Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking
“Intaba kaThixo”
Igama elithi "Oldoinyo Lengai" lithetha "Intaba kaThixo" ngolwimi lwesiMaasai. Ingqungquthela yale nto strato-volcano imalunga neemitha ezingama-2962 ngaphezu komphakamo wolwandle kwaye inika iimbono ezithe ngqo kwindawo ekukuphela kwayo intaba-mlilo yaseTanzania eqinisekisiweyo ngokusesikweni, kunye nentaba-mlilo yecarbonatite ekukuphela kwayo ehlabathini; Iirekhodi zogqabhuko-dubulo zigciniwe ukusukela ngo-1883, eyona inkulu yabeka uthuthu kumgama oziikhilomitha ezili-100 eLoliondo kumda waseKenya ukuya kumntla-ntshona, iOldoinyo Lengai Trekking yenye yamava angcono kakhulu.
Imi kumantla eTanzania elele emazantsi eLake Natron kwiRift Valley, embindini welizwe lamaMaasai, kwaye ekuhlaleni ithathwa njengentaba engcwele. Xa ujonge emantla ukwincopho yayo yentaba-mlilo, iinduli ezitshisayo ezinetyuwa ekwiLake Natron zinabela kude. Emazantsi wolula iCrater Highlands kunye ne INdawo yezilwanyana yaseNgorongoro. I-horizons esempuma ilawulwa yi-Kilimanjaro kwaye ukuya ngasentshona, i-escarpments yamahlathi kunye neenduli ziquka amathambeka asentshona eRift Valley. Rhoqo kwiminyaka esixhenxe iLengai iyagqabhuka kwaye kuqhume umsi ophuma kulo mngxuma.
Uyakwazi ukuhamba ngaphaya komgangatho we-crater. Ukunyuka kwe-Oldoinyo Lengai kufuna ngenxa yobushushu bemini, ukungabikho kwamanzi, amathambeka aphakamileyo kunye angafanelekanga othuthu kunye namatye aqhekezayo, kunye nokuphakama okukhulu. Ngokuqhelekileyo unokuqalisa ukunyukela encotsheni kwangentseni uze ufike encotsheni ekuphumeni kwelanga. Ibhatyi emfutshane kunye nefudumeleyo zifanelekile ukunyuka, kunye neebhulukhwe ezinde zilungile njengoko ingqungquthela ngaphambi kokusa ingabanda. Indlela yokungena esuka kuMntla Ntshona ivumela ukuhla kwangethuba ukusuka encotsheni kwithunzi lakusasa.
Ukuma kwi-2,878 yeemitha ngaphezu kwe-Soda Ash Lake Natron, iNtaba kaTHIXO idume kuluntu lwamaMaasai oluhlala kule ndawo, iNtaba i-Ol'doinyo Lengai ikwiintaba zeNgorongoro kunye ne-African Rift Valley malunga neekhilomitha ezili-120 kuMntla-ntshona we-Arusha, eTanzania. .
Ukususela kwiminyanya edlulileyo, iHolly Lengai isetyenziswe ngamaMasai ngomthandazo wabo kuThixo owaziwa ngokuba nguNGAI. I-Ol'doinyo Lengai kuphela kwentaba-mlilo eqhumayo ehlabathini edubula i-nitrocarbonatite lava epholileyo kunezinye iilava malunga (510 degrees C) xa kuthelekiswa namaqondo obushushu e-basaltic lavas (1,100 degrees C) enesilicon encinane.
INtaba ihlala igqabhuka kancinci kwaye yenze izakhiwo ezifana nekhowuni kwisiseko sayo secrater.
Ngelixa encotsheni yeNtaba ye-Ol'doinyo Lengai, umntu unokucacisa ngokucacileyo i-Soda Lake Natron ehlala kwaye iqulathe iindawo zokuhlala ezintle kwiintlobo zeentaka zeentaka ngokukodwa iiFlamingos, i-pelicans, kunye namarhanisi ngaphezu kwe-350 iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ezirekhodiweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku.
Ngokungafaniyo nezinye iiNtaba ezimbini eziphakamileyo, iLengai ithatha malunga neeyure ezintandathu ukuya kwezisixhenxe ukuya kwi-summit crater. Kwakhona, iNtaba yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokukhapha abakhenkethi baseMaasai abanezixhobo zesafari abakhenkethi banokubona izilwanyana zasendle ezifana nemfene yomnquma, ivelvet, icilikishe, iingcuka, ingonyama, ingwe, udyakalashe, ibhadi likaGrant, impala, neqwarhashe.
Emva kwe-Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking kukho i-BOMAS ekufutshane yaseMaasai ekunika ithuba lokusebenzisana nabantu bomthonyama bafunde iinkcubeko zabo, izithethe kunye nezithethe zabo.
Ukunyuka kulungiselelwe phakathi kobusuku ukuya encotsheni ekuphumeni kwelanga. Nangona indlela inzima ngenxa yobushushu (40°C) kwaye abakhweli bayacetyiswa ukuba balumke kakhulu, iimbono ezisuka kwiNtaba yeLengai ziyothusa. Kumantla eChibi iNatron kuyabonakala, kwintshona yeNtlambo enguMwonyo eMkhulu, yaye inxalenye esempuma inikela iimbono ezintle zeNtaba iKilimanjaro.