Kulumikiza Africa: Rovos Rail yakhazikitsa njira yake yoyamba, yaku East mpaka West ku Africa.

Bwerani mu Julayi chaka chino, Rovos Rail ikukonzekera kulumikizana ndi Africa kuchokera ku Indian Ocean kum'mawa mpaka ku Atlantic Ocean kumadzulo kudzera muulendo wake wapakatikati wa mwezi kuchokera ku Dar es Salaam ku Tanzania kupita ku Lobito ku Angola ndi sitima yake yamphesa, Pride waku Africa.

Sitima yapamtunda yolemekezeka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, sitimayi ya Rovos Rail kapena "Pride of Africa" ​​ikukonzekera kuchoka ku mzinda waku India womwe uli m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Dar es Salaam kum'mawa kwa Africa, kudutsa Tanzania, Zambia, ndi Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Lobito ku Angola pa Nyanja ya Atlantic.

Ulendowu, womwe ukuyembekezeka, wochititsa chidwi kuchokera kum'mawa kupita kumadzulo kwa kontrakitala wa Africa ukhala mbiri yakale, zokopa alendo m'mbiri ya Africa kuwona sitima yapamtunda yonyamula anthu apaulendo ikudutsa mu Tanzania ndi Zambia Railway (TAZARA) to Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia.

Kuchokera ku Zambia, sitima ya Pride of Africa idzadutsa njanji ya Zambia kuchokera pa siteshoni ya Kapiri Mposhi kenako kulumikizana ndi National Railways Company of Congo (SNCC) kuti ilumikizane ndi Benguela Railway pasiteshoni ya Luau ku Angola pafupi ndi malire a DR Congo kupita ku Lobito pa Nyanja ya Atlantic.

Malipoti ochokera ku likulu la Rovos Rail ku Pretoria, South Africa ati ulendowu woyambira udzayamba pa Julayi 16 kuchokera ku Dar es Salaam kukaphatikizaponso ulendo wopita ku Selous Game Reserve kumwera kwa Tanzania, ntchentche mu safari ziwiri usiku ku South Luangwa National Park ku Zambia komanso ulendo waku mzinda ku Lubumbashi ku DR Congo.

Pambuyo pake, sitima yapamwamba, yamphesa idzagwirizana ndi mzere wa Benguela woyenda maulendo ang'onoang'ono ofotokoza mbiri yaku Angola ndipo kenako ndikupita ku Epic, ulendo wosaiwalika womwe umathera ku Lobito kubwerera, kuchoka pa tsiku lachiwiri la Ogasiti kutenga njira yomweyo .

Woyang'anira Ma Rail Rail, a Brenda Vos-Fitchet adanenedwa kuti ulendo wamasiku 15 wodutsa Tanzania, Zambia, DR Congo ndi Angola ukhala woyamba m'mbiri ya gawo lino la Africa kuti sitima yonyamula anthu idzayenda kuchokera kummawa kupita njira yakumadzulo yolumikiza doko la Indian Ocean la Dar es Salaam ku Tanzania ndi doko la Atlantic Ocean la Lobito ku Angola.

Mitengo yoyenda mu epic iyi, ulendo wamphesa umayambira ku US $ 12,820 pa munthu aliyense kugawana, amasiyana malinga ndi mtundu wa suite ndipo amakhala mokwanira ndi malo ogona, zakudya, zakumwa zonse zakumwa zoledzeretsa, malo ogwirira ntchito, kuchapa zovala, wolemba mbiri komanso dokotala monga maulendo ndi maulendo apaulendo ausiku awiri kuphatikiza malo ogona, chakudya, madzi am'mabotolo komanso kusankha vinyo pang'ono malinga ndiulendo womwe watulutsidwa.

"Kutha kuyambitsa zokambirana zatsopano patatha zaka 29 ndikugwira ntchito ndizosangalatsa ndipo zimandipatsa ntchito yotsitsimula. Zatenga zaka ziwiri kuti tilandire chilolezo ndikuvomereza mayendedwe athu ndi omwe akuwayang'anira ", atero a Rovos Rail Owner komanso Chief Executive Officer a Rohan Vos.

"Gulu langa ndi ine tadutsa malire athu kangapo kuti tikakumane ndi akuluakulu oyenera, kuyendetsa njirayo ndikuyendera malo poyesa kukonza njira yabwino momwe tingathere kwa gulu lathu la apaulendo olimba mtima omwe mwachiyembekezo adzabwera nafe pa ulendowu, ”adatero.

Rovos Rail imagwiritsanso ntchito sitima yapamtunda yochokera ku Cape Town kupita ku Victoria Falls ku Zimbabwe, komanso maulendo ena angapo. Sitima yamphesa idayamba ulendo wawo woyamba, kumpoto chakumpoto ku Dar es Salaam mu Julayi 1993 komwe alendo adakondwera kuyenda m'misewu yakale, ya Edwardian, yamatabwa yamatabwa 21 yomwe imatha kukhala ndi okwera 72 palimodzi.

Makochi akale amitengo amakhala azaka zapakati pa 70 mpaka 100, ndipo apatsidwa ngolo zoyenerera anthu.

Kuchokera ku Pretoria, South Africa, sitima yapamtunda ya Rovos Rail kapena "The Pride of Africa" ​​zonse zakwaniritsidwa, loto lakale la Cecil Rhode kulumikiza kontinenti yaku Africa kuchokera ku Cape Town kupita ku Cairo ndi njanji.

Sitima yapamwamba ya Rovos Rail imatsata njira za Cecil Rhodes kuchokera ku Cape, ndikudutsa Kummwera kwa Africa kupita ku Dar es Salaam ndikulumikiza omwe akukwerawo kupita kumadera ena a kontinenti ya Africa kudzera munjira zina za njanji ku Eastern Africa.

Rovos Rail ndi kampani yabizinesi yodziyimira payokha yomwe ikugwira ntchito kuchokera ku Capital Park Station ku Pretoria, South Africa. Rovos Rail imayendetsa zokopa alendo komanso zokopa alendo kudzera munthawi zonse munjira zosiyanasiyana ku Southern Africa kuphatikiza Victoria Falls yokongola ku Zimbabwe ndi Zambia.

Paulendo wake wakumpoto wopita ku Tanzania, Pride of Africa imadutsa m'malo okongola komanso okopa alendo kumwera kwa Africa kuphatikiza Victoria Falls ku Zimbabwe, migodi ya daimondi ya Kimberley yaku South Africa, Limpopo ndi Kruger National Parks ndi Mtsinje wa Zambezi.

Ku Tanzania, sitimayi imadutsa m'malo okongola oterewa kum'mwera kwa mapiri a Kumpoto kuphatikizapo kukongola kwa Kipengere ndi Livingstone Ranges, Kitulo National Park, Selous Game Reserve, m'malo ena okaona malo.