Magoya bayan ecotourism da kyawawan halaye ba su da shakku a cikin wane ɓangare na Afirka akwai tsaunukan Drakensberg; a zahiri duk matafiya suna mafarkin ziyartar wannan wurin. Yawancin tsaunuka a cikin tsarin an haɗa su a filin shakatawa na Drakensberg mai wannan sunan, waɗanda suka cancanci ƙarƙashin kariyar UNESCO.
Yankunan shimfidar wuri da abubuwa na halitta na wannan yanki sun shahara ne saboda keɓancewa da hotonsu. Ziyartar tsaunukan Drakensberg na buƙatar wasu kashe kuɗi da tsari, amma zaɓar wannan wurin a zaman wani ɓangare na balaguro ko cikakken hutu yana ba da tabbaci na ƙwarewa da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba.
Yanayin ƙasa da yanayin ƙasa, flora da fauna
Kololuwar tsaunuka da tsaunuka na tsaunukan Drakensberg suna yankin kudu na yankin Afirka, suna mamaye sassan Swaziland, Afirka ta Kudu da kuma masarautar Lesotho. Tare da tsayin tsarin kilomita 1169 da fadin kilomita 732, gaba daya yankin yakai kilomita dubu 4022.
Wani babban yanki na tsaunukan Drakensberg yana zaune ne ta hanyar tsaunuka masu tsayi wanda matsakaicin tsayinsu ya kai mita 2,000, tare da manyan duwatsu da tsaunuka a gefen babban yankin da tuddai masu tudu a wancan gefen, wanda aka doshi zuwa cikin teku. Tsaunukan da ke kewaye da su suna da wadataccen ma'adanai, ciki har da kwal, kwano, manganese da karafa masu daraja.
Saukakawa, yanayin yanayi da shimfidar wurare na tsaunukan Drakensberg suna tattare da bambancin ra'ayi. Yankin tsaunuka masu tsayi na yankin Basuto ba shi da rai kuma bai bushe ba, saboda, a haɗe da yanayin duniya, duk fadowa da galibi ƙarancin ruwa ke sauka. Matsayi mafi girma na Drakensberg shine Dutsen Thabana-Ntlenyana (3482 m), wanda yake a cikin Lesotho, yana da ƙarancin furci mai rauni kuma kusan ba ya fita waje a tsakanin tsaunukan da ke makwabtaka da ciyawa, wuraren girke-girke da ƙananan daji. Amma yana da nisan kilomita 4 kawai daga gefen layin kuma yana da ban mamaki a binciken sama ko na ƙasa daga wannan gefen. Bugu da ari, jirgin saman tsarin ana ketare shi ta hanyar matakai masu tsayi wadanda aka samu ta hanyar yashewa.
Gangaren gabas na tsaunukan Drakensberg suna cike da ciyayi iri-iri:
- a cikin yankuna masu tsayi har zuwa 1200 m - gandun dazuzzuka masu zafi da dazuzzuka tare da yawan allurai, lianas da epiphytes;
- daga 1200 zuwa 2000 m - thickets na succulents, xerophytes da bushes bushes;
- sama da 2000 m - ciyawar tsaunuka (mai tsayi tudra), gauraye da wurare masu duwatsu.
Duk da yawan rana da kusancin Tekun Indiya, an tara manyan taron na Drakenberg da dusar ƙanƙara a lokacin hunturu, wanda hakan ya haifar da banbanci da yanayin canjin ƙafa. Murfin dusar ƙanƙara ba ya kwance na dogon lokaci, amma yanayin yanayi a cikin manyan tsaunuka a wannan lokacin ba shi da kyau. 80% na jimlar hazo ya faɗi tsakanin Oktoba zuwa Maris, wanda ya yi daidai da lokacin tsire-tsire.
A kan iyakar Lesotho da yankunan kan iyaka a wannan lokacin, yawanci, amma gajeren tsawa na ta hargowa, ana canzawa tare da lokacin hazo. Abin lura ne cewa ana kiyaye iyakokinta cikin iyakoki - kilomita 3 daga keɓaɓɓen, ba tare da motsawa cikin wasu kwatancen ba. A lokacin bazara, wasu yankuna suna fama da fari, wasu kuma daga iska mai ƙarfi da ƙarfi. Kamar sauran tsire-tsire a Afirka, furannin wannan tsarin tsaunukan sun dace daidai da canje-canje kwatsam a yanayin waje.
Fauna ya bambanta da adadi mai yawa na endemics kuma yana da wadataccen arziki. Sarkar duwatsu tana hana ƙaurawar dabbobi, amphibians da tsuntsaye. An samo dabbar daji mai tsalle, eland, redunka a kusan dukkan gangaren. Sauran, kamar su farar-wildebeest, suna ƙarƙashin kariyar musamman ta UNESCO da ƙasa, saboda haka, suna zaune a cikin yankuna masu shinge.
