Ziqhuba njani iinkampani zokuhamba nge-adventure kwimeko yezoqoqosho yangoku? Yiyiphi imikhwa abayiqaphelayo? Yintoni abayivayo kubathengi babo? Kwaye ngawaphi amanyathelo abawathathayo ukucwangcisa ikhondo kumanzi anzima emali?
Ukufumana imvakalelo yokuthwala kunye nekhosi ezayo, kutsha nje ndiye ndacela abalawuli abavela kwiNgqokelela ye-Adventure-iBackroads, Bushtracks, iHolide yaseCanadian Mountain, i-Geographic Expeditions, iLindblad Expeditions, iMicato Safaris, i-Natural Habitat Adventures, OARS, NOLS, kunye ne-Off the Beaten. Indlela - ukufumana indlela abayithatha ngayo imeko yeshishini lokuhamba nge-adventure, apho siphokophele khona kunye nendlela abaqhuba ngayo kula manzi acela umngeni.
UKUBALULEKA KOQHAGAMSHELO NOSAPHO
Kwiingxelo zabo, imixholo embalwa eqhelekileyo yavela. Okuphambili phakathi kwezi yayikukholelwa ukuba nangona ukungaqiniseki kwezoqoqosho, abahambi babo baqhubeka bekholelwa kwixabiso lokuhamba kunye nokubaluleka koqhagamshelwano kunye nosapho kwiihambo zabo.
“Nangona ukudodobala kwezoqoqosho kuye kwaba nefuthe eliqinisekileyo kwishishini lezohambo, umnqweno wokufumana unxibelelwano lokwenene namanye amazwe kunye neenkcubeko uhlala unamandla. Abantu bayaqhubeka befuna iisetingi kunye nemisebenzi enikezela ngamava akumgangatho ophezulu, ophumlayo kunye nobonakalisayo; ngandlel’ ithile ezi zijongwa njengezibaluleke ngakumbi ngoku kunangaphambili,” watsho uJim Sano, umongameli weGeographic Expeditions.
UBill Bryan, umseki kunye nosihlalo we-Off the Beaten Path, uvumile. “Abathengi bethu ababoni ukuhamba njengento emnandi, kodwa njengenxalenye yephulo labo lokufuna ukuphila ngokupheleleyo. Kunanini na ngaphambili, abakhenkethi bethu bafuna amava akhethekileyo abanxibelelanisa nosapho, inkcubeko, uluntu, umhlaba kunye nokusingqongileyo.”
UGeorge Wendt, umongameli we-OARS, uthe, “Liyanda inani leentsapho ezandisiweyo zihamba nathi kuhambo lwasemlanjeni nakwamanye amava eeholide ezemidlalo angaphandle. Sikholelwa ukuba oku kungenxa ncakasana yamaxesha oqoqosho olucelomngeni lwelizwe lethu. Iintsapho zithatha isigqibo sokuba kubhetele ukuba abantwana bazo basebenze ngaphandle endaweni yokuba bahlale kwiindawo zokuthenga okanye badlale imidlalo yevidiyo.”
UDennis Pinto, umlawuli olawulayo weMicato Safaris, wongeze wathi, “Usapho lwethu lwesafari, oluhlala lubandakanya izizukulwana ezithathu, luhlala lomelele. Kukho uluvo lokuba uqoqosho luza kuphinda lubuyele kwangethuba, kodwa loo nto iphoswe ngamathuba nosapho ayinakuphinda ibuye.”
UTom Hale, i-CEO ye-Backroads, uthe ukubhukisha kwabo kukwaxhasa lo mkhwa. “Uhambo lwethu lwabucala nolweNtsapho luqhuba kakuhle kakhulu. Sinikezela ngeendawo ezininzi zokuya kusapho kunye nokuhamba kunangaphambili.”
Ehlalutya le meko yosapho, iSano yeGeographic Expeditions yathi, “Abantu bafuna ukuphinda bahlaziye iibheringi zabo, nokuba ngokuntywiliselwa kwiindawo zendalo ezingaqhelekanga, njengaseGalapagos, okanye kwiinkcubeko ezityebileyo, njengaseBhutan okanye eMpuma Afrika. Kwaye bafuna ukwabelana ngolu hambo - kunye nezityhilelo kunye noqhagamshelwano oluzisayo - kunye neentsapho kunye nabahlobo. Ukudibana nabantu abenza imali elingana nee-$200 ngonyaka ukanti banelisekile kubomi babo ngokwenene kubeka izinto ngendlela efanelekileyo.”
