A saman mita 14,980 / 4,566, Mount Meru shine karo na biyu mafi girma a Tanzania, kuma bisa ga wasu, babban dutse mafi girma a Afirka. Kamar yadda ake nufi, Mount Meru yana arewacin Tanzania a tsakiyar Arusha National Park. Yana da dutsen mai dorina, tare da ƙananan ɓangaren da ke faruwa a cikin karni daya da suka wuce. A rana mai haske, za ka iya ganin Dutsen Kilimanjaro daga Mount Meru, yayin da aka raba ragowar wuraren kwalliya guda biyu ta nesa da kasa da kilomita 50/80.
Sa'idar farko ta ci gaba da rikodin rikice-rikicen har yanzu tana cikin rikici. An ba da shi ga Carl Uhlig a 1901 ko Fritz Jaeger a 1904 - duka 'yan Jamus, suna nuna ikon mulkin mallaka na Jamus a kan Tanzania a lokacin.
Mount Meru Trekking
Mount Meru yana tafiya ne mai zuwa uku zuwa hudu kuma an yi amfani dashi ne a matsayin wanda ake fata a taron koli na Kilimanjaro . Jagora yana da muhimmanci a kowace hanya kuma akwai hanya ɗaya kawai zuwa taron. Hanyar yana da kyau tare da huts tare da hanyar samar da sauki, gadaje mai dadi. Hanyoyin da ba su da izini a yamma da arewacin dutsen ba bisa doka ba ne. Haɗakarwa yana da mahimmanci, kuma yayin da ba za ku bukaci oxygen ba, bawa a kalla kwanakin kadan kafin girman ƙoƙarin hawa. Lokacin mafi kyau zuwa tafiya shi ne lokacin rani (Yuni - Oktoba ko Disamba - Fabrairu).
Da Momella Route
Hanyar da ake kira Dutsen Meru mai suna Momella Route.
Ya fara ne a gabashin Dutsen Meru kuma ya hau tare da arewacin kudancin dutse zuwa dandalin Socialist Peak, taron. Akwai hanyoyi guda biyu zuwa hutun farko, Miriakamba (mita 8,248 / 2,514) - hanya mafi ragu, hanya mai zurfi ko hankali, hawan tafiya mai zurfi. Sa'a hudu zuwa shida na tafiya a rana mai zuwa zai kawo ku Saddle Hut (mita 11,712 / 3,570), tare da ra'ayoyi mai kyau a kan dutse tare da hanya.
A rana ta uku, yana ɗaukar kimanin sa'o'i biyar zuwa taro kuma komawa Saddle Hut a lokacin cin abincin rana, kafin ci gaba da zuwa Miriakamba don dare na karshe. An yi tafiya tare da ragon dutse wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin abubuwan mafi ban sha'awa a duniya.
Guides da Porters
Guides suna da muhimmanci ga kowane hawan dutse Mount Meru. Suna da makamai kuma suna nan don kare lafiyarku saboda hasken dabbobi mai yawa. Ma'aikata ba mahimmanci ba ne amma suna yin tafiya sosai fiye da taimakawa wajen ɗaukar kayan aiki. Kowane mai ɗauka yana ɗaukar nauyin kilogram 33 da kilo 15. Kuna iya hayar da masu tsaron gida da kuma jagorantar a cikin Momella Gate, amma yana da kyakkyawan ra'ayin da za a rubuta a gaba ta kalla a rana. Idan kana tafiya tare da afaretan, ana amfani da waɗannan ayyuka cikin farashin. Tambaya a kusa da jagororin tayar da hankali kamar yadda matakan hiker suka samar da babbar adadin yawan kudin shiga ga masu jagoran dutse, masu tsaron gari da kuma dafa.
Dutsen Gidan Meru
A Dutsen Meru kanta, Saddle Hut da Miriakamba Hut suna ba da ɗakin ɗakin. Huts kun cika da kyau, don haka idan kuna shirin yin tafiya a lokacin babban kakar (Disamba - Fabrairu) yana da saurin yin amfani da kaya. Shawarwarin da aka ba da shawarar da ke kewaye da Arusha National Park ya hada da Hatari Lodge, Momella Wildlife Lodge, Meru Mbega Lodge, Meru View Lodge da Meru Simba Lodge.
Samun Mount Meru
Mount Meru yana cikin filin Arusha National Park. Yawancin baƙi sun tashi zuwa Kilimanjaro International Airport, wanda ke da kilomita 60/35 daga wurin shakatawa kanta. A madadin haka, Arusha (babban birnin Tanzaniya) yana da nisan kilomita 40 daga filin shakatawa. Kwanan jiragen ruwa na Arusha sun tashi daga Nairobi a Kenya. Daga sauran wurare a Tanzaniya, zaku iya kama nisa zuwa Arusha ko littafi na ciki. Daga Arusha ko Kilimanjaro International Airport, mai ba da sabis na yawon shakatawa zai samar da kayan sufuri zuwa wurin shakatawa kanta; ko zaka iya hayan sabis na taksi na gida.
Masu tafiyar da Trekking da masu gudanarwa
Farashin farashin dutsen hawa Meru yana farawa kusan kimanin $ 650 na kowa har da abinci, masauki da kuma kudade shiryarwa. Kana buƙatar izinin hawa kuma yana daukan akalla sa'o'i 12 don samun daya.
Yin gyaran hawan ku ta hanyar hawan yawon shakatawa na tafiya ya fi tsada, amma kuma ya sa kayan aikin tafiya ya fi sauƙi. Masu amfani da shawarwarin sun haɗa da Maasai Wandering, Mount Kenya Expedition and Adventures Within Reach.
Wannan labarin shi ne mai duba Lema Peter, mai jagorantar fasaha da kuma memba na kabilar Meru.
Jessica Macdonald ya sabunta shi a ranar 16 ga watan Disamba 2016.