I-Masai Mara kulapho ungaya khona eKenya xa ufuduka ngendlela emangalisayo kodwa kukho into eninzi kweli lizwe laseMpuma Afrika. Ezinye iindawo zomdlalo omkhulu wakudala ezifana ne-Amboseli kunye ne-Tsavo zifikeleleka ngokulula njengoko isanda kuvulwa ingingqi yaseLaikipia Plateau.

Kwaye emva kwedrama ye-safari yaseKenya, yintoni enokuba ngcono kuneentsuku ezimbalwa ezinobuvila elunxwemeni lwesanti emhlophe? Unxweme olushushu lwaseKenya lubonelela ngayo yonke into ukusuka kwiindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ukuya kwiindawo zokufihla iziqithi ezikhethekileyo zenza ilizwe libe lilungele i-safari kunye neeholide zaselwandle.

IKenya ayinazo iindlela ezicacileyo zesafari, kodwa kukho amaqela eepaki ezinokutyelelwa ngokulula kunye. Ilizwe lincinci, ngoko ke umntu 'unokuxuba aze adibanise' ukuze athathe ezinye zeembalasane ezingenzi isekethe esemthethweni.

Uninzi lwabantu lubhabhela ukuya eNairobi Isikhululo senqwelomoya iJomo Kenyatta (NBO) kwaye wenze unxibelelwano ukusuka apho (ngaphandle kweSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseWilson). Nokuba sesiphi na isiphaluka esikhethiweyo, umntu unokuhlala esongeza inqwelomoya ebuyayo esuka eNairobi isiya eMasai Mara, efanele ibe kulo lonke uhambo.

Southwest Safari Circuit

Umzantsi-ntshona ubonelela ngeyona ndawo iphambili yaseKenya kunye neyona ndawo idumileyo yokujonga izilwanyana zasendle.

Indawo:

• I-Masai Mara National Reserve (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-4) yeyona nto inomtsalane kweli lizwe. Lo myezo unezilwanyana zasendle ezimangalisayo, ezithi zikhule minyaka le ngokufuduka kweenkonkoni zisuka eSerengeti eseTanzania.
• Ipaki yeSizwe yaseLake Nakuru (iintsuku ezi-1 ukuya kwezi-2) ikwiRift Valley ebukekayo kwaye yaziwa ngabantu bayo abasempilweni bemikhombe emnyama namhlophe.
• IHell's Gate National Park kunye neLake Naivasha ukukhwela ibhayisekile phakathi kwezilwanyana zasendle
• ILake Bogoria National Reserve kunye neLake Baringo kwi-extravaganza yeentaka kunye nemihlambi yeflamingo eLake Bogoria
• Amboseli National Park ukujonga iMt Kilimanjaro kunye nemihlambi emikhulu yeendlovu
• Isiqithi saseLamu ukungcamla inkcubeko yesiSwahili kunye nokuphumla elunxwemeni

Southeast Safari Circuit

Ukuba uceba iholide yaselwandle, kukho iindlela ezininzi zokukhetha ukongezwa kwe-safari. Ezi paki zifikeleleka lula ngemoto kuzo naziphi na iindawo ekuchithelwa kuzo iiholide ezikufutshane neMombasa neWatamu okanye eNairobi.

Indawo:

• I-Tsavo East National Park (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3) yeyona paki inkulu eKenya kunye nommandla wenguqu phakathi kwe-savannah kunye nentlango esemantla. Iindawo ezivulekileyo ezivulekileyo zinomtsalane omangalisayo wentlango.
• Amboseli National Park (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3) kumazantsi eNtaba iKilimanjaro ibonelela ngokugqwesileyo kweendlovu kwaye yenye yeepaki ezidumileyo eKenya.
• I-Masai Mara National Reserve ngokubona imfuduko yeenqu kunye nesenzo sekati enkulu
• Iilwandle zaseDiani ukwenzela ilanga kunye nokusefa
• Indawo yeSizwe Hills Reserve ngokubona i-antelope enqabileyo

ISekethe yeSafari esembindini naseMntla

Lo mmandla ugcwele umbhoxo kwaye ukude kuneqabane lawo elisemazantsi kwaye ubonelela ngembonakalo entle yezilwanyana zasendle.

