Idumela laseKenya njengenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili e-Safari e-Afrika iye yasungulwa ngokuqinile kusukela ngawo-1960, izinkulungwane zezivakashi zihambela ezweni ukuze kuthunyelwe uMfuduki Omkhulu wonyaka kuphela. Namuhla, imboni yezokuvakasha yezwe iye yaba umshini oyile kahle. Kukhona inethiwekhi enhle kakhulu yezindiza zangaphakathi, futhi ungathola izinhlobo ezihamba phambili zokuhlala nezinkambiso ze- safari lapha kunanoma yikuphi okunye e-circuit safari ye-Afrika.
Kodwa inani lalo lonke ukuchichima ligcwele kakhulu.
Manje kunamakamu angaphezu kuka-25 ahlala njalo eMasas Mara National Reserve . I-minibus safaris inamathela kulabo abasesabelomali esiqinile - kodwa bangenza njengabavimbela labo abafuna ubuqiniso. Phela, ukulwa nezixuku ukuthola umbono ocacile wezingonyama noma ubhejane kude kakhulu ekuhlangenwe nakho okukodwa kanye nobuningi okucatshangwa kakhulu lapho bephupha i-Afrika. Isixazululo kulabo abafuna ukuzwa ubuhle bemvelo eKenya? I-safari kwelinye lama-conservance wezwe.
Iyini i-Conservancy?
I-Conservancies yimihlaba emikhulu yomhlaba, evame ukuhlangana namapaki kazwelonke, ukuthi abakwa-eco-tourism opharetha baqashe emiphakathini yendawo noma emasimini angasese. Lesi sivumelwano sisekelwe ekuqondeni ukuthi umhlaba oqashisiwe awusetshenziswanga ukufuyusa izinkomo noma ukulima, kepha ushiye wodwa ukusetshenziswa okukhethekile kwezilwane zasendle kanye nabantu abancane abavakashi abahlomile ngamakhamera.
Kube isimo sokunqoba kwabavakashi, izilwane zasendle ezihlalayo kanye namasiko wendabuko (njengamaMaasai neSamburu ) ahlala kulezi zindawo.
Indlela ama-Conservancies aqala ngayo
Abantu baseMaasai nabakwaSamburu bangabelusi abahlala emadolobheni abaye bahlangabezana nezinkinga ezinkulu endleleni yabo yokuphila yendabuko eminyakeni embalwa edlule.
Izwe abaye bahamba ngokukhululekile ngemfuyo yabo liye lahliswa ngokuphawulekayo ngobukhulu kanye nekhwalithi ngenxa yokulima nokuhweba kwezemvelo. Izilwane zasendle nazo zithintekile njengoba imizila yokufuduka kwemvelo ivinjelwe futhi izilwane ziye zanda ukungqubuzana nabalimi abavikela izitshalo zabo.
Ngawo-1990, ukuhamba kwe-safari e-Kenya eyaziwa kakhulu, i-Maasai Mara, yayibhekene nokuncipha kwezilwane zasendle kanye naphezu kwezivakashi. Okuthile okumele kwenziwe kufanele kwenziwe. Umsunguli wamakamu asePorini safari uJake Grieves-Cook wanxusa imindeni yama-Maasai ayi-70 ukuba ibeke eceleni amahektha angu-3,200 omhlaba wayo kuphela ngenxa yezilwane zasendle. Lokhu kwaba yi-Ol Kinyei Conservancy - indawo engcwele yomphakathi okumele isungulwe ezindaweni eziseduze neMaasai Mara National Reserve. Yenza indlela yokuthola ezinye izinto eziningi, hhayi nje kwi-Mara eco-system, kodwa futhi eduze no-Amboseli.
Engxenyeni yasenyakatho yeLikipia, umndeni wakwaCraig uye waba usizo ekusungulweni kwemikhakha yezikhungo ezingaphezu kuka-17 nemifula. Impumelelo ngokulondolozwa komphakathi isesimweni esifanayo njenge-Loisaba, Lewa no-Ol Pejeta. Akukhona nje kuphela ukuthi izilwane zasendle zikhula (kufaka phakathi ubhejane obumhlophe nabomnyama obungozi kakhulu) kodwa izinsizakalo ziye zasisiza ekusunguleni izikole nemitholampilo kulo lonke isifunda.
Eqinisweni, imodeli yokugcinwa kwemvelo isebenza kahle kangangokuthi ama-conservancies amasha asakhiwa kulo lonke elaseKenya.
Izinzuzo ze-Conservancy Safari
Kunezinzuzo eziningi zokubhuka i-safari kwelinye lama-conservancies aseKenya. Okusobala kakhulu ukuphela - azikho imigqa ye-minibus, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi uyena kuphela imoto ekhona kunoma yikuphi ukubonelela kwezilwane zasendle. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izimpahla zisebenza ngokuzimele futhi ngakho-ke zilawulwa kancane kunamapaki kazwelonke. Imisebenzi evinjelwe ezindaweni ezifana neMaasai Mara ne-Amboseli kungenzeka kulezi zivumelwano - kuhlanganise nokuhamba nge-safaris, ukushayela ebusuku kanye ne-safaris ekamelback noma ngehhashi.
