Kuchokera m'mapiri ndi mitengo ya mpesa ya ku Cape mpaka kumapiri aakulu a Karoo, South Africa ili ndi gawo loposa lachilengedwe chokongola. Kwa ambiri, malo okongola kwambiri ndi mapiri a Drakensberg, omwe amachokera ku Eastern Cape kupita ku Province la Mpumalanga kummwera chakum'mawa. Adaimitsa mapiri a zilombo ndi anthu oyambirira a ku Cape Dutch ndipo amatchulidwa ndi Zulus monga mbadwa ya Spears, mapiriwa ali ndi mapiri komanso mapiri omwe akugwa ndi zigwa zakuda.
Chaka chilichonse, okonda masoka zikwizikwi, mbalame za mbalame ndi ojambula amabwera ku Drakensberg kukasangalala kukongola kwake kodabwitsa. Gawo lomwe limapanga malire pakati pa KwaZulu-Natal ndi Lesotho ndilofala kwambiri ndi oyendayenda, ndi misewu yochokera ku maulendo apakati pa tsiku kupita kukavuta maulendo ambirimbiri. M'nkhaniyi, tiyang'anitsitsa maulendo atatu otchuka kwambiri, omwe amatenga pakati pa masiku awiri kapena awiri. Musanayesetse kuyendayenda, ndikofunika kufufuza momwe nyengo ikuyendera ndikuonetsetsa kuti muli ndi zonse zomwe mukufunikira kuti muzisungunuka, mukulimbikitsidwa ndi kutetezedwa ku zinthu zomwe zili pamsewu.
Ngati simungapeze njira yomwe ikugwirizana ndi zomwe mukufunikira pa tsamba lino, yang'anani zosankha zathu zadakali zochepa kwambiri za Drakensberg.
Amphitheater Chain Ladders
Mbali ya Royal Natal National Park, Amphitheatre ndi imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri m'dera lonse la Drakensberg.
Mng'oma wake wokongola kwambiri ukuyenda mtunda wa makilomita atatu, ndi nsanja pafupifupi mamita 1,220 pamwamba pa chigwacho pansipa (kupanga maulendo khumi kukula kwa nkhope ya wotchuka ya South Capitan ku Yosemite ). Njira yabwino yoyamikirira nkhwangwa ndi zodabwitsa. Kuyenda kumayambira pa Sentinel Car Park, kumene mudzafunikira kulemba kajisiti musanayambe kukwera kwanu.
Msewuwu umadutsa pansi pamtunda wa Sentinel pamwamba pake, kenako umadutsa mumphepete mwa Mont-aux-Sources, pafupi ndi kumene Mahadi Falls akudumphadutsa pamwamba pa chiwonongekocho.
Pano, mudzapeza makwerero awiri, omwe amatsogolera pamwamba pa Amphitheatre. Kukwera sikuli kwa mtima wokhumudwa, ndipo ambiri amawona kuti n'kopindulitsa kuyang'ana mmwamba mpaka apite pamwamba. Komabe, mukadzafika kumeneko, kuyang'ana pamtunda wa Tugela ndi chigwa chakumtunda sikungatheke. N'zotheka kuthetsa ulendo uwu tsiku limodzi, ndi nthawi yonse kuchokera pansi mpaka pamwamba ndikubwereranso kutenga maola pafupifupi asanu ndi atatu. Ngati mukufunadi kupindula ndi zochitikazo, komatu ganizirani kumanga msasa wanu ndikugona usiku wonse pamwamba pa Amphitheatre kuti muone matsenga a kutuluka kwa dzuwa ndi kutuluka kwa dzuwa kuchokera pamwamba pake.
Pansi Pakhomo la Injisuthi
Phiri la Maloti-Drakensberg, phiri la Lower Injisuthi likukwera makilomita 10,5 / 17 kilomita. Ulendowu umayambira ku Injisuthi Rest Camp ndipo umatsatira chigwa cha Mtsinje wa Injisuthi, yemwe dzina lake limatanthawuza agalu odyetsedwa bwino (chiwonetsero cha chigwa cholemera kwambiri, chomwe nthawi zonse chinasiya agalu a Zulus).
Imeneyi ndi njira yabwino kwambiri, ndi malingaliro ambiri ofunika a mapiri oyandikana nawo. Mfundo zazikuluzikulu zimaphatikizapo mathithi a miyala omwe ali pang'onopang'ono pafupi ndi mapanga; ndi Phiri la Nkhondo, malo akuluakulu ojambula zithunzi za San rock ndi maulendo otsogolera kuti mutenge nawo mbali.
Ngati mukufuna kutenga njirayo pang'onopang'ono (mutasiya nthawi yambiri kuti muime ndi kujambula zithunzi), ganizirani kuti mutha kubisala mumphanga. Mwanjira iyi, mungathe kugawanika paulendo masiku awiri. Ngati mwasankha kuchita zimenezi, musaiwale kuti mudzaze kaundula wa usiku wamtundu uliwonse musanapite. Mudzafunikanso kumanga msasa pamodzi ndi inu, kuphatikizapo chakudya ndi munda wamtunda (palibe malo osambira omwe ali m'chipululu!).
Mabala a Grindstone
Njirayi imayambanso ku Camp of Rest Injisuthi, koma imakwera kwambiri kuposa pamwamba pa Old Age mtsinje, pambali pamatope omwe amatsata mbali yaikulu yotchedwa Old Woman Grinding Corn.
Njirayo ifupika - makilomita anayi okha kapena sikisi chabe. Komabe, mpweya wake waukulu ukuwoneka kuti ukuwoneka motalika kwambiri, ndipo mukhoza kulandira mwayi wokhala usiku umodzi mwa mapanga awiri omwe amachititsa kuti dzina lake likhalepo. Zonsezi zikuphatikizapo mabwinja a miyala yakale yokupera, yomwe inayamba zaka za m'ma 1800 pamene mabanja am'deralo adathawira m'mapanga awa kuchokera ku King Shaka's marauding impis . Zaka zambiri izi zisanafike, mapangawa adapereka malo osungirako anthu a San Bushmen, omwe amaganiza kuti anali ochokera kwa anthu oyambirira.
Nkhaniyi inasinthidwa ndikulembedwanso mbali ndi Jessica Macdonald pa 19 Oktoba 2017.