“Abakhenkethi bethu ngabantu abanolwazi ngokwezopolitiko,” utshilo uBryan we-Off the Beaten Path. “Bayazi ukuba kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo ilizwe lethu belivaliwe kwamanye amazwe kunye neenkcubeko ezininzi. Bayazi kananjalo ukuba kuluntu lwethu ubutyebi obuhlayo bubangela uhlengahlengiso ngokubhekisele kwizinto ezibalulekileyo kubomi bomntu. Ukubaluleka okunjalo ngokulula kufana nokunxulumana nomhlaba, abantu, izithethe neengcambu yaye ngokufuthi kukhokelela ekudibaneni kwentsapho.”
UHAMBO INDIMA EBALULEKILEYO ESEZWENI
Iinkokeli ziphinde zachukumisa omnye umba woqhagamshelo - indima ebalulekileyo unxibelelwano lokuhamba olunokudlala ngaphakathi kwamazwe ekusingwa kuwo kunye neenkcubeko ngokwazo.
U-Ben Bressler, umseki kunye nomlawuli we-Natural Habitat Adventures, ngomdla wagxininisa indima ebalulekileyo edlalwa luhambo kumazwe atyelelwa yinkampani yakhe. "Kufuneka sikhumbule ukuba kubantu, iindawo kunye nezinto zasendle ezijikeleze iplanethi ezixhomekeke ngokuthe ngqo kukhenketho ukuze ziphile, ukuhamba ayisiyonto nje yokuzonwabisa. Xa kusenziwa ngengcinga nangenkathalo, ukhenketho lunokuba ngumthombo wokwenene wokulunga ehlabathini. Ngokomzekelo, xa abakhenkethi betyelela iigorila zasendle zaseUganda, imali yohambo lwabo inikela inkxaso engqalileyo ekukhuseleni iigorila suku ngalunye. Kwaye ezi ndwendwe zithumela umyalezo ocacileyo kurhulumente wase-Uganda wokuba ukonga imicimbi yeegorila kwaye, xa zikhuselwe, ezi zidalwa zimangalisayo zinokuba ngumthombo wotshintshiselwano olubalulekileyo lwangaphandle.
“Ndikholelwa ukuba ngaphandle kokhenketho, iigorila zasezintabeni bezinokutshabalala,” utshilo uBressler, “kwaye le meko inye iyenzeka kwihlabathi lonke ixesha nexesha: Ukusuka kwiilali zaseKenya ezixhomekeke kukhenketho kwimisebenzi embalwa eqhelekileyo eyenziwa ngamalungu azo. , ukwalathisa imirhumo yemvume yokukhusela izilwanyana zasendle, ukhenketho lubalulekile ekukhuseleni iindawo zasendle nezilwanyana zasendle nomthombo wokuphila kwabantu abaninzi ehlabathini.”
USano uchukumise ingcamango efanayo: “Thatha indawo esisebenza nayo ngokusondeleyo eKenya. I-Campi ya Kanzi yinkampu ye-safari enentente emazantsi eKenya, ehlala kumhlaba wabucala wamaMaasai kwaye iqhutywa luluntu lwendawo yaseMaasai. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo uCampi wenyusa i-700,000 yeedola kuqoqosho lwasekhaya lwaseMaasai. "
Ugxininiso KWIXABISO
Abaphathi beNgqokelela yeAdventure bavumile ukuba ukudodobala koqoqosho kuchaphazele iinjongo zabo abathengi abanokubakho, ulindelo kunye nokuziphatha. Ukujongana nemingeni ebangelwa lolu tshintsho, iinkokeli zagxila ekuthatheni ingqalelo okutsha kwixabiso.
