Jakob Horvat
Ndipo mwadzidzidzi mkango wamphamvu umadumphira m'thengo. Kwa masiku awiri, Lesh adawerenga maulendo kuchokera ku Land Rover Defender, adazindikira mayendedwe, adawafunafuna. Ndipo kenako amawonekera, kuwoloka njira yathu ndi diso lolunjika kenako nkuzimiririka. Pali mikango iwiri yokha ndi mkazi yemweyo amene amakhala m'dera loyandikira kuzungulira kampu ya "Xigera" pakati pa Okavango Delta. Ndi lingaliro lokopa mtima lomwe limayitana alendo ofuna kudziwa chidwi: Otsala, kuthengo, mukufuna kukasaka mkango wamphamvu pafupi. Koma wotitsogolera amachita chimodzimodzi ndi kuyimitsa injiniyo: "Timakhala patali, chifukwa sitikufuna kusokoneza mkango wamkati pakusaka kwawo." Amamva mitundu yosangalatsa ya mbalame ndi mitundu ina ya mafuta anyama, ngati kuti phokoso liziwuza china chake: "Kutali uko, kumanzere, timamva kuitana kwa agologolo," Lesh akufotokozera, pamene akuloza mtengo pafupi mita ya 100. "Ndipo pomwe pano, Red Bill Francolin amachenjeza amzake pamaso pa adani. Mkango wamkati uli pakati pomwe. ”Titafika pafupi, tinamupeza akugona komweko pamthunzi wa chitsamba.
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Ndikudziwitsani mozama za chilengedwe komanso kumva zachilengedwe mwanjira yofatsa yothanirana ndi iyo yomwe imapangitsa Lesh kukhala imodzi mwamaupangiri abwino kwambiri amderali. Kampani "Wilderness" ndi owalemba ntchito - ndi ya anthu ochulukirapo a 2.600 ku Botswana, Zambia, Namibia ndi mayiko ena sikisi a Sahara. Ndili ndi ma 61 Camps amodzi mwa opereka ma premium safaris omwe adagwira - ku Botswana zaka makumi atatu. Yemwe ndikulankhula naye pakufufuza kwanga - aboma, mabungwe oyendayenda, ogwira ntchito - "Wilderness" amatchedwa pankhani yoteteza zachilengedwe monga kampani yokopa anthu. Umboni woti nditha kumadzitsimikizira mobwerezabwereza. Mwachitsanzo, poyankhulana ndi Thsolo, 25 wazaka zakubadwa ndipo atsala pang'ono kumaliza maphunziro ake monga wotsogolera pa "Wilderness": "Ndinakulira munthawi yomwe zinali zovomerezeka kuwombera nyama zamtchire ku Botswana. Popeza ndimatha kuganiza kuti ndikufuna kuthandiza nyamazo kuti ziwayenderere. Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndikufuna kukhala wotsogolera wa maulendo ndikugwiritsa ntchito njira yanga yodziwitsira zokhudzana ndi chilengedwe. Ili ndi loto langa ndipo ndatsala pang'ono kuzikhalamo. "M'makambirana ambiri pano ndimatha kumva kudzipereka kwakukuru ku chitetezo cha zinyama ndi chilengedwe.
Chepetsani zisonkhezero za anthu
Mtsinje wa Okavango, wochokera ku Angola, ukasefukira mbali zambiri kumpoto kumapeto kwa nyengo yadzuwa, ndiye maziko a dera lina losiyana kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi: Okavango Delta. Ku Botswana ntchito zokopa alendo ndi njira yachiwiri yofunika kwambiri yopezera ndalama atatumiza daimondi. Ndizosadabwitsa kuti boma lilinso ndi chidwi ndi lingaliro la "ecotourism," makampani olimbikitsa ngati "chipululu," komanso kuwongolera mwamphamvu: "Nthawi zambiri kumakhala kuyesedwa kolimba, momwe boma limatsimikizira kuti tikwaniritsa zofunikira zonse zachilengedwe. Amawerengera kasamalidwe ka zinyalala komanso amayang'anira momwe timasungira chakudya. Palibe nyama zakutchire zomwe zikuyenera kupeza chakudya chomwe sichingakhalepo popanda icho, "akufotokoza a Richard Avilino, wowongolera ku Camp Vumbura Plains. Ngati mumadya apulo pa Land Rover, mumabwezeretsa burp - mitengo ya maapulo siobadwira ku Okavango Delta. Misasa imamangidwa pamiyala. Kutetezedwa ku nyama zamtchire, mbali imodzi. Komanso atamaliza kumaliza zaka 25 - ngati sichikonzedwanso - kubwezeretsanso dera lakwawo. Kukopa kulikonse kwamunthu kuyenera kupewedwa. Ecotourism paliponse pano. Koposa zonse, lingaliro lamtsogolo la dzikolo.
