Kwiintsapho ezininzi, iKruger National Park yindawo ekumele ukuba uyibone nokuba kukanye. Ngapha koko, ipaki ibone ngaphezulu kwe-250 000 yeendwendwe emasangweni ayo ngexesha leholide yokugqibela kuphela. Kubantu balapha, le ndawo yahlukileyo - isasazeka eLimpopo naseMpumalanga - ilungile emnyango wethu kunye nendawo efanelekileyo yeholide yesikolo.
Ipaki ilikhaya lekhulu leentlobo zezilwanyana ezanyisayo, izilwanyana ezirhubuluzayo, izilwanyana eziphila emanzini nasemanzini kunye neentaka. Zombini ipaki ngokwayo, kunye nendawo ekuyo, zityebile kwimbali. IKruger yeyona paki yesibini indala eMzantsi Afrika.
Kukho ubungqina bokuba abantu bokuqala babezulazula kule ndawo ukuyokuma kwiminyaka engama-500 000 eyadlulayo, kwaye nezinto zobugcisa zenkcubeko zafunyanwa ngenene ukusuka kwiminyaka eyi-100 ukuya kuma-000 30 kwiminyaka eyadlulayo. Zininzi iindawo zelifa lenkcubeko epakini, kubandakanya ngaphezulu kwe-000 yezobugcisa bamatye kunye neentlobo ezahlukeneyo zamabhodlo ezinto zakudala.
YayinguMongameli uPaul Kruger, umntu ophambili kwezopolitiko kwinkulungwane ye-19 eMzantsi Afrika, owaxhasa indawo ekhuselekileyo yezilwanyana zasendle. Le paki yabhengezwa okokuqala ngonyaka ka 1898 njenge Sabie Game Reserve, kwaye kwakungo 1926 kuphela, xa umthetho we National Parks Act wabhengezwa kwaye iSabie kunye ne Shingwedzi Game Reserve zadityaniswa, ukuze ibeyi Kruger National Park. Ngo-1927, abaqhubi beemoto bokuqala bangena epakini ngenjongo yokungena kwisenti esinye (ngaphezulu nje kwe-R18 namhlanje)
Abandwendweli ipaki banokufunda ngayo yonke le nto nayo yonke into ephakathi, ngelixa ujonge i-Big Five, nokunye okuninzi. Kodwa kuninzi ukutyelela amaphondo oMzantsi-mpuma woMzantsi Afrika kunokutyelela nje eKruger.
“Le ndawo yahlukeneyo yelizwe inokunika izinto ezininzi, kungoko kufanelekile ukusebenzela ezinye iindawo ezimbalwa kuhambo lwendlela okanye uthathe uhambo losuku ngelixa uhlala kule ndawo - ukuba unalo ixesha lokwenza njalo,” utshilo u-Avukile Mabombo, uManejala weNtengiso yeQela, kwiOfisi yeNgingqi yaseMarriott yaMazwe ngaMazwe, eKapa.
“Sineentsapho ezininzi ezityelele iProtea Hotel nguMarriott® Kruger Gate, ngakumbi ngeeholide zesikolo. Kwaye nangona ininzi into onokuyibona ngaphakathi epakini, enentabalala yezilwanyana zasendle kunye nembonakalo entle, sihlala sicebisa ukuba sithathe ixesha lokujonga iindawo ezingqongileyo. ”
IMapumbugwe National Park kukude ngeeyure ezimbini ezinesiqingatha xa uhamba ngemoto. Incinci kakhulu xa ithelekiswa neKruger, ekuthiwa inkulu njengamazwe athile amancinci, le ndawo yeLifa leMveli leHlabathi igcwele ngembali kunye nomtsalane.
Ngokuka Mabombo, “Okona kubaluleke ngokukhethekileyo kutyelelo lwale paki kukuba apha ungabona ukuhlangana kwe Shashe ne Limpopo Limpopo apho uMzantsi Afrika, iBotswana kunye ne Zimbabwe badibana khona. Akufane ubone amazwe amathathu kwindawo enye. ”
Kukwafanele ukuthatha olunye ukhenketho lwelifa lemveli ngelixa utyelele ukufunda ngabantu baMapungubwe, izilwanyana ezizula-zula kulo mhlaba, amatye amangalisayo anokufumaneka apho, kunye nokunye.
Ngaphezulu nje kweyure ukusuka eKruger, kwicala laseMpumalanga, uyakufumana idolophu entle yePilgrim's Rest. Iyonke idolophu sisikhumbuzo sesizwe esisemthethweni, 'inkumbulo ephilayo yeentsuku zokuqala zegolide' ngexesha lokugqibela kwe-1800's nasekuqaleni kwe-1900. Ukutyelela kule lali inembali kufana nokubuyela umva ngexesha, kwaye ayigqibekanga ngaphandle kokundwendwela iimyuziyam ezininzi kunye neendawo ezinembali: umyuziyam wendlu, imyuziyam yoshicilelo, kunye nesikhumbuzo semfazwe, ukubiza ezimbalwa.
Malunga neyure enesiqingatha ukusuka eKruger Park, okanye ngaphantsi nje kweeyure ezimbini ukusuka ePilgrim's Rest, yiKaapsehoop (okanye iKaapschehoop) - 'idolophu yasentsomini enembali etyebileyo nembali' - ekufutshane naseNelspruit eMpumalanga. Le dolophu yembali ineemigca yeentaba ezintle kunye neendawo ezintle, ngenxa yendawo emi kumda wendlela yaseDrakensberg. Imvakalelo yomlingo yale ndawo inokubangelwa kukuphakama kwayo, isizathu sokuba idolophu ihlala igutyungelwe yinkungu. Lumkela amahashe asendle, inzala yabo bashiye ngasemva yimikhosi yase-Bhritane ngexesha leMfazwe yo Mzantsi Afrika kwiminyaka yokuqala ye-20th century.
Kufutshane neBarberton (malunga ne-50km, okanye malunga neyure, ukusuka eKaapsehoop) kufanelekile ukuba ime, kuba 'yeyona ndawo intle eAfrika'. Ukuba ukule ndawo, ungalandela iPanorama Route yaseMpumalanga ukusuka eNelspruit, uthathe iWindows Window, iLisbon Falls, iBerlin Falls, iPinnacle, iBuckke's Luck Potholes, kunye neBlyde River Canyon
Okanye, ukuba ucinezelwe ixesha, ungakhangela icandelo elincinci lendlela eyaziwa ngokuba yiLong Tom Route egubungela iLong Tom Pass, iLydenburg kunye nePilgrim's Rest, kunye nezinye zeendawo zokulwa zeAnglo-Boer Imfazwe. Ngomhla ocacileyo, kufanelekile ukuhamba kwezi ndawo zaziwa ngezinye zeembono ezilungileyo eMzantsi Afrika.
Ke, xa ufika ekuphawuleni loo nto yoluhlu lwamabhakethi- uhambo oluya eKruger National Park edume kwihlabathi liphela - qiniseka ukuba usebenzisa ithuba lokuhamba kakhulu kule ndawo inomdla eMzantsi Afrika.