UMarty von Neudegg, umalathisi weeNkonzo eziManyanisiweyo kunye nomcebisi jikelele weCanadian Mountain Holidays, uthe, “Kukho uluhlu lwezinto onokukhetha kuzo kwiinkampani zokuhamba. Abanye bakhetha isaphulelo, abanye banqumle iinkonzo kwaye abanye, abalungileyo, basebenza nzima ekuphuculeni nasekuziseni elona xabiso lifanelekileyo. Akwanelanga ukuthi, 'Hamba nathi kwaye uya konwaba.' Endaweni yoko, abantu kufuneka beve kwaye bakholwe, 'Yiza uhambe nathi kwaye uya kuba nexesha elimnandi kuba siza kuphumeza oko sikuthembisileyo.' Kuthi, oku kuthetha ukhuseleko, ukuthanda, ukugqwesa, uxanduva, kunye nozinzo. Ngaphezu kweminyaka engama-44, abatyibilizi abanyanisekileyo nabakhenkethi baye bazi ukuba siya kwenza konke okusemandleni ethu ukuze siphumeze ezo milinganiselo.
UBryan we-OTBP uthe, "Iiholide zabakhenkethi akufuneki ukuba zibenobunewunewu okanye zingaqhelekanga njengakudala, kodwa kufuneka zibeyinyani kwaye zinxibelelane - kwaye zingabizi kakhulu. Umlobi weempukane usenokukhetha ukuhlala kungekhona kwindawo yokuloba kodwa kwindawo yokulala yasekuhlaleni kunye nesidlo sakusasa okanye kwindawo yabahambi; kwangaxeshanye, useza kuqesha umkhokeli onamava.”
Izaphulelo kunye needili
U-Sven-Olof Lindblad, umongameli we-Lindblad Expeditions, uphendule kwimfuno yexabiso ngendlela entsha. NgoNovemba wokugqibela, wabhala kubathengi abadlulileyo kunye nabanokuthi: "Ndingaphikisana, njengoko ndidlulileyo, ukuba uhambo lubalulekile - uhlobo lwetonic, ukuba uyathanda; ukuba uhambo luyakhuthaza, luhlaziye, lususe ingqondo, njl. Eyona nto iphambili kukuba uya kuthatha isigqibo sokuba ngaba ukuhamba kuyingcamango efanelekileyo okanye cha, ngokusekelwe kumnqweno wakho kunye nenyani. Into endizakuyinciphisa kuyo le leta kukulinga ukwenza lula eso sigqibo ukuba uthatha isigqibo sokuba uhambo oluya kwindawo ethile kweli lizwe lunyanzelela ukuba ube sempilweni.”
ULindblad wanikela ngeendlela ezimbini anokukhetha kuzo: Eyokuqala yayikukubhukisha uhambo ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, luze luhambe ngaphambi koJuni 1, 2009, ngokuhlawula umyinge wama-25 ekhulwini weendleko zohambo ngaphambi kokuba ahambe. Ibhalansi inokuhlawulwa nanini na ngo-2009, xa umhambi elungiselela. “Akukho mdla, akukho migaqo,” wabhala uLindblad, “thembela nje kwaye unethemba lokuba esi senzo siluncedo kwaye siyakukhuthaza.” Inketho yesibini yayikukuba abahambi batsale i-25% kwiindleko zalo naluphi na uhambo. Impendulo kule leta ibentle kwaye ikhuthaza kakhulu, utshilo uLindblad.
UDavid Tett, umongameli waseBushtracks, waphawula ukuba iindawo zokuhlala eAfrika zizama ukutsala iindwendwe ezinemilinganiselo ephakamileyo kulo nyaka: “Kwanezona zakhiwo zifunwayo zenza ukuba zibe nobuchule yaye zisebenza ngamandla kwimigudu yazo yokuyithengisa. Nathi ke sidlulisa olu londolozo kwiindwendwe zethu.”
