ʻO ka huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo 4 × 4 Overland: ʻO Beaume Trans-ʻApelika huakaʻi kūleʻa i Lesotho

ʻO ka Overland 4 × 4 Tourism Expedition - kahi hui o 28 poʻe mākaʻikaʻi honua (i ʻike ʻia ʻo Beaume Africa Group) i komo i ke aupuni o Lesotho ma ʻApelila 18, 2017 ma o ka Sani Pass ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina o ka ʻāina, ma nā mauna ʻo Drankensberg.

ʻO ke ala e piʻi ai i Sani Pass kahi ala pali e uhi ʻia e ka hau a me ka hau i ka hoʻoilo, a he 9 km ka lōʻihi. Noho lākou ma ka Sani Mountain Lodge, ma Sani Top. ʻO Sani Top kahi kahua hoʻoilina o ka honua e kū nei ma 2,874 mau mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai, a kaena aku ʻo "The Highest Pub in Africa." Ua hele aku lākou i uka ma o nā ala mauna Lesotho meandering meandering meandering, i ke kaʻina e nānā ana i kona nani o nā awāwa nani, nā mauna, nā kahawai, a me ka ʻike i kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe. Ua hōʻea lākou i Semonkong (kahi uahi), kahi a lākou i noho ai ma ka Semonkong Lodge no ʻelua mau lā. ʻOiai ma laila, ua kipa lākou i ka Maletsunyane Fall, kahi wailele kiʻekiʻe 192-mika ma ka muliwai Maletsunyane, e hāʻule ana mai kahi ʻaoʻao o ka basalt Triassic-Jurassic, a launa pū me nā kaiāulu kūloko, e ʻike nei i ka nohona kuʻuna o ka poʻe Basotho. Ua haʻalele lākou iā Lesotho i ka Pōʻahā, ʻApelila 13, 2017, ma o ka Qacha's nek Gate, i ʻApelika Hema, e hui pū me ka Garden Route, i ko lākou ala i Cape Town.

Haʻaheo ʻo Lesotho iā ia iho ma kona mau mauna hanohano - ke kiʻekiʻena ma ʻApelika Hema, me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o kahi ʻāina kūlohelohe i kahakaha ʻia e nā muliwai e hele ana i ka wai, e kahe ana nā kahawai, a me nā kahawai maʻemaʻe. Eia kekahi, ma muli o ke aniau kiʻekiʻe, ʻike ʻia i ke anuanu a me ka hau, ʻaneʻane 9 mai nā mahina 12 o ka makahiki. He wahi kūpono ia no ka pīhoihoi a me ka mākaʻikaʻi haʻuki; i wahi no ka mea huakaʻi ʻike a me nā poʻe hoʻolaha maoli, a no ka poʻe i luhi i nā lā kalepa ʻoihana a ke ʻimi nei i nā hanana huakaʻi "get-away".

Hoʻonohonoho like ʻia kēia hanana e ka 4 × 4 World Explorer Sdn Bhd (Malaysia) a me ʻApelika Expedition (ʻApelika Hema), a he ʻimi mākaʻikaʻi ia mai nā ʻāina like ʻole, a he 60 mau lā o ke kalaiwa ʻana mai Durban, ʻApelika Hema, a i Lesotho, i Cape Town, a laila i Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, a me ka hopena hope loa o Mombasa, Kenya. ʻO kēia kime mākaʻikaʻi mākaukau i hele ma waena o Lesotho, ua komo, hoʻonohonoho, a alakaʻi i nā huakaʻi he nui i nā wahi like ʻole o ka honua. ʻO ka pahuhopu o kēia huakaʻi e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka maluhia, ke aloha maikaʻi, ka launa ʻana, a me ka launa ʻana o nā lāhui o Malaysia a me Lesotho. I ko lākou kipa ʻana i Lesotho, ua kipa lākou i nā hiʻona nui a me nā wahi o ka mākaʻikaʻi.