I-South Luangwa National Park, iZambia: I-Complete Guide

Isungulwe njengeNational Park ngo-1972, iSouth Luangwa National Park isempumalanga yeZambia, ekupheleni komsila we-Great Rift Valley yase-Afrika. Eyaziwa nge-safaris yayo yokuhamba, indawo ye-9,059-square-kilometer yemvelo igcinwa uMfula iLuangwa, ovunguzela phakathi nepaki ephuma emaphandleni emangalisa kanye nemithombo yamanzi kanye namachibi okhothayo. Le landscape enhle isekela okunye okugxilwe kakhulu kwezilwane zasendle e-Afrika, kanti njengoba iSouth Luangwa National Park isiye indawo yokuphepha kulabo abakwaziyo.

Izilwane zasendle zaseNingizimu South Luangwa

I-South Luangwa National Park inezindawo ezingama-60 ezincelisayo, kuhlanganise nezinhlanu ze- Big Five (ngeshwa, ubhejane baxoshwa ekuqothulweni lapha eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-20 edlule). Iyaziwa ngokukhethekile ngemfuyo yayo emikhulu yezindlovu nezinyosi; kanye nezilwane eziningi ezihlala emanzini ayo. I-Lion nayo ijwayelekile, futhi iSouth Luangwa ijwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi enye yezindawo ezinhle kunazo zonke eNingizimu Afrika ukuze ibone ingwe engenakulinganiswa. Kukhona okunye okunye eNingizimu Luangwa kunamaconsafri, kodwa. Ibuye iyisekhaya lezinja zasendle zase-Afrika ezisengozini, izinhlobo ezingu-14 ze-antelope kanye nama-subspecies abonakalayo kufaka phakathi isithanga sakwaT Thornicroft ne-Crawshay's zebra.

Izinyoni eNingizimu Luangwa

Leli paki liyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi liyindawo yokuhamba . Izinhlobo ezingaphezu kuka-400 zezilwane zasendle (ngaphezu kwengxenye yalabo abhalwe eZambia) ziye zabonakala ngaphakathi kwemingcele yayo. Kanye nezinyoni ezivamile ze-Southern and East Africa, leli paki linikezela indawo yokuphumula abafuduki bezinkathi ezivela ezindaweni ezikude njengeYurophu nase-Asia.

Amaphuzu avelele afaka umdwebi osengozini waseAfrika osengozini; i-owl ye-Pel yokudoba okungenakuqhathaniswa kanye nemfuyo emikhulu yama-ruby-colored Southern carmine bee-abadlayo isidleke emanzini omfula we-parky sandy. I-South Luangwa iphinde ibe nezindawo ezingekho ngaphansi kwezingu-39, okubandakanya nezinhlobo ezine zezilwane ezisengozini noma ezisengozini.

Imisebenzi ePaki

I-South Luangwa National Park ibhekwa njengendawo yokuzalwa yokuhamba safari, eyaqala ukuqhutshwa ngabaqhubi bezithombe ze-safari njengoNorman Carr noRobin Pope. Manje, cishe yonke indawo yokulala nekamu epaki inikeza lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho okumangalisayo, okukuvumela ukuthi usukume eduze nezilwane zasendle ngendlela engenakwenzeka emotweni. Ukuhamba emadolobheni amathafa ezinyawo ngezinyawo nakho kusho ukuthi unesikhathi sokuma futhi uyakwazise izinto ezincane - ezivela ezinambuzaneni zangaphandle, kuya emathonjeni ezinkomo kanye nemifino engavamile. I-safaris yokuhamba ingahlala kuphi kusukela emahoreni ambalwa kuya ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, futhi ihlale ihambisana nesiqondiso sokuzivikela nokuzivikela.

Iziteshi zomdabu zedabuko nazo ziyathandwa, futhi zonke izivakashi kufanele zibhuke okungenani idrayivu eyodwa ebusuku . Ngemva kobumnyama, iqoqo elihlukile ngokuphelele lezilwane zasebusuku liphuma lizodlala, kusukela ezintabeni ezihlelekayo kuya enkosini engabonakali ebusuku, ingwe. Izazi ezihamba ngezinyawo ziyaziwa ngenkathi eluhlaza (kusukela ngoNovemba kuya kuFebruwari), lapho inqwaba yezinambuzane ezivezwe yimvula yehlobo idonsela izinkulungwane zezinhlobo eziphilayo ezifudukayo. Ihlobo libuye libe yisikhathi esikhulu sokuhamba ngesikebhe safaris - indlela enhle kakhulu yokubona inyoni nezinyoni zasendle ezibuthela emanzini ukuphuza, nokubukela amavubu nezinkozi ezisebenzisa izinga eliphezulu lamanzi.

