UJakob Horvat
Kwaye ngequbuliso ingonyamakazi iphuma etyholweni. Kwiintsuku ezimbini, uLesh wafunda iindlela kwi-Land Rover Defender evulekileyo, wabhaqa umkhondo, wabafuna. Kwaye emva koko uyabonakala, uwele indlela yethu ngamehlo athe ngqo aze anyamalale abuyele kwiqula. Zimbini kuphela iingonyama kunye nebhinqa elifanayo elihlala kwindawo ekufutshane nenkampu ye-safari "Xigera" embindini we-Okavango Delta. Yimpembelelo ye-voyeuristic ebiza abakhenkethi abanomdla: Izinyanya, etyholweni, ufuna ukuva ukuzingela kwengonyamakazi kufutshane. Kodwa umkhokeli wethu wenza okuchasene noko kwaye acime i-injini: "Sihlala kude, kuba asifuni kuphazamisa ingonyamakazi ekuzingeleni kwabo." Umamela iindidi ezinomtsalane zeentaka kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezingaxhamliyo ezilwanyana, ngokungathi le ngxolo iya kuthetha into: "Ngaphaya, ngasekhohlo, siva umnxeba we-squirrel," ucacisa uLesh, njengoko ekhomba umthi malunga neemitha ze-100. "Kwaye apha, iRed Bill ebomvu uFrancolin ulumkisa izilwanyana eziziphambi kwakhe ixhoba. Ingonyamakazi ilungile embindini. ”Njengoko sisondela, samfumana elele kanye apho esithunzini somthi.
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Olu lwazi olunzulu lobume bendalo kunye novakalelo lwendlela ethambileyo yokujongana nayo eyenza iLesh yenye yezona zikhokelo zehambo zilungileyo kulo mmandla. Inkampani "Yasendle" ngumqeshi wayo - kunye nangakumbi yabantu be-2.600 eBotswana, eZambia, Namibia nakwamanye amazwe amathandathu akumazantsi eSahara. NgeeNkampu ze61 omnye wababoneleli abakhulu kwi-premium safaris owakhe wasebenza eBotswana iminyaka engamashumi amathathu. Ngubani endithetha naye ngexesha lophando lwam - urhulumente, iiarhente zokundwendwela, abaqeshwa - "Ubunzulu benkcubeko" ibizwa ngokubhekisele kukhuseleko lwendalo njengenkampani yeflegi. Isibhengezo sokuba ndiyakwazi ukuzenza ndiziphindaphinde. Umzekelo, kwincoko noTsolo, 25 wayeneminyaka emalunga nelokugqiba ukugqiba kwakhe njengesikhokelo sendlela e "Wilderness": "Ndikhule ngexesha apho kwakungekho semthethweni ukudubula izilwanyana zasendle eBotswana. Kuba ndinokucinga ukuba ndifuna ukunceda izilwanyana ukuba zizenzele into elungileyo. Kungenxa yeso sizathu endifuna ukuba sisikhokelo se-safari kwaye ndisebenzise ukwazi kwam indlela yokuphakamisa ukuqonda malunga nendlela yokujongana nendalo. Lilo eli iphupha lam kwaye ndiza kuphila ngalo. ”Kwiingxoxo ezininzi apha ndiyaziva lezibophelelo ezinzulu kukhuseleko lwezilwanyana kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Cutha iimpembelelo zabantu
Xa umlambo i-Okavango, uvela eAngola, uzalisa izikhukula zommandla omkhulu ekupheleni kwexesha elomileyo, wenza isiseko somnye weyona mimandla iphambili yehlabathi: iOkavango Delta. E-Botswana ukhenketho ngowona mthombo wesibini ubalulekileyo wokufumana ingeniso emva kokuthunyelwa kwidayimani. Akumangalisi ke ngoko, ukuba urhulumente abenomdla omkhulu kwinto "yokuphilayo," bekhuthaza iinkampani ezinjenge "ntlango," kodwa beyilawula ngqongqo: "Kukho uhlolo olunamandla rhoqo, apho urhulumente aqinisekisa ukuba siyazifezekisa zonke iimfuno. I-ecotourism. Bafundisisa ngolawulo lwenkunkuma kodwa balawula nendlela esikugcina ngayo ukutya kwethu. Akukho silwanyana sasendle esifanelekileyo ukuba sifikelele ekutyeni okungazukubakho ngaphandle kwawo, "ucacisa uRichard Avilino, isikhokelo kwiCamp Vumbura Plains. Ukuba utya i-apula kwi-Land Rover, uthatha umva we-burp-umthi we-apile awuyomdabu kwi-Okavango Delta. Iinkampu zakhiwe ngezitali. Ukukhuselwa kwizilwanyana zasendle, kwelinye icala. Kodwa kwakhona emva kokuphelelwa kwemvume yeminyaka engamashumi amabini - ukuba ayivuswanga - ukubuyisela le ndawo kwimeko yayo yendalo. Zonke iimpembelelo ezincinci zomntu kufuneka zithintelwe. I-Ecotourism ifumaneka yonke indawo apha. Ngaphezu kwako konke, umbono wexesha elizayo welizwe.
