Izinto eziza kwenzekayo kwiIqithi zaseFalkland

Efumaneka malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-300 ukusuka kummandla waseMzantsi Melika e-Atlantic Ocean, i-Falkland Islands zihlala kude, zasendle kwaye zihle. Le ndawo mhlawumbi iyaziwa ngokuba yindawo ephambili yokuxabana phakathi kwe-UK neArgentina emva kowe-1982, kwinto eya kuthiwa yi-Falklands War. Kodwa, yindawo ehamba kuyo enokubanceda abantu abahambahambayo befuna ukuphuma endleleni edibeneyo, kuquka iindawo ezimangalisayo, iindwendwe ezininzi zezilwanyana zasendle kunye nomlando osisityebi ovela emva kweminyaka eyi-300.

Indlela yokufika khona

Ukufika nje kwiiItland zaseFalkland kunokuba luncedo. Iivenkile zorhwebo zaseArgentina zivaliwe ngenxa yobudlelwane beqhwa phakathi kwamazwe amabini emva kowe-1982 imfazwe. I-LATAM inika indiza enye ngaphandle kweSantiago, eChile njalo ngoMgqibelo, kunye nokuyeka kwiPunta Arenas endleleni. Kukho iindiza ezimbini ngeveki ephuma e-UK kunye nokuyeka kwi-Ascension Island endleleni.

Kwakhona kunokwenzeka ukutyelela iFalklands ngomkhumbi, ngokuhamba rhoqo kwi-Ushuaia e-Argentina. Uhambo luthatha malunga nosuku kunye nesiqingatha ukugqiba, kunye nemikhomo, ihlengethwa, kunye nolunye ulwandle olusoloko lubonakala luhamba endleleni. Iinkampani ezihamba ngeenqanawa ezifana neLindblad Expeditions nazo zinika uhambo oluya eFalklands nangaphezulu.

• 01 ngo-06

  Sula iNtlupheko yeStanley

  Abantu abangaba ngu-3000 bahlala kwiiFalkland Islands, mhlawumbi ngo-2000 kwabo bahlala kwisixeko-dolophu saseStanley. I dolophu iya kunika iindwendwe ukuba ziye zanyathela kwisixeko saseNgesi, zizaliswe ngezakhiwo zaseBrithani, iiflegi, izithambiso zefowuni kunye nokuvakalisa. Izitolo ezityebileyo, iivenkile kunye nee-pubs zizalisa umfanekiso, nangona azizona kuphela izingosi zokubona ngexesha eliseStanley. Kukho izikhumbuzo eziliqela kwiinqaba zezemikhosi kunye nezempi zaseIceland, kunye neyamyuziyamu enikezelwe kwimbali yeFalklands. Qiniseka ukuba wehla kwi-harbor, apho iinqanawa eziphahlakeleyo okanye ezimbini zingabonwa khona emanzini, kwaye akukho ndwendwela kwindlunkulu iya kuzaliswa ngaphandle kokuhlaselwa yiKristal Church Cathedral kunye nodumo lwayo oludumile lwe-whalebone.

• 02 we-06

  Ukutyelela i-Massive Albatross Colony

  Ngaphezulu kwama-70% ebantwini bemihlaba ye-albatross edibeneyo emnyama kunye nokuzala kwiiItland zaseFalkland, kwaye inkulu kula ma koloni ingafumaneka kwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yi-Steeple Jason. Esi siqithi esincinane sisekude, kwimiqathango yeFalklands, kwaye akulula ukufikelela. Imozulu kunye namatye amaninzi akwenza kube nzima ukuhlala khona ngeeveki ngexesha, kodwa abo banenhlanhla ngokwaneleyo ukutyelela le ndawo baya kunyangwa kwisayithi engaqhelekanga. I-Jason iyinyumba ikhulu lamakhulu ama-albatross, amaninzi awo anama-wingspans angaphezu kwama-7 ubude ubude. Kwaye ekubeni bebona abatyeleli abambalwa, bavumela abahambi ukuba bangene kwimitha embalwa yezidleke zabo. Kuyinto emangalisayo ukubona ukubona ngokuqinisekileyo.

