Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking
“Intaba KaNkulunkulu”
Igama elithi “Oldoinyo Lengai” lisho ukuthi “Intaba kaNkulunkulu” ngolimi lwesiMaasai. Isiqongo salokhu i-strato-volcano ingamamitha angama-2962 ngaphezu kwezinga lolwandle futhi inikeza umbono oqondile endaweni yentaba-mlilo okuwukuphela kwayo esebenza ngokusemthethweni eTanzania, kanye nokuwukuphela kwentaba-mlilo ye-carbonatite emhlabeni; amarekhodi okuqhuma agcinwe kusukela ngo-1883, enkulu kunazo zonke eyabeka umlotha endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha ayi-100 e-Loliondo emngceleni waseKenya enyakatho-ntshonalanga, i-Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking enye yesipiliyoni esihle kakhulu.
Itholakala enyakatho yeTanzania eseningizimu yeLake Natron eRift Valley, enkabeni yezwe lamaMaasai, futhi endaweni ithathwa njengentaba engcwele. Uma ubheka enyakatho ukusuka emgwaqeni wayo ophakeme, izindawo ezinosawoti ezishisayo zaseLake Natron zinwebeka ziye buqamama. Eningizimu kune-Crater Highlands kanye ne- Isiqiwu saseNgorongoro. Ama-horizons asempumalanga aphethwe i-Kilimanjaro futhi ngasentshonalanga, ama-escarpments namagquma anamahlathi ahlanganisa nemithambeka esentshonalanga yeRift Valley. Njalo eminyakeni eyisikhombisa iLengai iqhuma futhi kuphume intuthu emgodini.
Kungenzeka ukuhamba ngaphesheya kwe-crater floor. Ukunyuka kwe-Oldoinyo Lengai kufuna ngenkani ngenxa yokushisa kwasemini, ukuntuleka kwamanzi, imiqansa nengafaneleki yomlotha namadwala aphukayo, kanye nokuphakama okukhulu. Ngokujwayelekile ungaqala ukukhuphukela esiqongweni ekuseni kakhulu futhi ufike esiqongweni ekuphumeni kwelanga. Ijakhethi elifushane nelifudumele likulungele ukukhuphuka, namabhulukwe amade mahle njengoba isiqongo ngaphambi kokusa singabanda. Umzila wokufinyelela osuka eNyakatho Ntshonalanga uvumela ukwehla kusenesikhathi usuka esiqongweni ethunzini lasekuseni.
Imile kumamitha angu-2,878 ngaphezu kweSoda Ash Lake Natron, iNtaba KaNKULUNKULU idume emphakathini wamaMaasai ohlala kule ndawo, iMountain Ol'doinyo Lengai isendaweni ephakeme yaseNgorongoro kanye ne-African Rift Valley cishe amakhilomitha angu-120 eNyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-Arusha, eTanzania. .
Kusukela kudala, iHolly Lengai ibisetshenziswa amaMaasai emkhulekweni wabo kuNKULUNKULU wabo owaziwa ngokuthi NGAI. I-Ol'doinyo Lengai ukuphela kwentaba-mlilo eqhumayo emhlabeni eqhumisa udaka lwe-nitrocarbonatite olupholile kunamanye ama-lavas cishe (510 degrees C) uma kuqhathaniswa nezinga lokushisa le-basaltic lavas (1,100 degrees C) eline-silicon encane.
Intaba ivamise ukwenza ukuqhuma okuncane futhi yakhe izakhiwo ezifana nekhoni endaweni yayo ye-crater.
Ngenkathi usesiqongweni se-Mountain Ol'doinyo Lengai, umuntu angakwazi ngokucacile i-Soda Lake Natron ehlalisa futhi equkethe izindawo ezinhle zokuzalela izinhlobo zezinyoni ezihlukene ikakhulukazi ama-Flamingo, ama-pelicans, namahansi okungaphezu kuka-350 izinhlobo ezahlukene ezirekhodiwe kuze kube manje.
Ngokungafani nezinye izintaba ezimbili eziphakeme kakhulu, iLengai ithatha cishe amahora ayisithupha kuya kwayisikhombisa ukuya endaweni ephakeme kakhulu. Futhi, i-Mountain iyindawo ekahle yokuphelezelwa okusebenzayo ngabaqondisi be-Maasai ngezikhali izivakashi zingakwazi ukubona izilwane zasendle njengemfene yomnqumo, i-velvet, ukuqapha isibankwa, izimpisi, ibhubesi, ingwe, impungushe, insephe kaGrant, impala, nedube.
Ngemuva kwe-Oldoinyo Lengai Trekking kukhona i-Maasai BOMAS eseduze ekunikeza ithuba lokuxhumana nabantu bomdabu ufunde amasiko abo, izinkolelo, namasiko.
Izintaba zihlelwa kakhulu phakathi kwamabili ukuze zifike esiqongweni lapho liphuma ilanga. Nakuba umzila unzima ngenxa yokushisa (40°C) futhi abaqwali bentaba belulekwa ukuthi baqaphe ngokwedlulele, imibono evela eNtabeni iLengai iyamangalisa. Enyakatho yeChibi iNatron ibonakala, entshonalanga iGreat Rift Valley, futhi ingxenye esempumalanga inikeza imibono ebabazekayo yeNtaba iKilimanjaro.