- Ukuphakama ngaphezu kweselwandle: 3,482 m;
- Iphakamileyo kakhulu: iThabana-Ntlenjana (Lesotho);
- Amazwe: uMzantsi Afrika, Lesotho, Swaziland.
Iintaba zaseDrakensberg ziyintambo yeentaba eMzantsi Afrika, idume ngokuba yimvelaphi yayo eyahlukileyo kunye neendlela ezingaqhelekanga "ezinqamlekileyo" kunye nezintaba ezibukhali. Abakhenkethi bafika kweli kona elingavamile yehlabathi ukuze bazuze ubuhle bendalo, bahlasele emkhatsini weLay Age, befunda inkcubeko yabantu basekuqaleni, kwaye bahlanganyele kwifomu ethandwayo yokuzonwabisa ezisebenzayo kule ndawo - ukuhamba ngeepony.
Ziphi iintaba zaseDrakensberg?
Iintaba zaseDrakensberg zi-1,100 km ubude kwaye zijikeleze ummandla wamazwe amathathu: uMzantsi Afrika, iLesotho kunye noBukumkani baseSwaziland. Ukuphakama komyinge weentaba kuqikelelwa kwi-2000 m, kwaye ubude obuphezulu bufikelela kwindawo ephakamileyo yeThabana-Ntlenjan kwi-3482 m. Ininzi yintsimi yeentaba ihlanganiswe ngamagcisa amathathu:
- I-National Park yaseDrakensberg yiNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO;
- I-National Park "iRoyal Natal";
- ipaki yemvelo "iHallow Gate Highlands", eyaziwayo njenge "Gate Gate" ngenxa yokukhanya okungavamile kwedwala iBrvavag ekushoneni kwelanga.
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Ngolwimi lwesiZulu, igama leentaba lizwakala ngathi "iKvatlamba", kwaye liguqulela "indawo enamawala" okanye "indawo yamatye", "isithintelo kwiikopi".
Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi zeemvelaphi zegama leentaba zeNtaba:
- Ngokutsho kweenkolelo zakudala, kule ndawo zihlala khona i-monster engaziwa-inyoka, eyaqatshelwa ngabahlali bendawo ngekhulu le-19.
- Phezulu kwintaba, nangaliphi na ixesha lonyaka, umsi uyakhukhumeza, ofana ne-steam eveliswa yinjoka emakhaleni.
- Iintsika zeentaba, ezinemihlathi, ngaphandle zifana nomqolo wendalo, ngoko ke abantu basekuqaleni, okubizwa ngokuba yiBoers, ebizwa ngokuba yiindawo.
Yintoni enokuyenza nokuyibona kwiintaba zaseDrakensberg?
Kule ndawo kukho isifundo kubakhenkethi abanokhetho oluhlukeneyo kwaye wonke umntu uya kuneliseka. Intaba yeenkumbi iyakhangwa yinto ekhethekileyo yendalo, iindawo ezintle ngokungaqhelekanga, izityalo ezikhethekileyo kunye nezilwanyana ezinobunqabileyo obunqabileyo bezityalo kunye nezilwanyana, imidwebo yamatye yasendulo egcinwe iminyaka eyiwaka. Njengokuzonwabisa, abahanjethi banikezelwa:
- Ukuhamba okanye ukugibela ihashe (ukuhamba ngeepony). Ixesha lokunyuka - enye okanye iintsuku eziliqela, kuquka ukuchitha ubusuku emaphandleni amatye.
- Ukuhamba okuthakazelisayo kwi-helicopter okanye ibhaluni enombono obalaseleyo kwindalo yeentaka.
- I-Safaris kwiimoto ezisendleleni.
- Iqela okanye ama-alloythi ngabanye kwimilambo yeentaba (ukuhlaziya).
- Ukuloba (apha ifunyaniswa ne-trout).
- Ukudlala igalofu.
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Imihlaba kunye neembono
Iintaba zeentaba ziyaziwa ngokuba nemibono yazo emihle kunye nemimango, evulekileyo ukusuka phezulu. Ukunyuka phezulu, ungabona ngisho namafu phantsi kweenyawo zakho.
Indwendwe ethandwayo yokutyelela indawo yi-Amphitheatre - i-rockgey coastge, eyakhiwa ngodonga olude lwamamitha ama-500 olujonge umgama wesikolo esingama-5 km ubude.
Kwipaki "iRoyal Natal" ingqalelo yabakhenkethi idonsa indawo ekhethiweyo yamatye aqingqiweyo ngobude be-8 km, evulekayo xa ibonwa ukusuka phezulu.