Ngomkhosi nxamnye nabazingeli
Iphunga elivumba elimnandi lesosi lisemoyeni njengoko sibuyela ehlathini kunye neLand Rover. Imithi yaseMopani imi macala ejikeleze imbonakalo yomhlaba, ingenanto kwaye yenzakalisiwe - ubumnandi bendlovu. I-mopanis yayisetyenziswa njengezizathu zabazingeli - izilwanyana zayitshabalalisa indalo, ke ingxabano yabo. Namhlanje, omnye umoya uvuthuza ivumba le-sage ngokusebenzisa i-delta. Namhlanje, iBotswana yinto eyodwa ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Ilizwe lithathwa njengelilizwe elinemodeli yedemokhrasi e-Afrika - akukaze kubekho mfazwe yabucala okanye yomkhosi. IBotswana 1966 yakwazi ukwahlukana nomgaqo wobukoloniyali waseBritane. Ikwalilizwe e-Afrika apho ukuzingela izilwanyana zasendle kungavunyelwe ngokupheleleyo - kuphela ngonyaka u-2013 uMongameli u-Ian Khama ukhuphe umthetho ohambelanayo. Isohlwayo esingaphaya kwesa sithuba seminyaka engamashumi amabini sokusohlwayo sisoyikisa abo babulala isilwanyana sasendle. "Xa abanye abaphengululi badubula kanye ngembaleki, iBritish Defence Force yafika kunye nehelikopta zabo bezomkhosi beyokukhangela," utshilo uEugene Luck, umphathi weWilderness. "Urhulumente waseBotswana uyithatha kancinci le nto."
"Umgaqo - nkqubo wokhenketho oxineneyo olusezantsi ngokuchaseneyo nokhenketho olukumgangatho ophantsi uligalelo elibalulekileyo kumbono we-ecotourism. Oku kunciphisa kakhulu impembelelo engentle kuzo zombini iimeko zentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo. "
Ukukhusela indalo njengengxaki yokunethezeka
Imephu Ives ngomnye woogxa baka-Eugene, ingcali yehambo yezilwanyana eWilderness, osebenza ngokubambisana noorhulumente: "Umgaqo-nkqubo 'wokhenketho oluphantsi kakhulu' ngokuchasene nezokhenketho olunobunzima ligalelo elibalulekileyo kwimbono ye-ecotourism nathi inkxaso enkulu. Le modeli igcina inani labakhenkethi liphantsi kwaye amaxabiso ngobusuku ngamnye aphezulu. Oku kunciphisa kakhulu impembelelo engentle kuzo zombini imeko yezentlalo neyokusingqongileyo. "Ukuthetha ngefuthe loLuntu: Ukunyanzeliswa kweenkampu zohambo kunikezelwa ngurhulumente ngokubonisana noluntu lwasekhaya - bonke banokuvuma xa kwakhiwa inkampu entsha. Ngale nto bayazuza kwimisebenzi. Kwaye abakhenkethi abanomdla kwinkcubeko yabo. Oku kubalulekile kwilizwe apho intlupheko inkulu kangangokuba, ngaphandle kwayo yonke imizamo, ukhuseleko lokusingqongileyo lusengumbandela wobuntofontofo kubantu abaninzi.
"Indlela yokuhamba iguqukile"
UMonika Peball ungumnikazi we-arhente yezokhenketho eZimbabwe naseBotswana kwaye ubona umdla okhulayo wabakhenkethi kwinkcubeko nakwindalo: "Imfuno yezokhenketho emhlabeni iyanda kakhulu. Abantu abasafuni nje ukuhamba, kodwa bathathe inxaxheba kwiinkampu ezizinzileyo, bakhulise ulwazi ngemeko yasekuhlaleni kunye nemiceli mngeni. Uninzi kwakhona lufuna ukusebenzisana kwiiprojekthi ezinje ngokulondolozwa kwenja yasendle. Indlela yokuhamba iguqukele apha.
Izinja zasendle, luhlobo endingazange ndive ngalo ngaphambi kokuba ndiye eBotswana. Ukukhuselwa kwabo ngumbandela omkhulu kwi-Okavango Delta. Iikopi ze-1.200 kuphela ezilapha, njengoko isikhokelo sethu uLesh esichaza. Saba nethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo ukuba sibone ezinye. "Abakhenkethi ikakhulu abayazi indlela ekubaluleke ngayo ukukhusela indalo apha. Kodwa bayifunda ngelixa belapha nathi. Sidala ukwazisa kwaye esiphelweni, bayayixabisa kakhulu njengathi, "utshilo uLesh ngamava akhe nabakhenkethi. Ndikunye neendwendwe ezinje ngam. Ukutyelela ilizwe elinobunkunkqele kwiyantlukwano yayo yendalo kwaye kungoku kuqonda ngokupheleleyo ukuba amava kuphela kwiintsuku kamva. Kodwa into enye yayisele icacile kum emva kweeyure zokuqala kwiLand Rover: Ngaphandle kwe-ecotourism, lo mboniso wendalo awunakuhlala ixesha elide.
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