Akungabazeki ukuthi iMadagascar ungomunye wamazwe ase-Afrika athakazelisayo kakhulu, futhi ngokuqinisekile enye yezwekazi eliyingqayizivele kunazo zonke. Isizwe esiyisiqhingi esizungezwe ngamanzi angamakhemikhali e-Indian Ocean, edume kakhulu ngenxa yezilwane nezilwane eziyinqaba - ezivela emilonyeni yayo ekhangayo kuya emithonjeni yayo enamandla. Eziningi zezilwane zasendle zasemaphandleni azitholakali kwenye indawo eMhlabeni, futhi njengoba i-eco-tourism ingenye yezinto ezikhangayo eziyinhloko zaseMadagascar.
Libuye lisebeni lwamabhishi angenakulinganiswa, amasayithi okudonsela ngokuphefumula kanye ne-kaleidoscope enemibala yamasiko aseMalagasy nendawo yokudla.
Indawo:
Isiqhingi sesine ngobukhulu emhlabeni wonke, iMadagascar sizungezwe uLwandle lwaseNdiya futhi sisuka ogwini olusempumalanga ye-Afrika. Umakhelwane oseduze kakhulu wezwe yiMozambique, kanti ezinye iziqhingi eziseduzane zihlanganisa neRéunion, iComoros neMauritius.
I-Geography:
I-Madagascar inendawo engamamitha angu-364.770 square / 587,041 amakhilomitha square. Ngokulinganayo, kungaphansi kokuphindwe kabili ubukhulu be-Arizona, futhi bufana nosayizi oya eFrance.
I-Capital City :
I-Antananarivo
Abantu:
Ngo-July 2016, i-CIA World Factbook inqume ukuthi inani labantu baseMadagascar lihlanganisa abantu abangaba ngu-24.5 million.
Ulimi:
IsiFulentshi nesiMalagasy yizilimi ezisemthethweni zaseMadagascar, ngezilimi ezihlukahlukene zolimi lwesiMalagasy ezikhulunywa kuso sonke isiqhingi. IsiFulentshi sivame ukukhulunywa kuphela ngezigaba ezifundisiwe.
Inkolo:
Iningi lamaMadagascar lenza izinkolelo zamaKristu noma zendabuko, kanti iningi labantu (cishe 7%) lingamaSulumane.
Imali:
Imali esemthethweni yaseMadagascar yi-Ariary yaseMalagasy. Ukuze uthole amazinga wokushintshanisa kuze kube yilapho, hlola lesi sayithi sokuguqulwa esiwusizo.
Isimo sezulu:
Isimo sezulu saseMadagascar sishintsha ngokuphawulekayo kusuka esifundeni kuya esifundeni.
Ugu lwasempumalanga lushisa, ngokushisa okushisayo nemvula eminingi. Iziqhingi zendawo engenaphakathi ziyakhula futhi zipholile, kanti eningizimu isuke idonsa. Ngokuvamile, iMadagascar inenkathi epholile, eyomile (ngoMeyi-Okthoba) kanye nenkathi eshisayo, enezimvula (ngoNovemba-Ephreli). Lezi zindawo ziletha ama-cyclone amaningi.
Nini ukuya ku-Go:
Isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuvakashela iMadagascar yisikhathi sonyaka kaMeyi nango-Okthoba owomile, lapho izinga lokushisa lihle futhi kunemvula ephansi kakhulu. Ngenkathi yemvula, ama-cyclone angasongela ukuphepha kwabavakashi.
Iziqhingi eziyinhloko
I-Parc National de L'Isalo
I-Parc National de L'Isalo inikeza amakhilomitha angaphezu kwamakhilomitha angamakhilomitha angama-800 amakhilomitha ayisishiyagalolunye ukusuka endaweni enhle ehlane, egcwele ama-sandstone amahle, ama-canyons nama-crystal ahlanzekile okugeza. Ngenye yezindawo ezivuzayo kakhulu eMadagascar zokuhamba.
Nosy Be
Amaphethelo esiqhingini esingavamile ahlanjululwa ngamanzi ahlanzekile ahlanzekile futhi umoya uyiphunga elimnandi ngephunga lezimpawu eziqhakazile. Kubuye kunamanye amahotela amaningi kakhulu aseMadagascar, futhi yiyona indawo yokuzikhethela kwabacebile abahamba ngezilwandle abafisa ukuzitholela ukudoba, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi nokuhamba ngemisipha.
I-Avenue ye-Baobabs
ENtshonalanga yeMadagascar, umgwaqo ongcolile ohlanganisa iMorondava neBelon'i Tsiribihina ungumbukiso wesibhakabhaka ongavamile, oqukethe izihlahla ezingaphezu kuka-20 ezinkulu ze-baobab.
Eziningi zalezi zihlahla zomgwaqo ezinhle kakhulu zineminyaka engamakhulu ayisishiyagalolunye ubudala futhi ezingaphezu kwamamitha angu-30 ubude.
I-Parc National d'Andasibe-Mantadia
I-Parc National d'Andasibe-Mantadia ihlanganisa amapaki amabili ahlukene, okuyinto ndawonye ehlinzeka ngamanye amathuba amahle okuhlangana okude nezinhlobo ze-lemur ezinkulu kunazo zonke zaseMadagascar, i-indri. Indawo enemvula yamanzi ibuye ibe yindawo enhle yezinyoni eziphilayo nezinhlobo zezilwane ezincelisayo.
I-Antananarivo
Ngokuyinhloko kuthiwa yi-'Tana ', inhloko-dolobha yaseMadagascar imatasa, ihlasele futhi ifanele ukuvakashelwa kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ekuqaleni noma ekupheleni kohambo lwakho. Liyinsimbi yesiko saseMalagasy, eyaziwa ngokuba yindawo yokwakha yamakholoni, izimakethe zendawo ezidumile kanye nenani elimangalisayo lokudla okunekhwalithi eliphezulu kakhulu.
Ukufika Lapho
Isikhumulo sezindiza esikhulu saseMadagascar (kanye nesango lokungena kuzo izivakashi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe) yi-Ivato International Airport, engamakhilomitha angu-10 / amakhilomitha angu-16 enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Antananarivo.
Isikhumulo sezindiza sisendlini yezindiza kazwelonke yaseMadagascar, i-Air Madagascar. Kusuka e-United States, izindiza eziningi zixhuma ngeGoli, eNingizimu Afrika, noma eParis, eFrance.
Abangewona amazwe badinga i- visa yokuvakasha ukungena eMadagascar; Nokho, lezi zingathengwa lapho zifika kuzo zonke izikhumulo zezindiza noma emachwebeni. Kungenzeka futhi ukuba uhlele i-visa kusengaphambili ku-Embassy yaseMalagasy noma i-Consulate ezweni lakini. Hlola ikhasi lelwazi le-visa likahulumeni ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi.
Izidingo zezokwelapha
Ayikho imishanguzo yokuphoqelela abantu abaya eMadagascar, kodwa izikhungo zokuLawula nokuVimbela (CDC) zincoma imithi ethile yokufaka imishanguzo ehlanganisa i-Hepatitis A, i-Typhoid nePolio. Ngokuya esifundeni ohlela ukuvakashela, imithi yokulwa ne-malaria ingadingeka, kuyilapho izivakashi ezihamba ezweni elivela e-Yellow Fever zizodinga ukufaka umuthi nazo.
Lesi sihloko sibuyekezwe nguJessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 26, 2016.