I-Rovos Rail, olona loliwe lubalaseleyo kubakhenkethi emhlabeni, useTanzania emva kokugqitywa kohambo lokuvuna lweeveki ezimbini, olujikeleza uhambo olusuka eMzantsi Afrika luye eMpuma Afrika.

Olona loliwe luthandekayo kubakhenkethi kwihlabathi elibizwa ngokuba yi "Pride of Africa", limi kwisikhululo seTanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) kwisikhululo sangoMgqibelo phakathi kwentsasa phakathi kweentswahla kunye nokuwolana phakathi kwabakhenkethi abangama-60 abafike kwikomkhulu lezorhwebo laseTanzania emva kweentsuku ezili-15 uhambo lokuvuna ukusuka kwincam yeAfrika ukuya embindini welizwekazi.

Uloliwe weediliya uthabathe abakhenkethi abangama-60 ukusuka eMzantsi Afrika ukuya eDar es begubungela malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-6,500, bedlula kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo ezinomtsalane eMzantsi Afrika, eZimbabwe, eZambia emva koko yiTanzania.

Lo loliwe udlula kwiindawo ezinembali nezokhenketho kumazantsi eAfrika kubandakanya iVictoria Falls eZimbabwe, imigodi yedayimani yaseKimberley eMzantsi Afrika, eLimpopo naseKruger National Parks kunye noMlambo iZambezi.

E-Tanzania, uloliwe udlula kwiindawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi abakumazantsi e-Afrika kubandakanya iPikengere kunye ne-Livingstone Ranges, Kitulo National Park, Selous Game Reserve, phakathi kwezinye iindawo ezinomtsalane kubakhenkethi.

I-Rovos Rail okanye uloliwe obutofotofo ulandela iindlela zikaCecil Rhodes ezisuka eKapa, zigqitha kuMazantsi e-Afrika zisiya eDar es Salaam kwaye zinxibelelanisa abakhweli bayo kwezinye iindawo zaseAfrika ngolunye uthungelwano loololiwe eMpuma Afrika.

Kungumdla, mhlawumbi kuphela komzuzu wobomi ukukhwela kuloliwe otyhalelwa ziinjini zomphunga kunye nedizili kunye nabadala, abaqeqeshi bamaplanga abasusela ekupheleni kweminyaka yee-1890 kodwa baguqulwa baba yihotele yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu enazo zonke izibonelelo.

Iphupha likaRhodes lokololiwe oya eKapa ukuya eCairo, namhlanje liqhubekile laya kufikelela kumantla eDar es Salaam embindini weAfrika, ngokunokwenzeka kubakhenkethi ukusuka eKapa ukuya eBerlin okanye eParis emva kokuwela uLwandle lweMeditera.

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Olona loliwe luthandekayo kubakhenkethi kwihlabathi elibizwa ngokuba yi "Pride of Africa", limi kwisikhululo seTanzania Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) kwisikhululo sangoMgqibelo phakathi kwentsasa phakathi kweentswahla kunye nokuwolana phakathi kwabakhenkethi abangama-60 abafike kwikomkhulu lezorhwebo laseTanzania emva kweentsuku ezili-15 uhambo lokuvuna ukusuka kwincam yeAfrika ukuya embindini welizwekazi.
I-Rovos Rail okanye uloliwe obutofotofo ulandela iindlela zikaCecil Rhodes ezisuka eKapa, zigqitha kuMazantsi e-Afrika zisiya eDar es Salaam kwaye zinxibelelanisa abakhweli bayo kwezinye iindawo zaseAfrika ngolunye uthungelwano loololiwe eMpuma Afrika.
Rhodes' dream of a Cape to Cairo railway, has today progressed as far north as Dar es Salaam in the heart of Africa, with possibility for tourists to travel from Cape Town to Berlin or Paris after crossing the Mediterranean Sea.