Wilderness Safaris ali ndi kapena amagulitsa maloji ambiri ku Africa. Kampaniyo yakula kuchokera koyambira ku Botswana kupita ku bungwe lalikulu, lomwe limagwira ntchito m'maiko ambiri. Iwo ali ndi chikhalidwe chogwira ntchito ndi chilengedwe osati kutsutsana nazo.
M’mwezi wa March, ndinapita kukaona malo awo ogona atatu ku Botswana: Dumatau ku Linyanti ndi Duba Plains ndi Jao ku Okavango. Zinali zodabwitsa, kotero ndili ndi nkhani zambiri.
Ulendo wathu unayambira ku Livingstone komwe tinakakwera ndege yaing'ono - Cessna 206. Ndegeyo inali imodzi mwa zombo za Sefofane, zomwe zimagwirizana ndi Wilderness Safaris. Ulendo wopita ku Kasane, Botswana, unatenga mphindi 25; ndege pamtsinje wa Zambezi. Mtsinje wa Zambezi unasefukira, choncho zinali zosangalatsa kuona pamene madziwo analoŵa m’kati mwa mtunda. Zigwa zonse zidasefukira ndi madzi; a Zambezi anali kuphulika pamipando.
Ku Kasane, tinayang'ana ku Immigration and Customs, njira yabwino kwambiri. Kenako tinakwera Cessna Caravan yopita ku Selinda Airstrip pafupi ndi Dumatau, nyumba yathu yoyamba yogona alendo. Kachiŵirinso, kuthaŵako kunali kosangalatsa kwambiri, powona pamene madzi anafalikira kumtunda kuchokera ku Mtsinje wa Chobe.
Titafika ku Selinda, malowo anasefukira kwambiri moti tinachita kutengedwa ndi helikoputala kuchoka pabwalo la ndege kupita ku Dumatau.
Dumatau, kutanthauza “kubangula kwa mkango,” ili m’mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Linyanti. Ndi chipinda chogona cha zipinda 10; zipinda zokhala ndi mahema zofikira ndi tinjira tamatabwa tating'ono. Zipinda zonse zimayang'ana nyanja yomwe ili kutsogolo kwake. Dera lalikulu, lomwe lili ndi masitepe ake osiyanasiyana ndi zipinda, nawonso amakwezedwa kuchokera pansi. M’chipinda chochezeramo munali laibulale yokhala ndi mabuku ambiri onena za Botswana, Okavango, ndi nyama zakuthengo, ndi malo ambiri osangalalira ndi mipando yopumulapo ndi kuŵerenga. Koma sitinapite kumeneko kukawerenga; tinapita kumeneko kukawona nyama, mbalame, ndi malo.
Dalaivala/wotsogolera wathu anali Theba, wotchedwa Mr. T. Mr. T akhala ndi Wilderness Safaris kwa nthawi yonse yomwe aliyense angakumbukire. Iye adazidziwitsa mu 2001 kuti apuma pantchito; kuyambira pamenepo, wakhala akupuma chaka chilichonse… akupumabe mu 2010. Bambo T, osangalatsa, owuma ndodo, anatidziwitsa zonse zokhudza dera la Linyanti.
Bambo T anatipeza ife mikango, galu wamtchire, ndi zina zambiri. Adziwa maina a mbalame zonse; adatiuza za Savute Channel ndi Selinda Spillway; iye ndi mgodi wa chidziwitso. Ankatipatsanso chakudya chambiri ndi kutithirira poyenda.
Nkhanizi ziyenera kudikirira mpaka nthawi ina.
