Ngokubhekiselele kwiindawo zokuhamba ze-adventure, iNtshona Dakota ngokuqinisekileyo yinto engathandekiyo. I-Sandwiched phakathi kweMelika ephezulu-ntshona-ntshona kunye neentaba ezithandwayo kakhulu, inika umxube omnandi wezo zombini. Urhulumente ugcwele ulwalamano, ukwamkela abantu abonwabileyo ukwabelana ngemithombo yabo yendalo kunye neendwendwe. Kwaye nangona ezo zixhobo zendalo zingabi ziyaziwa njengeZiqithi ze-Rocky, ziyamangalisa kwaye ziloyikisayo ngokwabo.
Inxalenye enkulu yempuma ye-South Dakota ifana neendawo eziphantsi komhlaba eziqhelekileyo phakathi kwe-midwest. Le nxalenye yombuso ophezulu kumalusi, kwaye ngelixa lihle ngendlela yalo, akukhuthazi ukuba abahambi bahambe uhambo. Kodwa intloko ukuya ekupheleni kwentshona yaseMzantsi Dakota uze ufumane indawo ehluke ngokupheleleyo. Enye apho iinduli ezihambayo zinokuba zihle kakhulu kwaye amathuba okuphuma ngaphandle adventure. Kukho ezinye iindawo apho ukuba kufane ngakumbi kufane nomhlaba womnye iplanethi, kunokuba ungayifumana apha eMhlabeni.
I-Rapid City isebenza njengeziko elivela kuyo abaninzi abahamba ngeendawo zokufikelela kwimimandla yaseMzantsi Dakota. Isixeko esinamandla nesininzi sinika indawo eninzi yokuhlala kunye nokutya, kwaye iquka ezinye iindawo ezininzi zeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuzonwabisa kunye. Phakathi kwazo yi-Firehouse Brewery, enika ukutya okumnandi kunye neebhiya ezintle kakhulu.
Ibloko elingaphandle, i-Ale House ye-Independent igcina iibheriya ezi-40 ezahlukeneyo kumpompi ngamaxesha onke, kunye neentlobo ezitsha zongezwa rhoqo.
Njengoko kukutya kunye neziphuzo zihlala kwiRipid City nangoko, ngokuqinisekileyo uya kufuna ukuphuma kwindawo ejikelezileyo ukuze ubone oko kukunikezelayo. Amathuba kukuba, ukuba ungumhambi we-adventure okanye abathandekayo bangaphandle, awuyi kudana.
Ngama-kilometer angaphezu kwama-400 yeendlela ezihamba phambili zebhayisikili zeentaba ngaphakathi kweyure-dolophu yesixeko, kukho indawo eninzi ukukhwela kuyo. Ukuphosa ekufikeleleni kwinani elingabonakaliyo lamanqaku karhulumente, kwaye iindwendwe ziya kufumana inani elincinci leendlela zokunyuka okanye ukugijima, kungabhekiseli kwiindawo ezintle zokuhamba.
Ewe, i-Black Hills yenye yezona zizathu ezibalulekileyo zokuza kutyelela. Le ntambo encinci yeentaba ivela kwiindawo ezisemaphandleni yonke indlela eya eWyoming, ehlanganisa indawo engama-125 ubude ubude, kunye neekhilomitha ezingama-65 ububanzi. Efihliweyo emahlathini anqabileyo, iiNtaba ziququzelele iindawo zerwala ezingenakubalwa, amachibi ahlambulukileyo, amaqabunga avulekileyo, kunye neenkanyane ezinzulu. Oku kwenza kube yindawo enkulu kubagibeli, abagijimi, kunye nabasemva.
Indawo eyaziwayo kakhulu kwindawo e-Black Hills ayikungabazeki iMat. Rushmore. Abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezi-2 ngonyaka ba tyelela isayithi ukuza kubona ubungqina obukhulu kwinqanaba lentaba ephethe abaongameli abane abadumileyo base-US. Ubuso buka George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, uTeddy Roosevelt, noAbraham Lincoln. Ukubona abo bantu abadumileyo bebethelwa ngamatye indawo ephazamisayo, kunye nolwakhiwo olunezinye zezinto ezimangalisayo zehlabathi.
Ukuthintela nayiphi na intlekele engalindelekanga, abo bobuso buya kuhlala khona, banjiswe edwaleni, ngamawaka eminyaka ezayo, ukubeka iMat. Rushmore kwizinga elifanayo njenge-Great Sphinx eYiputa okanye izakhiwo ezinkulu ezakhiwe kwihlabathi elidala.