UDennis Pinto waseMicato wavuma wathi: “Siye sabona iimeko ezithile eAfrika apho kuye kwenzeka ukuba kufumaneke indawo yokuhlala ekumgangatho ophezulu ekwakudume ukuba nzima ukuyilungiselela ngaphambili ngaphandle kokubhukisha kusengaphambili iinyanga ezili-12 ukuya kwezili-18. Kwangokunjalo, ukubukela imidlalo ebalaseleyo kwiipaki ezidla ngokubona iindwendwe ezininzi 'kukubaluleka kunye' kulo nyaka. "
UKUBHEKELWA KWEXESHA ELIFUTSHANE, UHAMBO OLULUNGISELELWEYO
Njengomda wokugxininisa kwixabiso, uBryan we-OTBP uqikelele ukuba abathengi baya kuqalisa ukubhukisha iihambo zabo kufutshane nexesha lokuhamba kulo nyaka. “Abakhenkethi bethu banethuba lokuhlala bebambekile ngelixa belindele ukubona okwenzekayo malunga noqoqosho, uMongameli omtsha, isiphithiphithi semo yelizwe, imozulu kunye nokunye okunjalo,” utshilo. “Ke ngoko, kuya kubakho ukucwangciswa kwabathengi okuncinci okuziinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kwezisibhozo okanye ezilishumi elinesibini, kwaye izigqibo ezininzi zenziwe ngexesha elifutshane lokucwangcisa. Ukubhukisha ngomzuzu wokugqibela kunokuba yinto eqhelekileyo ngo-2009.
Kunye nokubhukishwa kwesaziso esifutshane, iihambo ezenziwe ngokwezifiso ziya zithandwa kakhulu.
“EMpuma nakumaZantsi eAfrika,” utshilo uPinto waseMicato, “ubhukisho olwenziwayo lunamandla. Bayanda abo bahambahambayo banyula ukuya kwiklasi yokuqala, kwaye bajonge amaqhina akhethekileyo kwizinto abazithandayo (igalufa, ukungcamla iwayini kunye nokuthenga, umdyarho wodidi oluphezulu, kunye nesafari zabucala eziphathwayo zeentsapho yimizekelo embalwa).
UTett waseBushtracks waqinisekisa wathi: “Sikwabona utshintsho oluya kuhambo oluye lwenziwa kuqwalaselwe ucwangciso lomntu ngamnye kunye noogxa bakhe abathile ukuze bakhumbule isiganeko esibalulekileyo. Nakumaxesha anzima, iziganeko ezithile ebomini zifuna ingqalelo ekhethekileyo.”
'ULUHLU LWEBHEKITHI'
Evavanya abathengi beGeographic Expedition, uSano uthe, “Nangona abathengi bethu bekwipesenti ezi-5 eziphezulu zelizwe ngokwezimali, eli candelo liye lanqumama phakathi kuka-Okthobha noDisemba. Amava ethu abonisa ukuba ngokuqhelekileyo kuthatha iinyanga ezintandathu emva komothuko wokuqala - nokuba kukufika kwe-SARS okanye ukudodobala koqoqosho okutsha nje - ukuba abantu baqhelane nembonakalo-mhlaba entsha. Abahambi bethu basenayo imali kwaye bayaqala ukubuya; ingqiqo yethu kukuba abayi kwaneliseka ehleli kufutshane Dallas okanye DC ukuba ezizayo 12 iinyanga.
“Kwakhona, uninzi lwethu lwabantu abaneminyaka engama-50-70 ubudala. Uninzi lwabo sele luthathe umhlala-phantsi okanye sele lusondele kumhlala-phantsi kwaye luneepotfoliyo zogcino, ngoko ke abachatshazelwanga kukuwohloka kwemarike. Bakwakwixesha ebomini apho bafuna ukwenza iihambo zabo zamaphupha ngelixa besesempilweni ngokwaneleyo ukuba bazonwabele. Ndicinga oku 'njengento yoluhlu lwebhakethi.' Abantu abajongene nokufa bafuna ukwenza izinto ezikhethekileyo nosapho kunye nabahlobo babo ngoku. ”
Ngokucacileyo, akukho nanye kwiinkampani zoQokelelo lwe-Adventure engakhuselekanga kwiziphumo zobunzima bezoqoqosho behlabathi. Kodwa ngokudityaniswa kweminikelo entsha, ukunikela ingqalelo kwixabiso, kunye nokuzibophelela ekugqweseni ekhaya nasebaleni, iinkokeli zabo zicwangcisa ikhondo lokumelana nezaqhwithi-kwaye zivela ngokunyaniseka kwabathengi babo kunye nomgangatho weminikelo yabo eyomeleleyo kunoko. ngonaphakade.
