I-Himalayan Adventure ye-Lifetime
I-classic trek eya e-Dzongri pic (ephakeme ngamamitha angu-13,12) eWest Sikkim, e-India, idlula emahlathini amahle kakhulu e-rhododendron futhi igcine imibukwane emihle yezingqimba zeqhwa e-Dzongri. Ukuthakazelisa kukaZuzong, indawo yokuhlangana komuntu nezinkulunkulu bezintaba, kuyisiqiniseko sokubheka ngokucophelela.
Lapho Uvakashela iDongri
Isikhathi esihle sokuvakashela i-Dzongri sisuka maphakathi no-Mashi kuya ku-Ephreli, bese kuthi kusukela ngoSepthemba kuya maphakathi no-Okthoba, ngakho-ke ugwema ukushisa kweqhwa nemvula yemvula.
Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuphakama okuphezulu, kunesimo esiqondile sokuthi isimo sezulu sithatha ukuphenduka okungalindelekile kunoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka.
Ukuya eZongri
Qala uhambo lwakho kusuka eNew Delhi . Thatha i-Indian Railways 12424 / iNew Delhi-Dibrugarh Idolobha Rajdhani Express uhambo lwamahora angu-21 ukuya eNew Jalpaiguri. Kusuka eNew Jalpaiguri, okukhethwa kukho ukuqasha itekisi ohambweni lwamahora ayisithupha ukuya eYuksom, inhloko-dolobha yokuqala yeSikhkim kanye nekamu elise-Dzongri.
Amalungiselelo e-Dzongri Trek
I-Yuksom yindawo encane eSikkim enabantu abangaba ngu-150, ezungezwe izintaba. Imigwaqo evulekile kanye nokubukwa kwezingqimba zeqhwa ziveza ukungafani okusheshayo nemigwaqo egcwele eDehi.
Amahhotela e-Yuksom aphansi. Lindela ukwabelana ngokugeza. Faka ngaphandle ku-Yuksom nge-guide, upheke, uphinde ubheke futhi uthenge izimpahla ozodinga. Umnotho we-Yuksom ikakhulukazi usekelwe ekuvakasheni, ngakho-ke izinto ezidingekayo zokuhamba zikwazi ukuhlelwa endaweni.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, amanxeba amaningi okuhamba e-Gangtok angahle ahlele uhambo lwe-Dzongri kusengaphambili.
Wonke umuntu kufanele abhalise esiteshini samaphoyisa e-Yuksom enegunya lobufakazi obufanele. Izimvume zokuhamba ezihlukile nazo ziyadingeka kwabangaphandle. Izimvume zokuhamba zikhona emahhovisi ezokuvakasha eG Gangtok noma eSikkim House e-Chanakyapuri, eNew Delhi.
I-Dzongri Trek
Uhambo luqala kusukela eKhangchendzonga National Park eYuksom. Uhambo oluya eZuzongri lungcono izinsuku ezinhlanu, ngolunye usuku lokungenelela emzaneni waseTshoka. Kodwa-ke, kungenzeka ukuwuqedela ezinsukwini ezine uma ufuna ukweqa usuku lokuncintisana.
Nakhu okuningiliziwe kwalokho okufanele ukukulindele ezinsukwini ezine zokuhamba.
Usuku lokuqala: I-Yuksom-Saachen-Bakkhim-Tshokha (amamayela angu-11) - Uhambo oluya eThokha ludabula emahlathini ashisayo e-Khangchendzonga National Park, okubukeka kahle kakhulu kwezintaba kuphakama kanye nomculo ongaqondakali womfula ogeleza phansi esigodini. Amakhilomitha okuqala amahlanu noma ayisithupha okuhamba ngalo ahamba kalula, aneziphepho ezimnandi, amabhuloho ambalwa okulenga, nezimbali ezibomvu nezibomvu zedroodendron. Amakhilomitha ambalwa adlule athathaka kakhulu; i-trek inomkhumbi oqhubekayo onama-degree angama-45 kuya kwangu-60 kuze kufike ku-Tshokha. Le ngxenye ye-trek ithatha cishe amahora ayisishiyagalolunye.
Usuku lwesibili : Tshokha-Phetang-Dzongri (5 miles) - Le ngxenye ye-trek ingaba inselele. Ungase uqale ukuzwa izimpawu zesifo esiyingozi sezintaba ngenxa yokuphakama. Usuku lokuphumula e-Tshokha lungase lusize ngokunciphisa, ngakho cabanga ngalokhu ngaphambi kokunquma ukweqa.
I-adventure kulesi sigaba ihlanganiswa yimvula ephakathi kanye namaqhwa ajwayelekile. Nakuba umzila ubhalwe kahle ngezinyathelo zokhuni, iqhwa ngezinye izikhathi lingenza lingabonakali, futhi ungabanjwa esiqhingini seqhwa kule mzila.
Usuku lwesithathu: I-Dzongri-Dzongri Peak-Tshokha - Lona umgomo wokuhamba , futhi ngeke udumale uma usuku lucacile. Uzothola umbono okhangayo wezintaba ze-Kangchenjunga, indawo ephakeme kakhulu ye-Himalaya e-India, ebonakala ephuma e-Dzongri.
Usuku lwesine: Tshokha-Yuksom - Landela umzila ofanayo kusuka ku-Tshokha kuya ku-Yuksom.
Izeluleko ze-Dzongri Trek
- Imali: Qinisekisa ukuthwala imali eyanele. I-Yuksom yindawo ekude futhi ama-ATM ayethembeki kakhulu.
- Ukunakekelwa Kwezokwelapha: Ukugula okunzima kwezintaba kuyimbangela enkulu yokukhathazeka ngalolu hambo. Kuholela ekulahlekelweni kokudla, ukuphathwa ikhanda kanye nokucasula kwesisu. Kunconywa ukuthwala imithi eyanele ngoba ayikho izindawo zokwelapha ezitholakalayo ngesikhathi sokuhamba. Uma inkinga iqhubeka, kufanele uhambise endaweni ephansi. Ama-salts e-Oral rehydration ayasiza ekugwemeni ama-cramps angase avele emanzini amaningi kanye nokulahlekelwa ngamaminerali ngokuthuthumela.
- Izembatho: Ukuphakama kwe-Dzongri kwenza kube yinto ephezulu kakhulu yokushona kwesimo sezulu. Thatha amabhuzu ahamba phambili ekhwalithi, izikhwama zokulala, i-raincoat, nezingubo ezinzima zoboya.
- Ukudla: Uzodinga ukuletha ukudla okuphelele ekuhambeni. Kunconywa ukuthwala ukudla okunomsoco we-carbohydrate ngoba ukuhlushwa okuphansi kwe-oksijini ezindaweni eziphakeme kunciphisa ukugaya kwamafutha.
- Ukukhathazeka Ngezinto Eziphilayo: Izikhwama zePolande zivinjelwe eSikkim. Bambisana neziphathimandla futhi uchithe zonke izinkunkuma endaweni efanele.
(Kubhalwe nge-Saurabh Srivastava).