Daga kyawawan gonaki da gonakin inabi na Cape zuwa fadin sararin sama na Karoo, Afirka ta Kudu tana da mafi kyawun rabo na kyan gani. Ga mutane da yawa, duk da haka, mafi kyaun wurare duka shine tashar tsaunin Drakensberg, wanda ke tafiya daga gabashin Cape zuwa lardin Mpumalanga a arewa maso gabas. Ya tsarkake dutse na dragon daga farkon yankunan Cape Yaren mutanen da ake kira Zulus mai suna Barrier of Spears, tudun dutse yana dauke da tuddai da wuraren kwalliya da ke cikin tuddai da kwari.
A kowace shekara, dubban masu sha'awar yanayi, masu kallon tsuntsaye da masu daukan hoto suna zuwa Drakensberg don su ji dadin kyan gani. Sashen da ke sanya iyaka a tsakanin KwaZulu-Natal da Lesotho yana shahararrun masu hikimar, tare da hanyoyi masu zuwa daga rabi na kwana biyu don kalubalanci ƙididdigar kwana-lokaci. A cikin wannan labarin, zamu dubi uku daga cikin tsaka-tsaka-tsaka-tsaka-tsalle-tsalle-tsalle-tsalle, kowannensu yana ɗaukar tsakanin kwana daya da biyu. Kafin yin ƙoƙari na waɗannan hikes, yana da mahimmanci don bincika yanayin yanayi kuma tabbatar da cewa kana da dukan kayan da kake buƙatar kiyaye kanka, da karfafawa da kuma kare daga abubuwa a kan hanya.
Idan ba za ku iya samun hanya don dace da bukatunku a kan wannan shafi ba, duba abubuwan da muka fi dacewa daga mafi kyawun jiragen ruwan Drakensberg.
Gidan Lantarki na Gidan Hidima
Wani ɓangare na Royal Natal National Park, da Amphitheater yana daya daga cikin shahararrun siffofin gefen dukan Drakensberg range.
Matsayinsa mai girma yana gudana na mil mil uku, kuma yana haskaka wasu mita 4,000 da mita 1,220 a sama da kwarin da ke ƙasa (yana maida shi sau da yawa girman Yammacin El Capitan na Yammacin Yammacin Turai). Hanyar da ta fi dacewa da godiya ga girman gwargwadon dutse shine hawan ta. Wannan tafiya yana fara ne a Sentinel Car Park, inda za ku buƙaci shiga wata rijista kafin ku fara hawan ku.
Hanya na zig-zags da kuma fadin tushe na Sentinel, sa'an nan kuma ya sanya hanya a cikin wani shinge a gefen Mont-aux-Sources, kusa da inda Mahadi Falls ke tsallewa a kan shinge.
A nan, za ku sami samfurori guda biyu na sarkar madaidaici, wanda zai kai ku a saman filin wasan kwaikwayo na Amphitheater. Gwanin ba shi ne ga masu tausayi ba, kuma mutane da yawa suna taimakawa wajen ci gaba da kallo har sai sun isa saman. Duk da haka, da zarar ka isa wurin, ra'ayin da aka yi a kan Gorge na Tugela da ƙananan kwari ba wanda ba zai iya bayyanawa ba. Zai yiwu a kammala wannan tafiya a rana ɗaya, tare da jimlar lokaci daga ƙasa har zuwa sama kuma ya sake dawowa kimanin sa'o'i takwas. Idan kuna so kuyi mafi yawan kwarewa, amma ku yi la'akari da daukar kayan motar ku kuma ku ciyar da dare a saman Mashahuriyar Kwanan baya don ku duba sihiri na faɗuwar rana da fitowar rana daga wurin da ya fi girma.
Ƙananan Kogin Injisuthi
Ana zaune a cikin Ƙasar Maloti-Drakensberg, ƙananan Kogin Injisuthi Cave hike shi ne tafiya 10.5 miles / 17 kilomita a can da baya. Wannan tafiya yana farawa a Injisuthi Rest Camp kuma ya bi kwarin kogin Injisuthi, wanda sunansa yana nufin karnuka masu cin abinci (wata shaida ga kwari mai kayatarwa, wanda ya bar karnuka masu farauta Zulus).
Yana da hanzari mai kyau, tare da ra'ayoyi masu yawa game da kullun da ke kewaye. Abubuwa masu mahimmanci sun haɗa da wuraren raƙuman dutsen da ke cikin gully kunguwa a gaban rami; da kuma Battle Cave, manyan shahararren shahararren mashahuran San San ta hanyar jagorancin jagora don ku shiga cikin hanyar.
Idan kana so ka yi tafiya a hankali (barin kanka da yawa don dakatar da ɗaukar hotunan), la'akari da ciyar da dare a cikin kogo. Wannan hanya, zaka iya raba wannan tafiya a kwana biyu. Idan ka yanke shawarar yin haka, kar ka manta da cika cikawar dare a sauran sansanin kafin tashi. Kuna buƙatar ɗaukar kaya tare da ku, ciki har da abinci da lambun trowel (babu wuraren wanke dakunan wanka a cikin jeji!).
Grindstone Caves
Wannan hanya kuma ta fara ne a Ƙungiyar Injisuthi Rest, amma ta hau fiye da Tsohon Mafarki, tare da raguwa wanda ya biyo bayan wani ɓangaren da ake kira Old Woman Grinding Corn.
Hanya da kanta ta takaitaccen - kusan kilomita hudu / shida. Duk da haka, ƙwararren digiri yana sa ido ya fi tsawo, kuma za ku iya karɓar damar da za ku ciyar da dare a cikin ɗakunan biyu waɗanda suke ba da suna. Dukkanin sun hada da ragowar tsohuwar dutse, wanda ya kasance a farkon shekarun 1800 lokacin da dangi na gida suka tsere a cikin wadannan kogo daga sha'ani marauding King Shaka. Tun kafin wannan, koguna sun ba da tsari ga San masu shayarwa, suna zaton za su fito ne daga mutanen farko.
Wannan labarin ya sabunta kuma sake rubuta shi a wani bangare na Jessica Macdonald ranar 19 ga Oktoba 2017.