Indawo:

• Ipaki yeSizwe yaseMeru (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3) ibukeka kakhulu kwaye inemijelo yamanzi emininzi enqumla kumhlaba owomileyo kwaye inovakalelo olungonakaliswanga ngayo.
• ISamburu National Reserve kunye neBuffalo Springs National Reserve (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3) ziipaki ezingabamelwane ezibonisa ezinye zezilwanyana ezinomdla ngakumbi kwilizwe elomileyo.
• Laikipia Plateau (iintsuku ezi-2 ukuya kwezi-3) , kumazantsi eNtaba yaseKenya, ibandakanya iindawo ezininzi zokugcina izilwanyana zabucala kwaye inika amathuba amahle okubona umkhombe omnyama nomhlophe.
• I-Aberdare National Park (iintsuku ezi-1 ukuya kwezi-2) , kumbindi weendawo eziphakamileyo, ibonelela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokubukela izilwanyana zasendle ngelixa zihleli kwiihotele zemithi, kuquka iTreetops kunye neArk.Ezi ndawo zisebenza njengezikhumba ezinkulu apho unokuhlala khona kwaye ubukele izilwanyana eziza kuwe.
• IMount Kenya National Park ukuhamba nokunyuka intaba
• I-Masai Mara National Reserve ngokubona imfuduko yeenqu kunye nesenzo sekati enkulu

Ijografi eyahlukileyo ithetha imozulu eguquguqukayo kwilizwe liphela kodwa iKenya ithathwa njengendawo yokusingwa unyaka wonke kuzo zombini iiholide kunye neeholide zaselwandle.

Uninzi lweendawo zokusafari zaseKenya zikuzo Okungcono phakathi kukaJanuwari kunye nokuphela kukaMatshi; imozulu ithambile, ubukhulu becala yomile kwaye ukubukela iinyamakazi kukwincopho yayo. Ngokwendalo, eli xesha lithathwa njengelona xesha lifanelekileyo lokuya eKenya kwi-safari kodwa lixesha lemvula.

Utyelelo – phakathi kuMatshi ukuya kuJuni kwaye kwakhona phakathi kuka-Oktobha noDisemba – kufanelekile ukuqwalaselwa ukuze uthintele izihlwele zamaxesha onyaka ophakamileyo kunye nokuthatha amathuba angabizi kakhulu, amaxabiso angekho ngexesha lonyaka kwiindawo zokulala kunye nokhenketho.

Ngokubanzi, elona xesha lilungileyo lokutyelela iKenya lilo naliphi na ixesha elomileyo, ukusuka ngoJanuwari ukuya kuMatshi okanye ngoJulayi ukuya kuOktobha. Xa kujongwa ubume bexesha elomileyo, ukubona izilwanyana zasendle kokona kulungileyo ngeli xesha.

Utyani bunqabile, nto leyo eyenza ukuba kube lula ukujonga umgama. Ngaphezu koko, izilwanyana zikholisa ukuhlanganisana malunga nemingxuma yamanzi kunye nemilambo kunye namachibi, ngoko ke ukuzifumana kulula kakhulu.

Imimandla eselunxwemeni lwaseKenya, ukusuka eDiani naseMombasa ukuya eMalindi kunye neziqithi ezisemantla zeLamu Archipelago, zikholisa ukufumana imozulu eshushu nefumileyo unyaka wonke. Nangona kunjalo, amaqondo okushisa kunye nemvula ziphezulu kakhulu phakathi koMatshi noMeyi, ngoko ke ukuba uceba ikhefu lolwandle kunye ne-safari yakho eKenya, cinga ukutyelela ngaphandle kwezi nyanga.

Abo banomdla wokuntywila emanzini okanye ukuntywila kufuneka batyelele kwiinyanga zika-Okthobha, Novemba noMatshi ukuze bafumane olona lwandle lucacileyo. Ubomi baselwandle basekuhlaleni bubandakanya oononkala, intlanzi ezinkwenkwezi, iifudo kunye neentlobo ngeentlobo zeekorale ezimibalabala. Kodwa amanzi aseKenya adume ngokubamba ookrebe abafudukayo, ngakumbi kufutshane neDiani Beach. Phakathi kuka-Oktobha ukuya ku-Epreli, i-whale shark safaris ikunika ithuba lokubona ezi zigebenga ezithambileyo kwindawo engabonakaliyo.

The Amaxesha angcono okunyuka iNtaba yaseKenya kwaye iKilimanjaro ithande ukuba zezona nyanga zishushu nezomileyo – uJanuwari, uFebruwari, noSeptemba. NgoJuni, Julayi, noAgasti nazo kulungile iinyanga. Nangona kunjalo, amaqondo obushushu kunye nemozulu ayiqikelelekanga, kwaye inokutshintsha kakhulu ngokusekwe kwi ixesha imini kunye nokuphakama.