesimo sezomlando ngokwabo, kuhlanganise ne-canyon ephakeme kakhulu, i-Mariepskop, ne-Three Rondavels. I-former inomhlangano wamamitha angu-6 378 / 1,944 futhi ibizwa ngokuthi yi-chief Pulana, uMaripe Mashile.
Lezi zinsuku zibhekisela ezingxenyeni eziyisikhombisa ezinamathele, ezifana nezendabuko zabantu basekhaya futhi zabizwa ngamakhosikazi amathathu kaMaripe. Indawo yokubuka e-Three Rondavels ibhekwa njengenye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu.
Amanye amaphuzu okubuka okuphawulekayo afaka phakathi kwe-Bourke's Luck Potholes, uchungechunge lwamachibi angama-cylindrical kanye namachibi amachibi aqoshwe ngamanzi asheshayo lapho kutholakala khona imifula yaseBlyde neTurur. Lezi zindaba ezibizwa nge-geological name kuthiwa yi-prospector Tom Bourke, owayekholelwa igolide angatholakala lapha (nakuba imizamo yakhe yokuyithola ayiphumelelanga). Ukubukeka okudumile kunazo zonke akungabazeki ukuthi iWindows Window, okuthiwa ifana nokufana kwayo nombono kaNkulunkulu ngensimu yase-Edene.
Kutholakala enqenqemeni engaseningizimu yendawo yokugcina indawo, izindawo ezibukekayo ezibheke phansi zibuka i-lowveld, zinikeza i-vista engenakulibaleka phezu kwe- Kruger National Park eya ezindaweni ezikude zeLembombo emngceleni waseMozambique.
Amanye amaphuzu avelele afaka amaphulo amaningi amaningi. Enye yezindawo ezidume kakhulu yiKadishi Tufa Waterfall, i-waterfall ye-tufa ephakeme yesibili emhlabeni kanye nendlu "yokukhala kwezinto zemvelo", eyakhiwe ngamashidi amanzi awela phezu kwamatshe afana nesimo somuntu.
Izinto Okuzokwenziwa EBlyde River
Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuthola umuzwa wokukhazimula kwe-canyon ukushayela eceleni kwe-Panorama Route, ehlanganisa izibuko zemibukiso yesibonakaliso sendawo-kuhlanganise ne-Three Rondavels, i-God's Window ne-Bourke's Luck Potholes. Qala edolobhaneni elihle kakhulu laseGraskop bese ulandela i-R532 enyakatho, ngokulandela izimpawu zokungena ezibukweni. Ngaphandle kwalokho, izinkambo zezindiza ze-canyon (njengalezo ezinikezwa yi-Kruger's Lion Sands Game Reserve), zinikeze umbukiso ophezulu ongasoze ukhohlwa.
Imigwaqo eminingi ehamba ngezinyawo ngaphakathi kwendawo yokugcina indawo ikuvumela ukuba uhlole ngezinyawo. Ukuze uthole okuhlangenwe nakho kwangempela, cabanga ngokubhekana ne-Blyde River Canyon Hiking Trail, enqamula ingxenye yesigodi semvelo kanye namapheshana wezwe elizimele. Kuthatha izinsuku ezintathu kuya kwezinguhlanu, ngendawo yokulala ebusuku ehlinzekwa uchungechunge lwezindlu ezihamba phambili endleleni. Nakuba ungahamba ngendlela ngokwakho, indlela engcono kakhulu yokwenza lokhu inomhlahlandlela onjengowo owenziwe yiBlyde River Safaris.
Inkampani efanayo ingabuye ihlele ezinye izinto eziningi, kufaka phakathi ukuhamba ngebhayisikili, ukugibela amahhashi, ukuhlambalaza, ukudoba izindiza, ukushisa umoya wokushisa nokushisa kwe-scuba. I-Whitewater rafting kanye nokuhamba ngesikebhe kuDamu laseBlyderivierspoort nazo zithandwa kakhulu.
Uzohlalaphi
Izivakashi eBlyde River Canyon zithathwa ngokuzikhethela ngokwezindawo zokuhlala, ngezinye izindlela ezivela ezindlini zokuhlala ezingabizi kuya ezindaweni zokunethezeka zokunethezeka. Ezinye zezinketho ezinhle zibandakanya iThaba Tsweni Lodge, i-Pilgrim's Rest kanye neNdlu ye-umVangati. Kutholakale endaweni elula yokuhamba emgwaqeni odumile waseBerlin, iThaba Tsweni iyinketho yezinkanyezi ezintathu ezinezinkampani zokuzidla nezokudla zaseNingizimu Afrika ezitholakalayo. Le ndawo yokulala igxila ikakhulukazi ikhono layo lokuhlela imisebenzi yezivakashi zayo, eziningi zazo zihlangana no-Blyde River Safaris.
I-Replica 1800s Guesthouse I-Pilgrim's Rest iveza isikhathi esidlule sesithakazelo ngesikhombiso sayo se-erastalgic colonial-era indawo elula enhliziyweni ye-Graskop yomlando. Yisisekelo esihle lapho uqala khona i-adventure yakho ye-Blyde River Canyon, futhi unikeza i-WiFi mahhala nokupaka. Ukuze uthinte izinto zokunethezeka ezingafani, cabanga ngeNdlu ye-UmVangati enyakatho yoMfula iBlyde. Lapha, ama-suites okubuka izintaba ahlinzeka ngamasitela angasese nge-vistas emangalisa, kanti indlu enkulu ihlanganisa ichibi lokubhukuda, i-patio yama- fresco- breakfasts ne-wine cellar yokudla kwangasese.