Ke kipa ʻana iā ʻApelika Hema no ke aha e huakaʻi ʻole ai i nā Panalāʻau ʻĀkau?

No nā ʻohana he nui, ʻo ka Kruger National Park kahi huakaʻi e ʻike ai i hoʻokahi manawa. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, uaʻike ka paka ma mua o 250 000 mau malihini kipa ma kona mau puka i ka wāʻahaʻaina hope loa. No ka poʻe kamaʻāina, aia kēia ʻāpana like ʻole - e laha ana ma Limpopo a me Mpumalanga - aia ma ko mākou puka a he wahi hoʻomaha kula kūpono.

ʻO ka paka ka home o nā haneli o nā ʻano mammals, nā mea kolo, nā amphibians, a me nā manu. ʻO ka paka ponoʻī, a me kahi e kū ai, he waiwai nui i ka mōʻaukala. ʻO Kruger ka lua o ka paka aupuni kahiko loa ma ʻApelika Hema.

Aia nā hōʻike i ka hele ʻana o nā kānaka mua ma ia wahi a hiki i 500 000 makahiki aku nei, a ua ʻike ʻia nā mea moʻomeheu mai 100 000 a 30 000 mau makahiki i hala. Nui nā wahi hoʻoilina moʻomeheu i loko o ka paka, ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 mau kahua kiʻi pōhaku a me nā ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻano o nā mea ʻānai.

ʻO ia ʻo Pelekikena Paul Kruger, he poʻokela kālaiʻāina i ke kenekulia 19 o ʻApelika Hema, nāna i hōʻuluʻulu i kahi wahi i mālama ʻia no nā holoholona hihiu. Ua hoʻolaha mua ʻia ka paka i ka makahiki 1898 ʻo ia ʻo Sabie Game Reserve, a ʻo ia wale nō i ka makahiki 1926, i ka wā i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ka National Parks Act a hoʻohui ʻia ʻo Sabie a me Shingwedzi Game Reserves, a lilo ia i Kruger National Park. I ka makahiki 1927, komo nā kaʻa kaʻa mua i ka paka no ka uku komo o hoʻokahi Paona (ma luna o R18 i kēia lā)

Hiki i ka poʻe kipa i ka paka ke aʻo e pili ana i kēia mau mea a me nā mea āpau ma waena, ʻoiai e nānā ana i ka The Big Five, a me nā mea hou aku. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā panalāʻau ʻākau-hikina o ʻApelika Hema ma mua o ka kipa ʻana iā Kruger.

"He nui nā mea e hāʻawi aku ai kēia ʻāpana like ʻole o ka ʻāina, no laila pono e hana i kekahi mau wahi hou aku i kahi huakaʻi alanui a i ʻole hele i kahi lā oiai ʻoe e noho ana ma ia wahi - inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka manawa e hana ai," wahi a Avukile Mabombo, Luna Hoʻokele Hui Pūʻulu, Marriott International Regional Office, Cape Town.

"He nui ko mākou ʻohana e kipa ana i ka Hotel Protea e Marriott® Kruger Gate, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā hoʻomaha kula. A ʻoiai he nui nā mea e ʻike ai i loko o ka paka, he nui me nā holoholona hihiu a me nā hiʻohiʻona nani, ʻōlelo mau mākou e lawe i ka manawa e makaʻala i nā wahi a puni.

He ʻelua hola a me ka hapalua wale nō ka mamao ma ka kaʻa ʻo Mapumbugwe National Park. ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi e pili ana iā Kruger, ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia e like me ka nui o kekahi mau ʻāina liʻiliʻi, ua piha kēia World Heritage Site i ka mōʻaukala a me nā mea hoihoi.

Wahi a Mabombo, "ʻO ka mea kūikawā e pili ana i ka kipa ʻana i kēia paka, ʻo ia ka mea e ʻike ai i ka hui ʻana o nā muliwai Shashe a me Limpopo kahi e hui ai ʻo ʻApelika Hema, Botswana a me Zimbabwe. ʻAʻole pinepine ʻoe e ʻike i ʻekolu mau ʻāina mai kahi ʻike.

He mea kūpono hoʻi ka lawe ʻana i kekahi o nā mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilina o ka paka i kou kipa ʻana e aʻo e pili ana i ka poʻe Mapungubwe, nā holoholona e holoholo nei i kēia ʻāina, nā ʻano pōhaku kupaianaha e ʻike ʻia ma laila, a me nā mea hou aku.

Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola wale nō mai Kruger, ma ka ʻaoʻao Mpumalanga, e ʻike ʻoe i ke kūlanakauhale ʻano o Pilgrim's Rest. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale holoʻokoʻa he monument aupuni aupuni, he 'hoʻomanaʻo ola no nā lā wikiwiki gula mua' i ka hopena o nā makahiki 1800 a me nā makahiki 1900. ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i kēia kauhale mōʻaukala e like me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i ka wā kahiko, ʻaʻole i pau ke kipa ʻole ʻana i kona mau hale hōʻikeʻike a me nā wahi mōʻaukala: ka hale hōʻikeʻike hale, ka hale paʻi paʻi, a me ka hoʻomanaʻo kaua, ʻo ia ka inoa o kekahi.

Ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola a me ka hapa mai Kruger Park, a i ʻole ma lalo o ʻelua mau hola mai ka Pilgrim's Rest, ʻo Kaapsehoop (a ʻo Kaapschehoop) - he 'kūlanakauhale moʻolelo me ka mōʻaukala waiwai a me ka monumental' - aia ma kahi kokoke i Nelspruit ma Mpumalanga. ʻO kēia kūlanakauhale mining mōʻaukala kahi home o nā ala hele wāwae nani a me nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha, no kona wahi ma ka lihi o ka escarpment Drakensberg. ʻO ka manaʻo hoʻokalakupua o kēia wahi e hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia i kona kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe, ke kumu i uhi pinepine ʻia ai ke kūlanakauhale i ka noe. E makaʻala i nā lio hihiu, nā mamo a ka poʻe i waiho ʻia e nā pūʻali koa Pelekania i ka wā o ke Kaua ʻApelika Hema i nā makahiki mua o ke kenekulia 20.

ʻO Barberton ma kahi kokoke (ma kahi o 50km, a i ʻole hoʻokahi hola, mai Kaapsehoop) pono hoʻi e hoʻomaha, no 'kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ma ʻApelika'. Inā ʻoe ma ia wahi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hahai i ke Alanui Panorama o Mpumalanga mai Nelspruit, e lawe ana i ka Window o ke Akua, ka wailele ʻo Lisbon, ka wailele ʻo Berlin, ka Pinnacle, Bourke's Luck Potholes, a me Blyde River Canyon.

A i ʻole, inā koi ʻia ʻoe no ka manawa, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i ka ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ke ala i kapa ʻia ʻo Long Tom Route e uhi ana i ka Long Tom Pass, Lydenburg a me Pilgrim's Rest, a me kekahi o nā kahua kaua o ka Anglo-Boer. Kaua. Ma kahi lā mālie, pono e hele i kēia mau wahi i ʻike ʻia no kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ma ʻApelika Hema.

No laila, ke hōʻailona ʻoe i kēlā mea-papa inoa - he huakaʻi i ka honua kaulana ʻo Kruger National Park - e ʻike pono ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka manawa e huakaʻi nui ai i kēia wahi hoihoi o ʻApelika Hema.