I koʻu kipa ʻana aku nei i Namibia, kahi ʻāina a mākou i huakaʻi nui ai i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike au i kekahi mau loli hoihoi a pili i koʻu manaʻo e pono iaʻu e kūkākūkā ma kahi ʻaha kūkā.
Ua kipa mākou i ka ʻāina mai ʻApelila 2025 a i ka waena o Mei 2025, he manawa ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono pule, a ma ia manawa mākou i kipa aku ai i kekahi o nā wahi mamao loa. He mea hauʻoli ka ʻike ʻana i ka ʻāina ma hope o ka ua, a me ka ʻike pū ʻana i ka pōʻino i loaʻa mai.
Ua komo mākou i ka ʻāina ma o Vioolsdrift a hauʻoli mākou i hoʻokahi pule ma ka ʻaoʻao hema, kahi i kahe ai nā kahawai me ka ʻole o ka ʻōlelo ʻana, ʻoiai ua loaʻa iā mākou ka ua nui ma ia wahi. He mea leʻaleʻa i ka ʻike.
Aia kekahi mau pilikia aʻu e makemake ai e kamaʻilio
1. He kiʻekiʻe loa nā kumukūʻai hoʻomoana ma Namibia. ʻO ka uku ʻana iā N$230 (US$12.79) a i ka N$300 (US$16.72) i kēlā me kēia kanaka no ka hoʻomoana ke koi nei i nā palena.
Ua loaʻa iā mākou kekahi mau kahua hoʻomoana ma waena o N$150 (US$8.33) a i ka N$180 (US$10.00), a mākou i manaʻo ai he kumu kūʻai kūpono, a i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i ka maikaʻi o kēia mau wahi me nā kahua hoʻomoana i ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi, ʻaʻole nui ka ʻokoʻa.
No ka ʻApelika Hema, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke uku i kēia mau kumukūʻai hoʻomoana, a i ka wā e hele ai i nā pule he nui, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai o ke kahua hoʻomoana no mākou e hiki ke loaʻa. Hoʻohālikelike kēia i ka ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai diesel ma mua o kā mākou i ʻike ai ma ʻApelika Hema, ʻoi aku ma Cape Town. Ke lilo nei ka Diesel ma Namibia i ke kumu kūʻai nui loa.
2. Ua komo mākou i ka Khaudum mai ka ʻĀkau no kahi huakaʻi 2 lā. Pono mākou e uku i nā uku komo i kēlā me kēia lā no mākou a me nā kaʻa ʻelua.
I ka hōʻea ʻana i kahi kahua hoʻomoana o Khaudum Lodge, ua uku mākou i hoʻokahi pō a me nā uku no ka pō no nā kaʻa ʻelua. Ua hāpai ʻia ka manaʻo ua uku mua mākou, a ua wehewehe ʻia mākou e uku i kēia mau uku no ka hale hoʻokipa no ka mea nona ia.
He mea hopohopo kēia no ka mea ua pono mākou e uku pālua no ke kaʻa no ka lā a me ka pō no nā kaʻa ʻelua. Hiki iā mākou ke uku i ke kālā, a no ka mea he N$100 wale nō kā mākou mau palapala a ʻo ke kumukūʻai no ka hoʻomoana ʻana he N$434, ʻaʻohe loli o ka luna.
Ke noʻonoʻo nei aia kahi hale kiaʻi kelepona ma hope o ke kahua hoʻomoana, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu e hiki ʻole ai ke uku ma ke kāleka.
Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻopuka kālā, ua ʻaʻahu ka luna i kahi pālule kahiko me nā lua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i nā mea nona ka Lodge ke hāʻawi aku i ke kanaka i ke kāʻei lole kūpono a me ka lana e kōkua i ka poʻe huakaʻi.
He maikaʻi ke kahua hoʻomoana, me ka nānā pono ʻana i kēlā wahi, a ua mālama maikaʻi ʻia nā mea hana, e hoʻoponopono ana i nā pono o nā mea hoʻomoana.
3. Ua ʻike mākou i kekahi mau holoholona ma ka Khaudum, akā ua haʻi ʻia mai iā mākou no ka ua, ʻaʻole kipa mau ʻia nā lua wai i kēia manawa o ka makahiki. ʻO ka mea i hopohopo iā mākou, ʻo ka lele ʻana o nā holoholona i ka ʻike ʻana mai iā mākou.
Aia kekahi ʻelepani ma ka luawai, a i ko mākou hiki ʻana aku, holo ʻo ia mai o mākou aku i loko o ka nahele. Ua ʻike ʻia kēia me nā holoholona āpau a mākou i hālāwai ai. Hōʻike kēia i ka hahai nui ʻia o kēia mau holoholona, a i ʻai ʻia paha.
4. Loaʻa iā mākou ka manaʻo e hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomoana ma nā kahua hoʻomoana i koho ʻia a i ʻole hoʻomoana ma nā wahi āpau o ka paka. ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ʻia kahi alakaʻi aʻoaʻo ma kahi e hoʻomoana ai, ma nā kahua hoʻomoana kūhelu a i ʻole ma kahi o ka paka no ka noho ʻana he 2 lā.
5. Ma kahi kokoke i ke kahua hoomoana o Sikereti, aia kekahi wahi i ikeia ua hele na kaa kaumaha. I ka nānā ʻana i kahi kikoʻī ma ka hema o ka lua wai, ua wehe ʻia kahi ʻāpana o nā kumulāʻau.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hana maoli kēia, no ka mea, ʻike ʻoe i ka laina nahele ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o kēia wahi. Me he mea lā ua ʻohi ʻia ka lāʻau ma kēia wahi o ka paka aupuni. Ma waho aʻe o ka hahai holoholona, ʻike ʻia ke hoʻopau ʻia nā ululāʻau pāʻoihana. Ua ʻike anei nā mana e pili ana i ia mea, a he aha nā hana e hana ʻia e pale ai i kēia?
6. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ke koi no ʻelua a ʻoi aku paha nā kaʻa i ke komo ʻana i ka paka. Ke kaʻa ʻana mai ka ʻaoʻao Rundu (North) o ka paka, ua maopopo loa kēia i ka wā i hālāwai ai mākou i nā kūlana alanui e hiki ai i loko a i loko o ka paka - he wahi wao nahele maoli. He wahi hoihoi keia o ka aina.
7. Ua kipa mākou i ka Naukluft National Park a kūʻai i kā mākou palapala ʻae ma Walvis Bay. Eia hou, ua ʻike mākou i ka palaho no ka loaʻa ʻole o ke kālā kūpono.
I kēia manawa, ua nalowale mākou i ka N$10 wale nō, no ka mea, ʻo kā mākou koena moʻokāki he N$690 a he N$100 wale nō kā mākou memo. He pipiʻi kēia, no ka mea, hiki mai ia ma kahi o N$115 i kēlā me kēia kanaka i kēlā me kēia pō ma kahi wahi ʻole. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole makemake mākou i nā hale hana ma laila, akā pono e helu ʻia ka uku.
Ua maikaʻi maikaʻi ʻole kekahi o nā alanui ma kekahi mau wahi, akā e like me ka mea maʻamau, ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe. Aia ma nā wahi a pau nā leka "ʻAʻole kaʻa ma waho o ke alanui" akā i ko mākou hōʻea ʻana i ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka paka, e hoʻokele kokoke ana i ke Kuiseb, hālāwai mākou i nā kauhale liʻiliʻi me kā lākou mau kao a me nā hipa i loko o ka paka e hana hou ana i nā alanui ma kahi a lākou e noho nei me ka nānā ʻole i nā hōʻailona o "ʻAʻole hoʻokele alanui".
No ke aha e pono ai iaʻu ke uku no ka palapala ʻae e kipa aku i kēia paka e ʻike i ka poʻe e noho ana ma laila me ka ʻole o ka ʻae, kaʻa kaʻa i nā wahi a lākou e makemake ai, a me kā lākou mau holoholona holoholona e holoholo ana ma ia wahi?
Ua piʻi ka heluna kanaka i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, a ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā lua lua no kēia poʻe i loko o nā palena o kahi paka aupuni! Uku au no ka mehameha wale no ka ike ana he nui na kanaka e noho ana, me na holoholona holoholona.
8. ʻO kekahi mea e hopohopo nei ʻo ia ka hana eli ma ka Pāka National Naukluft. Ma Bloedkoppie, hiki iā mākou ke lohe i ka hana eli ma ia wahi, a ke ʻimi nei hoʻi lākou ma kahi mamao loa mai nā kahua hoʻomoana.
Hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kēia mau haʻawina, ʻekolu o lākou, mai Bloedkoppie. Aia kekahi alanui hou i kēia mau hoʻomaʻamaʻa, ʻaʻole i laila i 2 mau makahiki aku nei i ko mākou kipa hope ʻana i kēia wahi kūikawā (e hoʻomanaʻo i nā hōʻailona "No off-road driving").
9. He mea hoʻohaʻahaʻa nō hoʻi ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole e hoʻihoʻi hou nā hui e manaʻo nei a me kaʻu ma ka Naukluft Park i ka wā i pau ai. Ua waiho ʻia ka lepo i lawe ʻia i loko o nā puʻu ma hope o ka ʻeli ʻana. ʻO nā hale i kūkulu ʻia, ʻaʻohe puka, puka makani, hale, a pēlā aku; ʻo nā pā pōhaku wale nō i koe. He hoʻomanaʻo koʻikoʻi kēia i nā hana a ke kanaka.
10. Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana me kekahi o nā limahana o ka paka Naukluft, ke nīnau nei mākou no ke aha i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai nā holoholona hihiu. Ua ʻōlelo lākou aia ka poaching ma ke ʻano nui. Ua hala ka Oryx, giraffe, a me springbok. Ma muli paha o ka ua, akā ʻaʻole mākou i hālāwai me kekahi holoholona koe wale nō kekahi mau puna puna ma ka ʻaoʻao hema o ka paka.
11. Ua poino na alanui iliili ma Namibia ma muli o ka ua, a ua ike makou ma na wahi apau i ka holomua a i ole ua pau ka hana ana. Maikaʻi, e ka mana alanui Namibia, no ka hoʻoponopono wikiwiki ʻana a me ka helu ʻana i kēia mau alanui ʻiliʻili.
ʻO nā mea i luna aʻe kekahi o nā hopohopo koʻikoʻi i loaʻa iā mākou i ka wā e hele ana i ka ʻāina.
Nā mea maikaʻi e pili ana i kā mākou huakaʻi alanui Namibia
Ua halawai makou me na kanaka hookahi o Kaokoland a hoomoana iho la ma ka hale ma ka puu. He aha ka ʻike. Ua heluhelu au i kekahi mau manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole ma ka pūnaewele e pili ana i kēia mau kiʻi kiʻi, aʻu i ʻike ai he kumu ʻole a hana ʻia e ka poʻe ʻaʻohe mea maikaʻi e ʻōlelo ai a e ʻimi wale nei. He mea leʻaleʻa kēia mau kiʻi kiʻi a me kā lākou huli ʻana i hea a ua hoʻonoho iā Kaokoland ma ka palapala honua ma ke ʻano he wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoihoi.
Mahalo iā Gysbert Verwey