Uzohlalaphi

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini oyithandayo noma isabelomali, izivakashi zeNingizimu South Luangwa National Park zithathwa ngokuzikhethela ngokuhlala. Izindawo zokulala nezinkamba eziningi zikhona emaphethelweni oMlambo waseLuangwa, zihlinzeka ngemibono emangalisayo yamanzi (nezilwane eziza lapho ukuzophuza). Amanye amakamu amahle kakhulu afaka nalabo abaqhutshwa ngamaphayona aseNingizimu South, uRobin Pope Safaris noNorman Carr Safaris. Le nkampani yangaphambili inezinketho eziyisithupha zokuhlala zokunethezeka endaweni noma eduze nepaki, kuhlanganise nekamu elihle kakhulu eliseTena Tena neLimpopo House yangasese. I-jewel ephothifoliyo kaNorman Carr yiChinzombo, ikamu elihle kakhulu elinethezeka elinama-villas ayisithupha kanye nedamu elingaphansi elibhekene nomfula.

I-Flatdogs Camp (eneziqhingi zayo ezihlelwe kahle, amatende okuphepha kanye noJackalberry Treehouse okukhethekile) kuyisinqumo esithandwayo kulabo abafuna okuthile okungabizi kakhulu.

Labo abasabelomali oluqinile kufanele bacabange ukuhlala eMarula Lodge, inketho yokuhlala indawo enobungozi ehlala emasimini ephakathi kwamasango amaminithi amahlanu esangweni eliyinhloko lepaki. Izinketho zamakamelo zivela ematendeni angunaphakade kanye nemibhoshongo eyabelwe eziqhingini ezithengekayo, kanti izinga lokubhoda eligcwele lokuzikhethela lihlanganisa konke ukudla kanye nama-safaris njalo ngosuku olugcwele ngemali enengqondo kakhulu. Ngaphandle kwalokho, ungagcina imali ngokwenza kakhulu ikhishi lokuzilibazisa esikhundleni.

Nini ukuya

I-South Luangwa National Park iyindawo ehamba kuyo yonke indawo nge-pros and cons for yonke inkathi. Ngokuvamile, izinyanga zasebusika ezomile (ngoMeyi kuya ku-Okthoba) zibhekwa njengesikhathi esihle sokubukwa kwemidlalo, ngoba izilwane zihlangana emfuleni nase-waterholes ngakho-ke kulula ukubona. Amazinga okushisa emini yilapho epholile futhi ejabulisa kakhulu ukuhamba nge-safaris; kuyilapho izinambuzane zingenani. Kodwa-ke, isikhathi esishisayo sasehlobo (ngoNovemba kuya ku-Ephreli) sinenzuzo eningi kulabo abangacabangi ukushisa okuphezulu kanye nemvula yamanye amazolo. I-Birdlife ingcono ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka, indawo yepaki iluhlaza ngokumangalisayo futhi amanani ngokuvamile ashibhile.

Qaphela: I- Malaria iyingozi kulo nyaka, kodwa ikakhulukazi ehlobo. Qinisekisa ukuthatha izinyathelo zokugwema lesi sifo, kuhlanganise nokuthatha anti-malaria prophylactics.

Ukufika Lapho

Isikhumulo sezindiza esiseduze kakhulu eNingizimu Luangwa National Park yiMfuwe Airport (MFU), isango elincane elisemakhaya elihamba ngezindiza ezixhuma eLusaka, Livingstone naseLilongwe. Izivakashi eziningi ziya eMfuwe, lapho ziqoqwa khona ngummeli ovela endaweni yabo yokulala noma ekamu ngomzila wamaminithi angu-30 epaki ngokwayo. Kungenzeka futhi ukuba uye epaki ngokuqasha imoto, noma ngisho nokuthutha umphakathi. Kulezi zinsuku, thatha i-minibus yansuku zonke ukusuka edolobheni lase-Chipata ukuya edolobheni laseMfuwe futhi uxhumane nokudluliselwa kwakho indawo lapho.

Amanani