• 03 we-06

  Ukutyelela iMfazwe

  Imfazwe ye-Falklands ka-1982 yashiya uphawu lwayo kwiziqithi ngeendlela ezininzi kunezinye. Ngelixa abaninzi balapho beqhubeka bekhumbula ngezi nkqubela zaloo mbambano, kusekho iibhenti zebhotile, izixhobo zemikhosi, kwaye zihlala zihlala i-ammo. Iinkonzo ezininzi zesikhokelo eStanley zinokulungiselela ukutyelela kwiimfazwe ezisekufuphi, ukuthatha iindwendwe ngenye yezinto ezibonakalayo ezibonakalayo zemfazwe zihamba ngeenyawo nangesithuthi. Indawo eneentaba, iintaba nje ngaphandle kwekhulu-mali yayiyinqanaba leemfazwe eziliqela phakathi kwemikhosi yaseBrithani neArgentine, kwaye iindawo zokuhlala ezibandakanyekayo zingasetyenziswa apho, kuquka nezikhumbuzo ezihambayo kumajoni asele.

• 04 we-06

  Thatha uhambo!

  I-Falklands inikeza uhambo oluhle kakhulu kulabo abafuna ukuphuma kunye nokwelula imilenze yabo. Kukho imizila embalwa ngaphakathi kumgama olula kaStanley, kodwa ukuba ubone oko iItshizi ekunikele khona kufuneka uphume kwindawo ede. Amathuba okusebenza kwamanye abantu aphantse abekho kwaye imihlaba ivulekile. Uza kuba nethuba lokubona ezinye zeentaka ezinkulu ezibiza umnxweme ekhaya, kwaye uya kuhamba apho abanye bambalwa bafumana ithuba lokutyelela.

  Isiqithi seCarcass ngumzekelo ogqityileyo wale. Njengenye yezilwanyana ezinkulu kwiNtshona Falklands, bekuye iplasi yezimvu iminyaka engaphezu kweyishumi, kwaye indawo encinane apho iyakwamkela iindwendwe. Kodwa inxalenye enkulu ayinabemi, unikezela yedwa abo bafuna ukuhlola ngeenyawo. Khangela ngokukhawuleza, kwaye unokuba ubone ipenguin okanye ezimbini.

• 05 ka 06

  Yiya kwi-Wildlife Spotting

  Ngelixa iintaka zizilwanyana eziphambili ezihlala kwiFalklands, kukho ezinye iintaka ezikhethekileyo ezingabonakali kwiindawo ezininzi ezahlukeneyo. Ngokomzekelo, i-albatross eboshiweyo ngasentla ayiyindawo eqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezininzi zehlabathi, kwaye iIzilwanyana zinezindlu ezingekho ngaphantsi kweentlobo ezintathu zee-penguins, kuquka i-rockhoppers, i-gentoo kunye ne-Magellanic.

  Kodwa, kukho ezininzi iimpawu kunye nezilwanyana zaselwandle kunye, kuquka nezitifiketi ezininzi zendlovu ezantsi. Ezi zidalwa zitholakala kulo lonke ummandla, kodwa enye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo zokuzibona zihamba kwi-Sea Lion Island, enenendawo yokuhlala apho iindwendwe ziyakwazi ukukhangela kwigumbi elincinci. Oku kubanika ithuba lokuba bathathe ngokuqinisekileyo kwiziza kunye nezandi zezi zilwanyana zasendle kwindawo yazo yokuhlala.

• 06 we-06

  Hamba uye kuHlola

  Ingxenye yolonwabo lokutyelela eFalklands ufumana ithuba lokuzihlola wena ngokwakho. Shiya umzi-dolophu waseStanley ngasemva uze uphume kwisithuthi sokuqasha ukuze uhlolisise ummandla ngokwakho. Kukho inani elincinci elincinci lokutyelela kuquka i-Salvador, eyaziwayo ngezilwanyana zayo zasendle, kunye neDarwin, eneendlela ezintle zokuhamba.

  Ezi zincinci zincinci, zithandekayo kwaye zihlala zincinci, kodwa zinika ingqiqo ebomini kwiFalklands kwimiba eyahlukileyo. Ngaphezu koko, awukwazi ukuba uya kufumanisa ntoni xa uya kuhamba phambili.