A cikin PAs na lardin KwaZulu-Natal, yawan giwaye, karkanda fari da baki, artiodactyls da masu farauta ana tallafawa: cheetah, damisa, karen kura. Wasu wurare na wuraren ajiyar na iya ziyarta a zaman ɓangare na balaguron ilimi (ba safari ba). Anan aljanna ce ga masu lura da tsuntsaye, saboda yawancin tsuntsayen (balbi ibis, ungulu masu gemu, dokin kirji mai kirji), wadanda suke gab da halaka, suna rayuwa ne anan kawai.
Mafi kyawun abubuwan jan hankali a cikin Drakensberg
Hotunan shimfidar wurare na tsaunukan Drakensberg sun banbanta sosai da savannas na Afirka da wuraren da ke cikin tudu, kantocin da ke kan tudu har zuwa sararin samaniya tare da tsaunuka masu kyau da tsaunuka. Abu ne mai wahala a zabi takamaiman wurin da za'a ziyarta; idan zai yiwu, ya kamata a kalli wurin shakatawa daga iska ko kuma daga wurare daban-daban. Mafi kyawun ra'ayoyi ana kiyaye su:
Yawancin yankuna masu ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa suna cikin lardin KwaZulu-Natal, Afirka ta Kudu, awanni 4 daga Johannesburg ko 3 daga Durban. Idan babu damar ziyartar a zaman wani bangare na kungiyoyin yawon bude ido, zaku iya isa wurin da kanku ta motar haya. Yin tafiya tare da hanyoyin tsaunuka masu tsayi ba tare da jif ba da ƙwarewar da ta dace ba zai yiwu ba. Hanya mafi aminci don ganin kyawawan dabi'u a tsawo shine ta hanyar yawo.
Wasu hanyoyi suna buƙatar izini daga ƙananan hukumomi, kuma an ware wurare na musamman don hutawa da kwana na dare. An yarda izinin kwana a manyan wuraren tsaunuka, amma ba a ba da shawarar ba saboda haɗarin sauyin yanayi cikin yanayin yanayi. Ya kamata masu son sanin yanayin tafiya da hawan dutse su tuna da mahimmancin samun biza ta Lesotho (hanyoyin da suka fi birgewa a yankunan kan iyaka). Ana ba da izinin daidai, idan ya cancanta, a kan yankin Afirka ta Kudu, amma yana ɗaukar lokaci da kuɗi. Ra'ayin cewa biza daya zuwa Afirka ta Kudu ya isa shiga yankin da aka killace ba daidai ba ne.
Sauran nishadi
Wuraren shakatawa na Kasa na Drakensberg gida ne ga kananan ƙananan masauki, otal-otal, da kuma wuraren yin zango waɗanda ke ba da masauki tare da matakan jin daɗi iri-iri. Hakanan suna jan hankalin masu yawon bude ido tare da ƙarin sabis na nishaɗi, kamar:
- Yawon shakatawa na ƙwararru tare da alamun alamomin Drakensberg.
- Hawan dawakai.
- Yin kamun kifi da sauran kifaye a cikin manyan koguna da koguna na wurin shakatawa. Baya ga kamun kifi na gargajiya, ana koyawa masu yawon buɗe ido yadda ake kamun kifi da garayu. Godiya ga cikakken haske na ruwa da yalwar kifi, koda masu farawa zasu iya jimre wannan aikin.
- Yawon shakatawa na yawon shakatawa ta jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu. Yawancin hotuna da motsin rai waɗanda ba a saba gani ba ana tabbatar dasu a kowane yanayi, kololuwar da ba zato ba tsammani suna fitowa daga hazo suna burge masu yawon buɗe ido gami da bayyanannun ra'ayoyi na tsaunuka masu tsayin kilomita da rami.
- Kunna golf akan Emerald filayen tsaunuka.
Muna baka shawara ka kalli Dutsen Elbrus.
A cikin Giant's Castle akwai manyan kogon buɗe ido don ziyarta tare da zane-zanen dutse. Adadin tsoffin zane a cikin kogon da ke kewaye ya fito ne daga dubu 40. Abubuwan haɗakarwa suna da ban sha'awa a cikin ire-irensu da amincinsu. Ya kamata masu yawon bude ido su yi la'akari da cewa al'amuran farauta, raye-raye da faɗa suna warwatse ko'ina cikin yankin, wasu zane-zanen ana samun su ne a wuraren da aka buɗe, wani ɓangare na kariya daga duwatsu. Samun damar zuwa mafi tsufa daga cikinsu na iya iyakance; babbar hanya mafi kyau don ziyartarsu ita ce shiga rukunin yawon shakatawa.