Nangona i-South Dakota eninzi yasentshonalanga ihlanganiswa kumazwe karhulumente kunye namahlathi kazwelonke, ibuye ibe yindawo enye yeepaki ezikhethileyo zelizwe oza kuzivakashela. I-Badlands National Park iquka iihektare ezingaba ngu-244,000, kwaye ibonisa indawo ekhangeleka njengento enokuyifumana kwinyanga okanye iMars. I-Rugged kwaye ifuna, i-Badlands yindawo enhle kakhulu ekufuneka ibonwe ukuba ikholwe. Iintsika ezigungqileyo zibeka ixesha elibonisa ukukhanya kwimizila ye-geologic, kunye nemigca yokuqhafaza imibala ebonisa ukuhamba kwexesha ngendlela ephawulekayo.
Ukuhamba kwii-Badlands kuyimpumelelo evuyisayo, kubangela ukuba abantu abahamba ngeemvakalelo baqonde ngokwenene. Ngaphandle kokuba yindawo eyincithakalo, indawo engenamaphiko egama layo lichaza, i-Badlands National Park igcwele iintyatyambo zasendle, uhlaza oluhlaza, kunye nezilwanyana zasendle ezibalaseleyo, kubandakanywa amanqabunga anzima kunye neenkunzi zeebhokhwe ezinokuthi zibonakala ziphakamileyo kwiindawo ezixhambileyo. Kodwa qaphela, isimo sezulu eshushu, esomileyo senza ukuba kube yindawo efanelekileyo ye-rattlesnakes, ngoko jonga isinyathelo sakho xa uhamba khona.
Enye yezimfihlakalo ezigcinwe kakhulu eMzantsi Dakota yiCuster State Park, indawo ejikelezayo ehamba ngokulula kunye neepaki ezininzi zesizwe ngokwemvelo yobuhle. Ipaki likhaya kwi-bison engaphezu kwezi-1300 zasendle, kunye ne-elk, inyamazane kunye neebhokhwe zeentaba. Kwakhona esinye sezicwangciso ezibalaseleyo zangaphandle oza kuzifumana naphina kwifomu yeSyvan Lake, ungakhankanyi ngamakhulu amawaka eekhilomitha eziqingqiweyo ukuze uhlolisise.
Abagibeli abakhangela umceli mngeni baya kufuna ukunyuka phezulu kwiHarney Peak, indawo ephakamileyo yombuso kwii-7242 inyawo (2207 metres). Umzila ukuya kwintlanganiso uthatha malunga neeyure ezimbini ukugqiba, kunye nempumelelo ephakamileyo yokuphumelela ekuhambeni endleleni. Kuphezulu, iindwendwe ziya kufumana umboniso omdala owawusetyenziselwa ukubona imililo kuloo mmandla. Sekude kubekho ukushiywa ngenxa yezo njongo, kodwa yenza indawo enkulu ukuba ithathe indawo ejikelezileyo, kwaye ube nepikiniki isidlo sasemini.
Ngalunye lwezi zicwangciso zenza indawo efanelekileyo yokuba kungabi nje ukuhamba kunye neenkampu, kodwa amaninzi kumazwe kawonkewonke nawo avulelekile ukuhamba, ukuhamba ngeebhasi, ukugibela amahhashi kunye nokuhamba kweendlela ezihamba nge-4x4 kunye ne-ATV. Oku akuvumelekanga kwiipaki zesizwe, kodwa ke ezinye iindawo zoluntu zibonelela ngokubanzi kwabo bafuna ukuphuma entlango, kodwa akufuneki ukuba bahambe loo mizila ukuze benze njalo. Izinketho ziphantse zingenammiselo, kwaye ngeendawo ezininzi zoluntu zikhoyo, iindwendwe azikho kude neparadesi yentlango, okuyiyo ekufuneka ibe nayo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, akukho tyelela eMzantsi Dakota kuya kuzaliswa ngaphandle kokulahla kwiSitolo seDonga saseDongeni esidumeleyo kwisixeko esincinci saseWall - isibalo esingu-818. Le ntsapho ibanjwe ishishini liyaziwa ngempawu zayo ezinokubangela ukuba zifumaneke ngamakhulu mayela kuyo yonke indawo. Ukuxutywa kunye ne-cowboy kitsch, i-Wall Drug inikezela zonke iintlobo zokuzonwabisa kwimindeni, kubandakanywa izitolo ezizaliswe ngezinto zokuvakasha, i-jackalope enamitha amathandathu, i-T-rex elambile kakhulu ethanda ukuyondla yonke imizuzu eyi-15, kunye neyokutya ukhonza i-buffalo burger. Abanye ngokuqinisekileyo baya kufumana indawo yokuba baxakeke kakhulu, kodwa ukuba uyamkela inkcubeko ye-Wall Drug, kunzima ukuyihoxisa iintsimbi zayo.
Le yintsika nje ye-iceberg yintoni okufuneka ukuba iSouth Dakota inikele ngayo. Ababhenkethi baya kufumana ezininzi zezinye iindlela zokunceda bahlale bezonwabisa. Ukususela ekutya okulungileyo ukuya kwi-adventure yangaphandle, kukho into yokuba wonke umntu apho.