Ukuhamba nge-safaris kuyinto evelele kakhulu. Lezi zihamba zivame ukuholwa ngumhlahlandlela waseMaasai noma weSamburu wendawo, okukunika ithuba lokufunda kabanzi mayelana nesiko labo ngenkathi uzuza ngolwazi lwabo oluhle lwesihlahla kanye nabakhileyo kulo.
Ungafunda ukuthi ungayibona kanjani i-spoor, izitshalo ezinezinhloso zokwelapha futhi ezisetshenziselwa ukwenza izikhali zendabuko. I-safaris yokuhamba ikuvumela ukuthi uzicwilise emibonweni, imisindo kanye nephunga elikuzungezile. Uzobona ngaphezulu futhi ube nethuba elingcono lokubona izinyoni nezilwane ezincane.
Ikhono lokuthola ukushayela ebusuku liyisizathu esihle kakhulu sokuvakashela i-conservancy. Ngemuva kokunyama, isihlahla saguqulwa sibe yizwe elihluke ngokuphelele, ngesilwane esisha sezilwane zobusuku ongase ungaboni emini. Lezi zihlanganisa amakati amaningi amancane ase-Afrika, kanye nezidalwa ezingaziwa njenge-aardvark, bushbaby kanye ne-genet. Ukushayela ebusuku kubuye kukunikeze ithuba elihle lokubona izingwe, nezinye izilwane ezibusuku ezibusuku ezenzweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinkanyezi zasebhakabhakeni zasebusuku zase-Afrika ziyisibuko esingenakuphuthelwa.
Izinzuzo zomphakathi wasekhaya
Ngokukhetha i-safari yakho yase-Kenyan, uzophinde uzuze umphakathi wendawo. Ngokuvamile, abantu abahlala eduze kwamapaki kazwelonke ase-Afrika bangaphakathi kwabampofu kakhulu. Ngokuvamile, amakhaya abo ayindlela ende kusukela ezikhungweni zezohwebo zezwe, futhi ukufinyeleleka kwemisebenzi kanye nezinsiza kunciphile. Nakuba izakhamuzi ezicebile ziqhubekela emaphandleni aseduzane, izihlungi zemali yazo ezincane kakhulu kubantu basekhaya, kunalokho zikwazi ukungena emagcekeni ombuso. Kulezi zimo ezinjengalezi, akumangazi ukuthi ukuzingela kuba yindlela ekhangayo yokudla umndeni, noma ukuthumela izingane esikoleni.
Uma ukulondolozwa ukubeka amathuba, imiphakathi yasendaweni kufanele ibone inzuzo eqondile kusuka ezinkulungwaneni zamaRandi ezisetshenziswa nsuku zonke yizivakashi ezivamile ezihamba nge-safari. I-Conservancies ihlose ukwenza lokhu, futhi sekufeze kakhulu manje. Imiphakathi yasendaweni ayizuzanga nje kuphela ukukhokhwa kwemali yokuqashwa komhlaba, kodwa amakamu okuphepha ahlinzeka ngamathuba abalulekile okuqashwa. Iningi labasebenzi, abathrekhi nabaqondisi emakamu okuphepha e-conservance bavela endaweni yangakini. Izindleko eziningi ziphinde zixhase imithombo yomphakathi, kuhlanganise nezikole ezidingekayo nemitholampilo.
Izinkampani ze-Safari ezinama-Conservancy Itineraries
Amakamu asePorini ahlala njengamaphayona, futhi anikeza amakhamera ahlukahlukene ahlukahlukene ahamba nawo kanye nezinkambo zokuhamba kuzo zonke izimali. Izinketho zabo zokuhlala ezingcono kakhulu zibandakanya amakamu ajwayele ukuhlala e-Selenkay Conservancy (eduze kwase-Amboseli), u-Ol Kinyei Conservancy no-Olare Orok Conservancy (eduze neMaasai Mara) no-Ol Pejeta Conservancy (eLakipia). Ngamunye uhlinzeka ngamanani ahlanganisiwe wonke afaka ukudla, iziphuzo, ukushayela imidlalo kanye nemisebenzi. Uhlu lwenkampani yezinkambo eziphakanyisiwe zinikeza ithuba lokuvakashela amakamu amaningana ohambweni olulodwa.
I-Cheli nePiacock isebenza nge-safaris yokunethezeka ehambela amakamu okude emazweni angaphandle eKenya. Izindlela zokuhamba kuzo zihlanganisa ukuhlala emagcekeni amancane njenge-Elsa's Kopje, Lewa Safari Camp, i-Elephant Pepper Camp neLoisaba. Ngokufanayo, u-Habitat we-Natural safari uhlinzeka ngezinsuku ezingu-10 ezihamba phambili zokuhamba eKenya ezihlanganisa amakamu ezindaweni eziningana ezidumile, kuhlanganise neLewa Wildlife Conservancy kanye neNaboisho Conservancy.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngoDisemba 12, 2017.