UMzantsi Afrika uzele izimangaliso ezendalo, kunye neendwendwe eziya ngasentla kwelizwe, iiSandewala zikaSudwala ziphakathi kweyona nto ibalulekileyo. Ekhutshwe ngxondorha ye-Precambrian ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-240 kwiminyaka edlulileyo, inkqubo yomqolomba ikholwa ukuba yenye yeyona endala kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Itholakala ngemitha engama-30 ukusuka kwisixeko saseNelspruit, kwaye idumile njengenye yezona ndawo ezikhethwa kakhulu kwezokhenketho kwiPhondo laseMpumalanga.
Indlela amaCaba ayenziwe ngayo
Amadlelo eSudwala aqoshwe kwiMalmani Dolomite Ridge, okuyiyona nto iyingxenye yodumo oludumile lweDrakensberg . Ingqungquthela ngokwayo ibuyela kwixesha eliphambili lomlando weMhlaba - ixesha le-Precambrian. Oku kwenza izitye ezijikeleze emaphandleni malunga neminyaka eyi-3,000 yezigidi ubudala; nangona amaphulo ngokwabo aqala ukudala emva koko (malunga nama-240 yezigidi zeminyaka edlulileyo). Ukubeka oko kumxholo, inkqubo yomqolomba ibuyele kwixesha apho iplanethi yayineziqulatho ezimbini ezinkulu ezenza iN Sudwala endala kune-Afrika ngokwayo.
Inkqubo yomqolomba ibonisa indawo ebonakalayo yeCarst, esinika inkcazelo malunga nendlela eyakha ngayo. Ngaphezu kwamakhulu eminyaka eminyaka, amanzi amanzi ase-carbon dioxide ayenamanzi atyhula ngedwala eliqhenqileyo leMalmani Dolomite Ridge, ngokuya ngokunyuka kwindlela esebenzayo. Yaphula kancane i-calcium carbonate kwi-dolomite, iqokelela kunye neentlobo zendalo kunye nokwanda kwazo ngokuhamba kwexesha.
Ekugqibeleni, aba buthathaka kwilawa baba ngamacangcwaba kunye neengcwaba, ekugqibeleni zidibana kunye nokwenza inkqubo njengoko siyazi namhlanje. Ekuqaleni, imiqolomba yayigcwele amanzi, ephuma kwiindawo zokwakha ukudala ama-rockal formations eyaziwayo njenge-stalactites, i-stalagmites, iikholam kunye neentsika.
Imbali yabantu
Uphando lwezinto zakudala lubonisa ukuba ii-Sudwala Caves zahlala zihlala ngumntu wokuqala. Izixhobo ze-Stone Age ekuboniseni emnyango wamangcwaba avela kwiminyaka engama-2.5 yezigidi edlulileyo ukuya kwiminyaka embalwa ye-BC.
Ngoku kutshanje, imiqolomba yabangela isiphephelo senkosana yaseSwazi ebizwa ngokuba yiSomquba. USomquba wanyanzelwa ukuba abaleke eSwaziland kwinqanaba lesibini le-19 leminyaka, emva kokuzama ukuzama ukuthatha itrone kumzalwana wakhe uNkswati. Nangona kunjalo, isikhulu esithunjiweyo saqhubeka sikhokela amadoda akhe ngaphaya komda ukuba aqhube umkhosi kwaye athathe iinkomo; kwaye xa ebuyela eMzantsi Afrika, ukuphanga kwale mihla kwagcinwa eSudwala. USomquba kunye namajoni akhe nawo asebenzisa imiqolomba njengenqaba, mhlawumbi ngenxa yamanzi amaninzi kunye nokuba kwakulula ukukhusela.
Imiqolomba ibizwa ngokuba ngumphathi wekota kaSomquba kunye nomphathi, uSudwala, owayesoloko ehlala ephethe inqaba. Ingcamango yasendaweni inokuthi isidalwa sikaSudwala sisasaza i-system encane namhlanje. Oku akusiyo kuphela iindumiso ezungeze emaphandleni. Ngexesha leMfazwe yesiBini yeBoer, i-hoard enkulu yegolide ye-bullion yeRiphabhliki yaseTransvaal yanyamalala ngelixa ithunyelwa edolophini eMpumalanga ukuze igcinwe.
Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba igolide yayifihliwe kwii-Cawala Caves-nangona iinzame ezininzi zokufumana ubuncwane ziye zaphumelela.