Kwakhona ungasibona impumputhe enhle kakhulu "iTugela" ngokuphakama kwama-948 m, equlethe i-5 cascades. Le nkomo yamanzi iyona yesibini enkulu kwihlabathi.
Iqhankqalazo i-paradesi ye-paradesi yaseNedemem, ibetha ubuhle obungavamile. Ubunqwenelekayo kukuba ihlukaniswe ngamacandelo amabini ngumbande, enye yazo iindawo ezihlaza ezinomthi oshushu ovela emithini yemifula, kanti enye ihamba ngeze.
Kwakuyimihlaba yeentaba ze-Dragon eziphefumlela uYohn Tolkien ukuba abhale i-trilogy yakhe ethi "INkosi yeeNgxowa", eyamkela ukuqaphela umhlaba wonke kunye nodumo.
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Iiflora kunye nezilwanyana
Imozulu yeeNtaba zaseDrakensberg ihluke kwiindawo zayo ezahlukileyo, ezichaphazela ukuhlukahluka kweentlanzi kunye nezilwanyana. Empuma, imozulu yomshushu ophezulu, ibangela ukuba ubukho bemvelo buqulunqwe yimithi kunye ne-liana. Ngentshona - le yimozulu esomileyo neyomoya, ngoko ke iintlambo ezisentshonalanga zimelelwa yi-savannas, ngokugqithiseleyo zifakwe izihlahla. Ubume beentaba eziphakamileyo ezingaphezu kwee-2000 iimitha zimelelwe ngokubanzi ngamagqabi kunye ne-stpp steppes.
Kwintsimi yepaki kazwelonke "Drakensberg" umgca ngezityalo eziqiniweyo ziyaqatshelwa, ziqatshelwa yiZiko lokuQeda iNkcazo. Apha ungakwazi ukuhlangabezana neentlobo ezinobungozi zeentaka njengeenardard, i-bald ibis, i-horse-breasteded horse, i-Cape hyphus. Kwizilwanyana ezingavumelekanga, ungazibona i-antelope oribi, i-rhinoceros emhlophe, i-zebra Berchella, i-wildebeest emnyama. Izidalwa ezingaphezu kwezi-250 zezilwanyana ezahlukileyo zihlala kwintsimi yeeDrakensberg.
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Ilifa lemveli leentaba zeNtaba
Kwiminyaka emininzi le mihlaba ibe yindawo yokulwa kunye nokulwa okuye kwachaphazela inkambo yembali yamazwe aseMerika. Ngako oko, iindawo ezithandwayo kakhulu kwiindawo apho abantu basekuhlaleni bahlala khona "i-Zulus" balwa nama-colonizers aseYurophu ngenkululeko yabo, kwaye kamva kule ndawo yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Anglo-Boer War.
Ukubonwa kweentaba zaseDrakensberg yimimangcwaba kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yaseBushman yabantu ababephila iminyaka eyi-8000 edlulileyo. Ezi ndawo zithathwa njengento ekhethekileyo, njengoko imifanekiso imangalisa ngokuqinisekileyo, kwaye iziqhamo ziyamangalisa kunye nobutyebi beengcamango zabantu baseSan. Abantu baseBushman babonisa imidaniso, ukuzingela, ukulwa, iinqununu zobomi bemihla ngemihla. Ezi ndawo apho amazwe amandulo ayishiya uphawu, kukho malunga nama-600, kwimifanekiso engaphezu kwe-40 000 yafunyanwa kwintsimi yeeDrakensberg.
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Ndingafika njani?
Iintaba zaseDransensberg eLesotho yiindawo ezithandwa kakhulu kwezokhenketho, ngaphandle kohambo oluya kubo, phantse akukho namnye oya kumazwe aseMzantsi Afrika. Iinkonzo zabahanjethi zinikezelwa ngeentlobo ezahlukeneyo zemisebenzi, ukuhlala kwiinkampu zeentente okanye amahotele amancinci amnandi kunye nenkonzo efanelekileyo. Phantse izigidi ezi-2 izivakashi ziza apha ngonyaka.
Yiya ezintabeni ngokukhethekileyo kumaqela ahleliweyo kunye nohambo olukhokelwayo, oluhamba kunye nabakhenkethi abanamava. Ukudluliselwa kudla ngokuqhelekileyo ukusuka kwizixeko zaseJohansburg, eThekwini eMzantsi Afrika. Unokufika khona ngemoto. Ukwenza oku, kwinqanaba lomzila 3 kufuneka ulandele indawo yeHarrismit, emva koko ulandele impawu kwipaki "Natal". Ixesha lokuhamba li malunga neeyure ezingama-3.