Mzinda wa Blyde River Canyon uli kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa chigawo chakumwera kwa South Africa, akuganiza kuti ndilo lachitatu padziko lonse lapansi. Kuyeza mamita 16 / kilomita 25 m'litali ndi kutalika mamita 750 / kuya, ndilo lalikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndi mbali ya dera la Drakensberg ndipo imatsatira njira ya Mtsinje wa Blyde, umene umagwera pamwamba pa mapiri a Blyderivierpoort komanso pansi pa nthaka.
Kwa alendo ambiri kupita ku South Africa, ndi chimodzi mwa zozizwitsa zokongola kwambiri zomwe dziko liyenera kupereka.
Chikhalidwe cha Canyon
Mbiri yamakono, mbiri ya canyon inayamba zaka mamiliyoni ambiri zapitazo pamene Drakensberg adakumbidwa kuti Gondwana adayamba kusweka. Patapita nthawi, mzere woyamba wolakwika umene unachititsa kuti chiwombankhangacho chikhale chokwera kwambiri chifukwa cha kayendetsedwe ka geological ndi kutentha kwa nthaka, kupanga mapiri aakulu omwe amachititsa kuti canyon ikhale yosangalatsa masiku ano. Posachedwapa, canyon ndi lowveld yomwe yakhala ikuphatikizapo malo okhala ndi ulimi wokolola ndi kusaka kwa mibadwo yambiri ya anthu ammudzi.
Mu 1844, mtsinje wa Blyde unatchulidwa ndi gulu la a Dutch voortrekkers omwe adakhala pamtunda pomwe akudikirira anthu a phwando kuti abwerere ku Delagoa Bay (komwe tsopano ndi Maputo Bay ku Mozambique).
Dzinalo limatanthauza "Mtsinje wa Chisangalalo" ndipo amatanthauza chimwemwe chimene phwando la alendo likulandiridwa kunyumba. Iwo anali atapita kale motalika kwambiri moti ankawopa akufa - chifukwa chake mtsinje wa Treur, womwe umagwirizanitsa ndi mtsinje wa Blyde, unkatchedwa "Mtsinje wa Chisoni". Mu 1965, mahekitala 29,000 a canyon ndi madera ake oyandikana nawo anali otetezedwa ngati mbali ya Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
Zinyama zakutchire za Mtsinje wa Blyde
Chitetezo ichi chalola kuti nyama zakutchire zikule bwino, zothandizidwa ndi mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya malo osiyana omwe amapezeka pamtunda wambiri kumbali ya kutalika kwa canyon. Zomera zowonjezera komanso madzi ochuluka zimathandiza kukopa mitundu yambiri ya antelope, kuphatikizapo klipspringer, nsomba yamapiri, madzibuck, nyongolotsi ya buluu ndi kudu. Damu la Blyderivierpoort ndi ambidzi ndi ng'ona, pomwe mitundu yonse ya zamoyo zisanu za ku South Africa zimapezeka mu Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.
Mitundu ya mbalame imakhala yochuluka kwambiri pano, kuchititsa Mtsinje wa Blyde kukhala wopita pamwamba kwa mbalame . Mitunduyi imaphatikizapo nkhuku yofiira ya Pel ndi yosavuta kumeza, pamene mapiri otsetsereka a canyon amapereka malo abwino kwambiri odyetsera nkhono ku Cape Cape. Chodabwitsa kwambiri, malowa amathandizira malo odziwika okha omwe akudziwika ku South Africa omwe amapezeka ku Taita falcon.
Zofunika
Mzinda wa Blyde River Canyon ndi wotchuka kwambiri chifukwa cha zochitika zake zodabwitsa. Zina mwa izi zakhala zikudziwika bwino, kuphatikizapo chigwa chapamwamba kwambiri cha canyon, Mariepskop, ndi Three Rondavels. Yoyamba inali ndi mamita 1,944 mamita ndipo imatchedwa dzina lake Maripe Mashile, yemwe anali mkulu wa mapulusa wa zaka za m'ma 1800.
Mphepete mwa nyanjayi imatchedwa katatu, mapiri omwe amafanana ndi nyumba zachikhalidwe za anthu amtunduwu ndipo amatchulidwa ndi akazi atatu a Maripe. Malo oyang'ana ku Three Rondavels akuonedwa kuti ndi amodzi mwa malo abwino kwambiri.
