I-Kitulo National Park: Igadi kaThixo yaseTanzania kunye neSerengeti yeentyatyambo
Abahlali basekuhlaleni babiza iKitulo Plateau "Bustani ya Mungu" - Umyezo kaThixo, ngelixa iingcali ngezityalo ziye zayibiza ngokuba yi Serengeti yeentyatyambo, ineyona miboniso yeentyatyambo inomtsalane ehlabathini. Le paki ye-montane ikhethekileyo eTanzania yindawo emangalisayo yebhotani, eqhayisa ngayo Iintlobo ze-350 zezityalo ze-vascular, kubandakanya Ngama-45 eentyatyambo ezihlala emhlabeni, eziguqula ithafa libe sisidubedube sombala ngexesha lemvula ukusuka ngasekupheleni kukaNovemba ukuya kuAprili.
Ibekwe malunga 2,600 yeemitha (8,500 ft) Ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle, iKitulo Plateau ilele phakathi kweencopho ezimagqagala ze IKipengere, iPoroto, kunye neeNtaba zeLivingstone. Imihlaba yayo echumileyo yentaba-mlilo ixhasa owona mkhulu nobalulekileyo waseTanzania Indawo enengca yeMontane, nto leyo eyenza ibe yindawo yeentyatyambo zasendle, iintaka nezilwanyana ezincinane ezitya ingca. Imbonakalo-mhlaba ecocekileyo yale paki iyenze yaduma njengendawo yokuphela kwezityalo zendalo zase-Afrika kunye neyona ndawo iphambili yokhenketho lweentyatyambo.
Nangona i-Kitulo inqabile kumdlalo omkhulu, yiparadesi ababukeli beentaka kunye nabathandi bendalo. Eli thafa likhaya lezilwanyana ezinqabileyo nezisengozini yokuphela, kuquka i Umdlali weDenham, ukuginya blue, entabeni umhlolokazi, Njombe cisticola, kwaye i Kipengere seedeater. Ukongezelela, amabhabhathane, amalovane, amacikilishe namasele ahlala ekhona ongezelela kwizinto eziphilayo zale paki, nto leyo eyenza ibe yeyona ndawo ithandwayo yolondolozo neyokujonga izilwanyana zasendle.
I-Kitulo Plateau ikwasebenza njengendawo ebalulekileyo yokuphumla iintaka ezifudukela kwamanye amazwe. Iingwamza ezimhlophe zaseYurophu kunye nezinye iindidi ezivela eScandinavia naseNtshona Afrika zithi nqumama apha ngexesha lohambo lwazo oluphambili phakathi UMzantsi Afrika kunye noMntla Yurophu, ibalaselisa ukubaluleka kwale paki kwindalo iphela.
Ukufikelela eKitulo luhambo nje olulodwa. Iindwendwe zihamba ukusuka Idolophu yaseChimala ecaleni kohola wendlela iDar es Salaam–Mbeya ngaphambi kokunyuka kwithafa elibukekayo ngokusebenzisa i-57 ye-hairpin bends eyaziwa ekuhlaleni njenge “Hamsini na Saba” (Amashumi amahlanu anesixhenxe). Ikomkhulu lepaki yethutyana likulo Matamba, malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-50 kumazantsi eChimala.
Xa belapho, iindwendwe zinokonwaba vula i-safaris yokuhamba ngaphaya kweengca, intaka ibukele, yaye ukunyuka iinduli ibonelela ngembono yepanoramic ye Ichibi laseNyasa kwaye Matema Beach. Elona xesha lilungileyo lokungqina umboniso wentyatyambo yasendle liphakathi Disemba noAprili, Ngelixa NgoSeptemba ukuya kuNovemba inikeza iimeko zasehlotyeni ezimnandi. Ukususela ngoJuni ukuya ku-Agasti, inkungu ihlala ifihla ukubonakala, inciphisa amathuba okubona indawo.
Indawo yokuhlala iyafumaneka e Matamba kwaye chimala, ngokhetho olutofotofo ngakumbi kwi umasipala waseMbeya, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 ukusuka apho. Iindwendwe zicetyiswa ukuba zize 4 × 4 izithuthi kumhlaba wethafa elimagqagala.
Ngaphambi kokuba ibe yipaki yesizwe, iKitulo Plateau yayiyifama yemfuyo Iigusha ze-merino kunye neenkomo zaseYurophu, ebhalwe ngamagosa aseBritani ngeminyaka yee-1920. Imozulu epholileyo, nepholileyo iye yatsala abahlali kunye namalinge okhenketho amancinci, ibeka isiseko senqanaba layo langoku njengenkulumbuso. ipaki yezityalo kunye nendalo.
IKitulo National Park ayifani nayo nayiphi na enye indawo yaseAfrika. Inika amava okhenketho lweentyatyambo endaweni yesafari yendalo yasendle, yongeza umyinge omtsha kwipotfoliyo yezokhenketho yaseTanzania ecaleni kweepaki ezinomfanekiso onje. INgorongoro, iSerengeti, neKilimanjaro. Kunye nayo iintyatyambo zasendle ezimangalisayo, iiorchids ezinqabileyo, neentaka ezifudukayo, iKitulo imiselwe ukuba ibe yinkokeli yaseAfrika ulondolozo lwendalo kunye nendawo yokhenketho lwezityalo, ukutsala abakhenkethi abavela kwihlabathi liphela.
Fumanisa iKitulo National Park-Igadi kaThixo yaseTanzania, apho iintyatyambo zasendle, iintaka, kunye neendawo ezizolileyo zentaba zenza amava angenakulibaleka ngokwenene.