Imihlaba namhlanje
Ngowe-1965, amathuba athengwa nguFilius Rudolf Owen wasePitoli, owathi wavulela uluntu. Namhlanje, iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukufunda ngembali yazo engummangaliso kwindwendwe ekhokelwa yileyure enye, ekuthatha inamitha engama-600 kumkhola kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-150 ngaphantsi komhlaba. Iipalkwazi zicwecwe ngokukhanyisa izibane ezibalalisa imimandla enomdla kakhulu kunye neenkomfa. Iindwendwe zicwangciswe rhoqo, kunye nokulinda okude kwiimitha ezili-15 xa ufika.
Abaninzi abanokufuna ukubhalisela i-Crystal Tour, eyenzeka ngoMgqibelo wokuqala wenyanga. Kuthatha u-2,000 wamitha ukuya ekujuleni kwenkqubo yomqolomba, ekamelweni elivakala ngamawaka eekristal.
Akusiyo i-heart-faint, nangona kunjalo. Indlela ibandakanye i-spelunking enamandla ngamanzi amanqabileyo kunye namathoni amakhulu kakhulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba angene. Umda kunye nomda wokulinganisela usebenza, kwaye uhambo alufanelekanga ukucacisa i-claustrophobics kunye nalabo abaneengxaki zangemuva okanye emadolweni. I-Crystal Tour kufuneka ibhalelwe iiveki ezimbalwa kwangaphambili.
Izinto ozozibona
Ukugqwesa okugqithiseleyo kokutyelela kwi-Sudwala Caves yi-Amphitheatre, ikamelo elimangalisayo entliziyweni yezinto eziyinkimbinkimbi enokulinganisa amamitha angama-70 ububanzi kwaye iphakama ngamamitha angama-37 ukuya kwindlafa enhle. Ezinye iinkalo eziphawulekayo ziquka iNsika kaSamson, i-Monster ye-Screaming kunye ne-Rocket, eyona indala kunazo zonke ezenziwe ngokusemthethweni kwi-200 yezigidi zeminyaka ubudala. Njengoko ujikeleza emaphandleni, gcina iliso kwiintsile zezinto zokuqala zezityalo ezibizwa ngokuba yiCollenia. Izifakelo zisekhaya kwikoloni yamaxhala angaphezu kwama-800 ase-horseshoe.
Ngelixa ulinde uhambo lwakho ukuqala, qinisekisa ukuba uhlolisise izinto zokuqala zangaphambili eziboniswe emnyango. Emva koko, qhubeka ne-adventure yakho ngokutyelela kwi-Intanethi ye-Fish Spa, okanye uhambo lwe-Sudwala Dinosaur Park. Ukukhangwa okuthandwayo kufumaneke ngamamitha angama-100 kwaye iqulethe imilinganiselo yobomi bezilwanyana zasemandulo kunye nama-dinosaurs abekwe kwintsimi enhle ye-tropical. Ungakwazi ukubona iinkwenkwezi kunye neentaka ezingaqhelekanga zihlala ngokukhululekile ngaphakathi epakini, ngelixa ukubonakaliswa kwamagqabhoko e- Nile ehlala ekhohlakeleyo.
Ukutyelela iiNtaba zeSudwala
Imihlaba yaseSudwala ikhona kwiNdlela ye-R539, edibanisa kwi-N4 ephezulu kwiintlanganiso eziya ngasentla nakumazantsi eNelspruit (inkunzi yePhondo laseMpumalanga). I-hora ye-3.5 yeeyure ukusuka kwi-Kruger National Park, kwaye yenza isitya esihle kubavakashi abahamba ngeendlela ukuya eGoli. Imihume ivuliwe imihla ngemihla ukususela ngo-8: 30 ukuya ku-4: 30 ntambama. IiRhafu zilandelayo:
R95 kumntu omdala
R80 ngomhlalaphantsi
R50 ngomntwana (ngaphantsi kwe-16)
Ikhululekile kubantwana abangaphantsi kwe-4
I-Crystal Tour ixabiso kwi-R450 ngomntu ngamnye, kwaye idinga i-deposit yangaphambili ye-R200. Ukuba ufuna ukuthatha uhambo kodwa akuyi kuba kwindawo yoMgqibelo wokuqala wenyanga, kunokwenzeka ukulungiselela uhambo oluthile ngexesha lokukhetha kwakho amaqela angamahlanu okanye ngaphezulu.
Ukuhlala ubusuku bonke, iindlela zokuhlala eziphakanyisiweyo ziquka uSud Lodge Lodge kunye nePetro's Mountain Inn. I-yangaphambili ikhona imitha emihlanu yokuhamba ukusuka emaphandleni, kwaye inikezela ukhetho lwamagumbi anobomi kunye neendawo zokutya zokutya ezibekwe ngaphakathi kwintsimi ebonakalayo igcwele ipasiti yokubhukuda. Olu lugcina lunikeza amagumbi azintlanu zeenkwenkwezi kunye nevenkile kwindawo yokuhamba emangcwabeni yokungena.