Ndi gulu lankhondo motsutsana ndi ozembetsa
Fungo lonunkhira la sage lili mlengalenga momwe tabwerera kuthengo ndi Land Rover. Mitengo ya Mopani imayima mozungulira malo, yopanda kanthu komanso yopatsa chidwi - njovu. Mopanis kale anali kugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zonamizira osaka - nyamazo zinawononga chilengedwe, chifukwa chake kukangana. Masiku ano, mphepo ina imawomba kununkhira kwa sage kudzera pang'onopang'ono. Masiku ano, Botswana ndi yosiyana m'njira zingapo. Dzikoli limatengedwa kuti ndi dziko labwino kwambiri ku demokalase ku Africa - sipanakhalepo nkhondo yapachiweniweni kapena nkhondo yankhondo. Botswana 1966 idatha kuthana ndi ulamulilo waku Britain. Ndiwonso dziko ku Africa komwe kusaka nyama zakuthengo koletsedwa kwathunthu - kokha mchaka cha Purezidenti wa 2013 Ian Khama adapereka lamulo lolingana. Chilango cha Draconia cha zaka makumi awiri zokhala m'ndende chimawopseza iwo omwe apha nyama yakuthengo. "Oba zigoba ena atawombera kamodzi, Gulu Lachitetezo la Botswana lidabwera ndi ma helikopita awo asirikali kuti adzawafunse," akutero a Eugene Luck, manejala wa Wilderness. "Boma la Botswana limatenga izi mopepuka."
"Ndondomeko yaulendo wotsika kwambiri pakuchepetsa zokopa alendo ndiwothandiza kwambiri pa lingaliro la ecotourism. Izi zimachepetsa kwambiri zoyipa pamagulu ndi chilengedwe. "
Kuteteza zachilengedwe ngati vuto lapamwamba
Map Ives ndi amodzi mwa ogwira nawo ntchito a Eugene, katswiri wapaulendo wakale ku Wilderness, yemwe amagwiranso ntchito limodzi ndi boma: "Ndondomeko ya 'low lowens Tourism' motsutsana ndi zokopa alendo ambiri ndi gawo lofunikira pa lingaliro la ecotourism ndi ife limodzi thandizo lalikulu. Mtunduwu umapangitsa kuti chiwerengero cha alendo chizikhala chotsika komanso mitengo yake usiku uliwonse. Izi zimachepetsa kwambiri zoyipazo pamagulu azikhalidwe ndi chilengedwe. "Kulankhula Zokhudza Kuthana: Zomwe zimaperekedwa kumisasa yapaulendo zimaperekedwa ndi boma pokambirana ndi anthu am'deralo - onse akuyenera kuvomereza kampu yatsopano ikapangidwa. Chifukwa cha izi amapindula ndi ntchito. Ndipo alendo omwe ali ndi chidwi ndi chikhalidwe chawo. Izi ndizofunikira m'dziko lomwe umphawi ndi wokulirapo kotero, ngakhale kuyesetsa konse, kuteteza zachilengedwe ndikadali nkhani yabwino kwa anthu ambiri.
"Njira zoyendera zasintha"
Monika Peball ali ndi kampani yoyendetsa mabungwe ku Zimbabwe ndi Botswana ndipo akuwona chidwi chochulukirachulukira cha alendo pa chikhalidwe ndi chilengedwe: "Kufunikira kwa ntchito zachilengedwe kukuchulukirachulukira. Anthu samangofunanso ulendo, koma kutenga nawo mbali m'misasa yokhazikika, kumapangitsa kuzindikira zikhalidwe ndi zovuta zamderalo. Ambiri amafunanso kuchita nawo ntchito monga Kuteteza Agalu a Kuthengo. Njira zoyendayenda zangosintha pano. "
Agalu Amtchire, mtundu womwe sindinamvepo ndisanapite ku Botswana. Chitetezo chawo ndi nkhani yayikulu ku Okavango Delta. Makopi a 1.200 okha ndi omwe adalipo, monga momwe akuwongolera athu Lesh akufotokozera. Tinali ndi mwayi kuti titha kuwona ena. "Alendo nthawi zambiri sadziwa kufunikira koteteza chilengedwe pano. Koma amaphunzira pomwe ali ndi ife. Timapanga kuzindikira ndipo pamapeto pake, amachiona kuti ndi chamtengo wapatali monga momwe timachitira, "Lesh akunena za zomwe adakumana nazo ndi alendo. Ndi alendo onga ine. Kuyendera dziko lomwe lili ndi zochulukirapo zachilengedwe komanso zachilengedwe kotero kuti mumvetsetsa zomwe zachitika patangodutsa masiku ochepa. Koma chinthu chimodzi chinali chodziwika kale kwa ine pambuyo pa maola oyamba ku Land Rover: Popanda ecotourism, chowoneka mwachilengedwechi sichikhala motalika chotere.
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