Unyaka ngamnye, amaqonga aseMpuma Afrika anika isigaba enye yezinto ezithandekayo zehlabathi. Imfuyo emikhulu yesilwane, i-zebra kunye nezinye i-antelope zihlanganisene ngamakhulu amawaka, ukuhamba ndawonye eTanzania naseKenya zifuna ukutya okulungileyo kunye neendawo ezikhuselekileyo zokuzala nokuzala. Isikhathi salo Mfuduko Omkhulu sichazwa yimvula, kodwa ezinye zeendawo ezifanelekileyo zokuzifakazela ngokusebenza ziquka iMaasai Mara National Reserve kunye ne- Serengeti National Park .
Iziganeko Zokuqala
Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ndenelungelo lokufumana uMfuduko Omkhulu kum, xa ndibambene neenkomo njengoko behamba ngendlela ephakathi kweSerengeti. Kwakubonwe yinto eyoyikisayo, kunye namathafa aguqulwa kwangoko iliso liyakubona elwandle oluphilayo. Nangona esi siganeko esimangalisayo sibizwa ngokuba yi-Wildebeest Migration, kulo mzekelo i-antelope e-hirs yayingeyona nto ibhalwe ngu-braying, idiza. Ukubala kwabo kwakungenakwenzeka - ndazi nje ukuba ndizange ndibone ukuxinwa okunjalo okungaqhelekanga kwezilwanyana zasendle.
Njengengonyama yangena ngaphakathi ekuthintela umgama we-4X4 yethu, ulwandle lwerubha lwaluhlukana ngentshutshiso, ngokukhenkceza olulodwa lwamanzi olwalugxininisa kwinto endiyifumana ngayo. Iingonyama, ziphazamiseke ngamanani azo kunye nobukho beemoto ezininzi ze-safari, kungekudala zayeka. Uxolo lwabuyiselwa, kwaye idireyi yaphinda icinga ukuba yayingumoya ongapheliyo, abanye bexhasa iintloko zabo ezinzima.
Phakathi kobunzima beembumba eziqhwala, isilwanyana sinezidlo ezinomdla.
Insider Knowledge
Ukubonwa kweentlobo ezimbini zeentlobo zezilwanyana ezinokuthi zinyameke engqondweni yam, kwaye ngosuku olulandelayo, isikhokelo sethu esaziwayo uSarumbo sichaza ngokucacileyo imeko. Wayeka i-Land Cruiser ukuba ibukele njengamakhulu ama-zebra kunye nesilwane esilungelelene kwindlela esingaphambi kwethu, sabuza ukuba ngaba sazi ukuba kutheni izilwanyana ezimbini zikhethe ukufuduka kunye.
Unomdla wokufunda, sahlala kwisithuthi se- safari , sabamba ibhotile yamanzi kwaye sahlala kwisifundo esilandelayo sezilwanyana zasendle .
Abalingani bokugqibela bokuhamba
I-Sarumbo isitshele ukuba ezi zimbini ziyahamba kunye kungekhona kuba zibaluleke kakhulu kubafazi, kodwa kuba ngasinye sinomxholo wokulungelelanisa othobela ngokupheleleyo. U-Wildebeest, umzekelo, udla ngokutya ngotshani emfutshane, imilomo yabo ifanelwe ukuvumela ukuba bathabathe amahlumela amnandi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Zebra inamazinyo amade ayenzelwe ukukrazula ingca elude. Ngaloo ndlela, idiza yenza njengamaqabunga amalungiselelo okulungiselela umhlaba, kwaye abo babini abangekho kukhuphiswano lokutya.
NgokukaSarumbo (ingcali ethetha ukususela kwiminyaka emininzi yamava lokuqala), i-wildebeest ihamba kunye ne-zebra ukwenzela ukuba ininzi yezilwanyana ezinokugqibela zengqondo. Kubonakala sengathi i-Zebra inemikhumbuzo engcono kwaye iyakwazi ukukhumbula iindlela zokufuduka unyaka odlulileyo, ukukhumbula indawo ezinobungozi kunye neendawo zokukhusela ngokulinganayo. Oku kuncedo xa iilwanyana ziwela i-Mara neGrimeti . Nangona i-wildlife igxuma ngokungaboniyo kwaye ithemba into engcono, iifra zikulungele ukufumanisa iingwenya kwaye ngenxa yoko ziya kuhamba phambili.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Willybeers are a waters of nature. I-physiology yabo idinga ukuba baphuze ubuncinane yonke imihla ngemihla, kwaye le mfuneko iyisiseko somqondo ophucukileyo ococekileyo ovumela ukuba bafumane amanzi nangona i-savannah ibonakala iyomile. Xa ndilapho, i-Serengeti yayinomdla kakhulu ekuqwalaseleni ukuba imvula yayiswele kangakanani, kwaye ngoko kunjalo kwakulula ukubona ukuba kungani le talente ingaba yinto ebaluleke kakhulu kubahlobo be-zebra.
Ekugqibeleni, ezi ziintlobo ezimbini zidibene kunye nezidingo kunye nezimo ezabelwana ngazo. Bobabini baphila ngamanani amaninzi kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zaseMpuma Afrika, apho amaxesha amaninzi anamanzi anomileyo abangela ubuncwane beentlobo ngamanye amaxesha, kunye nokungcola kokutya okulungileyo kwabanye. Ukuze uphile, zombini idira kunye nesilwane kufuneka sithuthelele ukufumana ukutya.
Kunenzuzo ukuhamba kunye, kungekhona nje ngezizathu ezibhalwe apha ngasentla, kodwa ngenxa yokuba amanani amaninzi awona mkhululo wokukhusela abantu abaninzi.
Eli nqaku liye lahlaziywa kwaye libhalwa kwakhona ngo-Jessica Macdonald ngoSeptemba 30 ka-2016.