Zina mwazimenezi zimaphatikizapo zomwe zimapezeka ku Bourke's Lung Potholes, zitsime zamadzimadzi ndi zitsime zam'madzi zomwe zimajambula ndi madzi othamanga ku Blyde ndi Treur mitsinje. Izi zimachitika ndi dzina loti Tom Bourke, yemwe amakhulupirira kuti golidi angapezeke pano (ngakhale kuti kuyesetsa kwake kuti ayipeze sikunapindulepo). Chiwonetsero chotchuka kwambiri cha zonse ndizowona kuti Mulungu ndi Window, wotchulidwa kuti akufanana ndi momwe Mulungu amaonera munda wa Edeni.
Mzindawu uli m'mphepete mwa malo otetezeka, malingaliro owonawo akuyang'anitsitsa phokoso laling'ono, ndipo amapereka malo osaiwalitsa ku Kruger National Park kupita ku Lembombo Mapiri akutali ku Mozambique.
Zina mwazikuluzikulu zimaphatikizapo mathithi ambiri a malo osungira. Mmodzi mwa otchuka kwambiri ndi Kadishi Tufa Waterfall, yomwe imadziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, komanso nyumba ya "kulira kwa chirengedwe", yomwe imapangidwa ndi madzi omwe amagwera pamatope omwe amafanana ndi nkhope ya munthu.
Zomwe Muyenera Kuchita pa Blyde River
Njira yabwino kwambiri yozindikirira kukongola kwa canyon ndi kuyendetsa pamsewu wa Panorama, womwe umagwirizanitsa malingaliro owonetseratu a m'deralo, kuphatikizapo atatu a Rondavels, Mawindo a Mulungu a Window ndi Bourke. Yambani kumudzi wokongola kwambiri wa Graskop ndi kutsatira R532 chakumpoto, motsatira zizindikirozo kwa owonerera. Mwinanso, maulendo a helikopita a canyon (monga omwe amaperekedwa ndi Nyanja ya Nyanja ya Lion Sands), amapanga masewero omwe sangathe kuiwalika.
Misewu yambiri yopita kumtunda imakulolani kuti mufufuze pamapazi. Kuti mudziwe zambiri, ganizirani za Blyde River Canyon Hiking Trail, yomwe imadutsa gawo limodzi la magawo omwe alipo komanso malo amtundu. Zimatengera masiku atatu kapena asanu, ndi malo ogona usiku omwe amaperekedwa ndi nyumba zingapo. Ngakhale mutha kuyenda pamsewu nokha, njira yabwino kwambiri yochitira zimenezi ndi motsogoleredwa ndi Blyde River Safaris.
Kampani yomweyi ingakonzenso zochitika zambiri, kuphatikizapo njinga zamapiri, kukwera mahatchi, kuthamanga, kupha nsomba, kuwomba mpweya wotentha komanso ngakhale kuthamanga kokwera pamsana. Madzi a Whitewater rafting ndi maulendo apanyanja pa Damu la Blyderivierspoort amakhalanso otchuka.
Kumene Mungakakhale
Alendo ku Blyde River Canyon amawonongeka chifukwa chokhala ndi malo ogona, ndi zosankha zomwe zimachokera ku nyumba zogona zodula kuti zikhale malo ogulitsira. Zina mwazinthu zabwino ndizo ndi Thaba Tsweni Lodge, Mpumulo wa Pilgrim ndi nyumba ya umVangati. Mzinda wa Thaba Tsweni uli pafupi ndi madzi otsetsereka a Berlin, Thaba Tsweni ndi njira zitatu zokhala ndi chakudya chodyera zokha komanso zakudya za ku South Africa zomwe zilipo kale. Malo ogonawa ndi otchuka kwambiri chifukwa cha kuthekera kwake kukonzekera ntchito kwa alendo ake, ambiri mwa iwo pamodzi ndi Blyde River Safaris.
Malo odziwika a 1800s a alendo A Pilgrim's Rest amavomereza nyengo yapaderadera ya derali ndi zokongoletsera za nyengo zamakono komanso malo abwino pamtima wa Graskop. Ndi malo otsika omwe mungayambire ulendo wanu wa Blyde River Canyon, ndipo mumapereka WiFi yaulere ndi kupaka. Pogwiritsa ntchito malo osokoneza bongo, ganizirani za umvangati House kumpoto kwa Blyde River. Pano, mapiri okwera kumapiri amapereka mapepala apadera ndi mazenera ochititsa chidwi, pamene nyumba yaikulu ili ndi dziwe losambira, pedio ya madyerero a fresco komanso vinyo wophika chakudya chamadzulo.