ʻO nā poʻo huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi nani no ka piko o ʻApelika

Kaulana nui ʻia ʻo Pride of Africa, haʻalele ke kaʻaahi huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Rovos Rail i ke kūlanakauhale kālepa ʻo Tanzania ʻo Dar es Salaam a hōʻea i Cape Town i ke awakea o ka lā Poalua, e hele ana ma waena o nā laina kupaianaha ʻo Tanzania a me Zambia i Cape Town ma ka wēlau o ka ʻāina ʻApelika.

ʻO ke kaʻaahi, Pride o ʻApelika, haʻalele i ke kapikala ʻo Tanzania ma 12 pm, e holo ana i Cape Town, e ʻoki ana ma Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, a me Botswana ma mua o ka hoʻopā ʻana iā ʻApelika Hema.

Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Dar es Salaam, ua hala ke kaʻaahi ma o Selous Game Reserve, kahi park wildlife a wildlife wildlife nui loa ma ʻApelika e uhi ana i kahi ʻāina he 55,000 mau kilomita.

No kekahi mau hola, hiki i nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma luna o ke kaʻaahi ke ʻike i nā holoholona hihiu ma o kahi mākaʻi i hana ʻia i ke aniani i hoʻolālā ʻia no ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e neʻe ana ke kaʻaahi.

ʻO Udzungwa Ranges a me ke Awāwa ʻo Great Rift Valley ʻApelika nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi ʻē aʻe e huki ana i nā mea kaʻaahi e lawe i nā manaʻo. Hele ke kaʻaahi ma luna o Chisimba Falls ma Zambia kahi e loaʻa ai i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ka manawa e ʻike ai i ka hāʻule ʻana o nā kiʻi.

I ka hōʻea ʻana i Livingstone, holo ke kaʻaahi i ke alahaka a hōʻea i ka palena ʻo Zimbabwean no kahi kipa nui ma ka Victoria Falls launa ʻole me ka holo ʻana o ka napoʻo o ka lā ma ka muliwai ʻo Zambezi a me kahi safari huakaʻi mai ke kapa muliwai a ka hōkele.

ʻO ka manawa leʻaleʻa ma Victoria Falls e pili ana i nā hana e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā wailele nui, kahi helikopter ma luna o nā wailele, kahi safari hoʻi o nā ʻelepani, kahi hele wāwae me nā liona, ka hoʻouka wai keʻokeʻo, ka lele ʻana o bungee, a me ke kolepa.

ʻO ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma luna o ke kaʻaahi, ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Victoria Falls, loaʻa iā lākou kahi manawa e kipa aku ai iā Hwange National Park ma mua o ka hele ʻana i Bulawayo, ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻelua ma Zimbabwe.

Ma Botswana, hele ke kaʻaahi ma ka hema ma o Francistown a me Serule, hele i ke Tropic o Capricorn a hoʻomau ma o Mahalapye a Gaborone kahi i iho ai nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Madikwe Reserve me kahi noho 2-pō ma kahi hale hoʻomaha. ʻO kahi pāʻani pāʻani kakahiaka kakahiaka, ka pāʻani pāʻani ahiahi, a me nā hana malihini kipa e hōʻailona i ka lā no nā mākaʻikaʻi Rovos Rail.

Mai ka Madikwe Reserve a me Magaliesberg Mountains, hele ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i kahi pāʻani kakahiaka kakahiaka ma mua o ka lele hou ʻana o ke kaʻaahi, e hele ana ma nā mauna ʻo Magaliesberg, kahi pae o nā puʻu haʻahaʻa e hoʻonui ʻia 120 mau mile hikina-komohana mai Pretoria a Rustenberg ma ʻApelika Hema.

ʻO Kimberley Big Hole a me ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Diamond Mine kahi kahua mākaʻikaʻi i hana ʻia e ke kanaka a nā mākaʻikaʻi ma luna o ke kaʻaahi Rovos Rail i kū ai no kahi kipa. Mai Kimberly, hele ke kaʻaahi i Beaufort West a laila ʻo Matjiesfontein, kahi kauhale kuʻuna e pono ke huakaʻi huakaʻi.

Ua haʻalele ke kaʻaahi no Cape Town ma o Touws River a me Worcester no kāna kū hope loa ma hope o ka ʻoki ʻana i ka hapalua o ka ʻāina ʻApelika ma 15 epic epic, huakaʻi huina waina o ka hapalua o ka ʻāpana ʻApelika e hoʻokō i ka "Dream of Cecil Rhodes" - kahi alahao mai ke Cape a hiki i Kairo.

Ke ukali nei ke kaʻaahi kaʻaahi Rovos Rail ma ke alahele o Cecil Rhodes mai Cape, e hele ana ma waena o ʻApelika Hema a hiki iā Dar es Salaam a hoʻokuʻi i kāna poʻe ohua i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ʻApelika ma o nā pūnaewele kaʻaahi ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika Hikina.

ʻO ka ʻelemakule, ʻo Edwardian Rovos Rail kaʻa kaʻa e kaʻa me 21 mau kaʻi lāʻau me ka hiki ke hoʻokipa i 72 mau ohua. He ʻelemakule nā ​​kumu aʻo lāʻau kahiko ma waena o 70 a 100 mau makahiki, a ua hoʻolako ʻia i loko o nā kaʻa kau pono.

Na Rovos Rail Company, ka huakaʻi kaʻaahi i hana i kāna huakaʻi mua i Dar es Salaam i Iulai 1993 e hoʻopau i ka moemoeā o Cecil Rhodes o ke kau ʻana i kahi laina kaʻaahi mai Cape Town ma ʻApelika Hema a Cairo i ʻAigupita, e haki ana ma ka ʻāina ʻApelika mai ka kihi hema loa a i ka welau ʻākau o kēia ʻāina.

Ke nānā nei i mua i ka ʻAhahui Huakaʻi Huakaʻi ʻApelika e hiki mai ana (ATA) ʻO ka hālāwai kūkā kipa honua ma Rwanda ma hope o kēia mahina aʻe, ʻo Rovos Rail kahi hale mākaʻikaʻi hou e hiki mai ana e pili ana i ka ʻāina ʻApelika ma o nā ala hao. Kū ʻo Rovos Rail ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui i ka ulu mākaʻikaʻi ʻApelika.

I ka laulima ʻana me ka Papa Hoʻolālā ʻo Rwanda, ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka 41st ATA Congress e hoʻonohonoho i ke kani no ka pehea e hiki ai i ka mākaʻikaʻi ke hoʻohana ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻenekini no ka ulu waiwai a me ka hana ʻana ma o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana hou, nā ʻenehana hou, a me nā launa kūkahe.

Ma mua o nā mokulele e hōʻike ʻia i ka manawa o ka ATA Congress, ʻo Rovos Rail kahi hoa mākaʻikaʻi hou ʻē aʻe e kūkā kūkākūkā ʻia i ka wā o ka ʻAhaʻōlelo, i manaʻo ʻia e hāpai i ka waihona mākaʻikaʻi ʻApelika a puni ka honua.