Igama le-Osiligilai Traditional Lodge yi-Oligilai Maasai Lodge. Le ndawo intsha yokulala exabisa izigidi ngezigidi zeerandi yakhiwa malunga ne-90km kuMntla-mpuma wesixeko sase-Arusha kumantla eTanzania, ukuze ibonelele abakhenkethi abafuna ukuba kufutshane nendalo.
I-300 yezigidi exabisa i-Osiligilai Traditional Lodge ebizwa ngokuba yi-Oligilai Maasai Lodge, ikwindawo engasemva yeehektare ezingama-20 embindini wezona ntaba ziphakamileyo zaseAfrika iMeru kunye neKilimanjaro enemibono emangalisayo.
Ngobuchule bayo bendalo obunomtsalane kunye nefenitshala ekhumbuza kwasekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1920, le loji ibinokuhlalisa iindwendwe ezili-15 okwangoku kwaye ijolise kubantu bamanye amazwe kunye nabemi balapha abasemva kobunewunewu obukhethekileyo obudityaniswe nembonakalo yomhlaba engenakulinganiswa nanto.
Ngaphandle kokunika ilizwe ithuba leloji yalo yokuqala eyaziwayo kwihlabathi, umniniyo ukwadityaniswe neprojekthi yamabhongo yokuguqula indawo yaseNdinyika enyulu, ibe yindawo ezayo yabakhenkethi yeendwendwe zaseArusha kunye neKilimanjaro.
Umtyali-zimali wemveli osemva kwale Lodge, uMnumzana William Kinua Mollel uthi injongo yakhe, ngaphandle kokukhuthaza imisebenzi yezoqoqosho kwingingqi yemveli yaseMaasai, ikwakukusondeza abakhenkethi kwindalo ukuze babaxabise.
“Sisebenzise izixhobo zokwakha zamandulo zaseAfrika kwiLoji yethu ukunika abakhenkethi umbono wendalo,” utshilo uMnu Mollel, egxininisa ukuba okunye ukutshona kwelanga okumangalisayo kunokonwatyelwa kwimida yeLodge.
Wongeza athi; “Enoba uyathanda ukuphumla okanye ukonwabela ukuzola kunye nobukhulu bethafa leMaasai kwenye yee-bungalows zethu ezintandathu ezitofotofo nezibekwe kakuhle, linyathelo nje elinye lokuphuma ebhedini yakho apho iNtaba iKilimanjaro neMeru ziya kukubulisa ngekhephu layo uncumo”.
Inemixholo ejikeleze izindlu zesiNtu ezisangqangi ezifulelwe ngengca ezikhethekileyo, kwaye zihonjiswe ngamaso aseAfrika, imikrolo yamaplanga kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo, indawo yokulala ihambelana ngokugqibeleleyo nendawo eyingqongileyo emangalisayo.
Idrama nangona kunjalo ayipheli nje ngaphandle ngaphandle: ikwahamba kwinqanaba eliphakathi kwesakhiwo esikhulu esinikezela ngesisa esingenakuthelekiswa nanto sendawo ngelixa ngandlela ithile ikwazi ukudibanisa i-ambience ephantse yamkeleka ngomlingo yokufudumala kunye nokuxhamla okuxhaswe ngamaMasai. iwayini isiko kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zokutya onokukhetha kuzo.
IGosa eliPhezulu leTanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) uMnumzana Sirili Akko uncome umtyali-mali ngombono omhle, esithi le Lodge izakongeza ixabiso kushishino lwezokhenketho lwelizwe.
Njengendawo yokulala yokwenyani yaseMaasai inika abantu abavela kwihlabathi liphela amava awodwa nanzulu ngamatyholo aseAfrika.
I-Oligilai Traditional Lodge, eTanzania
Abantu baseMaasai ngokwabo bayithatha indawo yokulala njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yendawo yabo kwaye bathanda ukwamkela abakhenkethi ngokufudumeleyo kwiindawo zabo zokuhlala.
USamwel Shuwaka Mollel osuka kwindawo ekufutshane neKilima Simba uthe le loji yintsikelelo kuluntu lwamaMaasai njengoko izakudala amathuba amaninzi engqesho, idlulisele abakhenkethi iidola eluntwini kunye nokudluliselwa kwezakhono.
Omele ibhunga labadala bamaMaasai, uLoibon Toonga Laizer okwangumlawuli wezithethe zemveli zomthonyama unethemba lokuba utyalo-mali luya kukhuthaza ukhenketho lwenkcubeko kwindawo leyo.
UNemburis Ndekero, uNashipai Launoni kunye noIsaya Simon Laizer bangabanye babasebenzi bale loji kwaye banebhongo ngokuba yinxalenye yeqela eliphathiswe uxanduva lokufezekisa iphupha lokusebenzela abaza kuba ziindwendwe.
