Fikani ku Kilimanjaro International Airport mwakonzekera ulendo wanu wamasiku 9 wa Lake Natron Horse Ride. Pano, mudzatengedwa ndi mmodzi wa gulu kuchokera ku Kiwoito Africa Safaris ndikuyendetsa kwa mphindi makumi atatu ndi zisanu kupita kumalo ogona kumene usiku woyamba umakhala. Khalani m'malo atsopano ndikukumana ndi ena omwe akutenga nawo mbali pa safari. Sundowners ndi chakudya chamadzulo chidzakhala ku malo ogona kapena, ngati kuli masewero a polo, ku kalabu ya polo ya sundowners, kutsatiridwa ndi chakudya chamadzulo ku malo ogona.
M'mawa wotsatira, mutatha kudya chakudya cham'mawa chachingerezi, Yendetsani Kumpoto kwa Mudzi wa N'garuka. Atafika, ogwira ntchito akudikirira ndi zakumwa zolandilidwa ndikutsegula manja kuti aliyense alowe nawo gulu la safari ku Kiwoito Africa Safaris. Pambuyo poyambitsa mahema, omwe ndi mahema a belu, chakudya chamasana chimaperekedwa, ndipo ulendo wachidule wa safari umachitika. Pambuyo pa chakudya chamasana, mlendo aliyense amapatsidwa kavalo wake, ndipo kukwera masana kumachitika kuti aliyense athe kukhala omasuka m'chishalo. Tsiku limatha kuzungulira moto.
Aliyense amadzutsidwa ndi tiyi kapena khofi; chakudya cham'mawa chaperekedwa. Ulendo wa tsikuli ndi wowoneka bwino komanso wachikhalidwe. Timakwera kudutsa Maasai amakumana ndi abusa akuweta ng'ombe zawo. Cha m’masana, timapuma kaamba ka kupuma kwa masana, kumene tonsefe timakhala ndi zotsitsimula pansi pa mtengo wamthunzi wabwino. Chakudya chamasana chimayendetsedwa ndi galimoto kapena kunyamulidwa m'matumba athu. Timapitiriza ndi kuyesa kuphimba nthaka kuti tifike kumalo athu oima usiku dzuwa lisanayambe.
Chakudya cham'mawa cha Chingerezi chimatsatira kudzuka msanga musanalowe m'gulu lanu. Mayendedwe akupita kumpoto kwatsiku, Phiri la Gelai likutiyang'ana kuchokera Kummawa. Ulendo watsiku umachoka kumidzi ya Masai ndikulowa Natron dera lokongola, lokhala ngati maloto. Ngati mwamwayi ulendo wa tsikulo udzakumana ndi magulu akuluakulu a mbidzi ndi nyumbu zikuyendayenda pamalo otseguka. Kupuma kwa nkhomaliro kumachitika mtchire musanapite kumsasa wausiku.
Dzukani ndi khofi ndi tiyi musanadye chakudya cham'mawa chamtchire. Pambuyo pake, aliyense amakwera pamahatchi ake, ndipo ulendo umapitirira. Lero tiwona madera ozungulira phiri lokhalo lophulika ku Africa, Oldonyo L'Engai (Phiri la Mulungu). Chakudya chamasana mochedwa kubwerera ku msasa ndi nthawi yopuma. Madzulo ndi oti aliyense apumule kulola okwera ndi mahatchi kuti apume.
Pambuyo pa kadzutsa koyambirira kwachingerezi, timakhala ndi ulendo wautali komanso wovuta kwambiri. Timaphimba pafupifupi 60 km pafupi ndi kutentha kwa madigiri 40 Celsius. Tili ndi phirili kumbuyo kwathu, tikuloŵa m’mphepete mwa mtsinje umene umapereka mthunzi ndi kuwoloka malo otseguka tisanafike pa nthawi yopuma masana. Timayima m’mithunzi ya mitengo ya mthethe ikuluikulu, pafupi ndi mtsinje kuti tipeze mphamvu zambiri paulendo womaliza wa tsikulo. Usiku umakhala pafupi ndi akasupe otentha, moyang'anizana ndi nyanja.
Mutatha kadzutsa, kuyenda kwa mphindi 45 kumachitika polowera ku akasupe omwe amalowa m'nyanja ya soda yomwe ili m'mphepete mwa nyanja kum'mawa. Pambuyo pa kutentha kwakukulu ndi fumbi, kuviika kopindulitsa kumawonjezera chisangalalo cha zochitika za tsikulo. Sangalalani ndi chakudya chamasana mu akasupe ndikuyenda kapena galimoto kubwerera kumsasa. Ulendo wamadzulo umachitika, kusangalala ndi nyengo yozizira kusanade ndi mwayi wowona afisi ndi nkhandwe zikusaka chakudya pamatope a m'nyanjayi.
Timanyamuka m’bandakucha, tikusiya nyanja youma, yabwinja, ndi yokongola modabwitsa. Timatsatira mtsinje wodziwika bwino kubwerera ku udzu wobiriwira, womwe uli m'munsi mwa Oldonyo L'Engai. Usikuwo umakhala pamalo odziwika kwa aliyense.
Aliyense amadzuka atagona bwino usiku. Kutsanzikana mwachisoni kuli koyenera, ndipo aliyense akuyenera kutsazikana ndi ogwira ntchito m'misasa. Yakwana nthawi yonyamula zikwama zanu ndipo kwa nthawi yomaliza paulendowu, ndikukwera pabwalo la ndege, komwe ndege yobwerekedwa ikuyembekezera kutiulutsa kubwerera ku Arusha. Chakudya chamasana chidzaperekedwa pofika kumalo ogona, ndipo mvula idzakhalapo; komabe, ngati wina angafune kusungitsa chipinda chamasana asananyamuke, tidziwitseni pasadakhale.
Lero Ndilo Mapeto a Masiku 9 Anu a Nyanja ya Natron Horse Ride