- Indawo: Isiqithi saseHanifaru, i-Baa Atoll
Indawo yokuLwandle yaseHanifaru Bay eMaldives - indawo yokuzalela i-gray reef sharks kunye ne-stingray rays, eyaziwayo kwaye ithandwa ngabantu abavela kwihlabathi jikelele. Apha awukwazi kuphela ukuqonda ubuhle obungaphantsi kwamanzi, kodwa nangamazwi akho ukujonga ukutyalwa kweehawha ze-whale, imisebe kunye neengqungquthela.
Indawo:
I-Hanifaru Bay inxalenye ye- ata ye-Baa kwaye ikhona kwisiqithi sesqithi esingasimiyo saseHanifaru ukuya ngaseningizimu kwesinye isiqithi- Kihadu.
Imbali yolondolozo
Kule minyaka, iHanifaru Bay yayisetyenziselwa abadobi beendawo ukuba bazingele i-whale sharks. Iimeko zatshintshile kwiminyaka engama-90. Inkulungwane ye-XX, xa le ndawo yavulwa ngabantu abahlukahlukeneyo, kwaye kwi-bay bayifika kwi-14 imihla ngemihla, elinde umboniso ongaphantsi kwamanzi. Ukuze kugcinwe i-ecology kunye nemvelo yendalo ngo-2009, uRhulumente weMaldives watshilo iHanifar Bay indawo yokuloba elwandle. Emva kweminyaka emi-2 kuphela, i-bay yaqatshelwa njengentsimi eyintloko kwi-UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, ephethe iziqithi zase-Baa. Ukususela ngo-2012, iHanifar Bay ivinjelwe ekudongeni, ngoko unokubukela i-sharks kunye neengubo kuphela nge-tube kunye nemaski.
Ziziphi izinto ezinomdla ozibonayo kwiHanifar Bay?
I-bay yindawo enkulu kunazo zonke kwiindawo zokutya abantu abangaphantsi kwamanzi. Unyaka ngamnye ukususela ngoMeyi ukuya kuNovemba, ngexesha leMzantsi ntshonalanga kunye neentsuku ezithile zesigaba seenyanga kwi-Hanifaru Bay, isixa esikhulu seplankton siqokelelwe, oku kukutya kweehawhali kunye neengqungquthela. Le nto ibangelwa ukuqala kwamatye kule ndawo kwaye ngenxa yempembelelo yokuphakamisa (ukuphakamisa iplanki kumanqanaba angaphezulu kwamanzi olwandle). IPlankton izama ngokukhawuleza ukuhla ukuya ekujuleni, kodwa ukuwela emgibeni wexesha langoku, yenza ukuba amanzi aguquke. Emva koko kufika umzuzu wokugqibela, apho amaninzi, ngamanye amaxesha kunye namakhulu amabhinqa, ehamba kunye neenkcukacha ezininzi ze-whale, umgca we-line up, iifenini eziphazamisa i-funnel kunye ne-suck plankton.
Imithetho yokuziphatha kwindawo yokugcina
Ngethuba lohambo lwe-snorkelling , abavakhenkethi nabafotoli bamanzi abangaphantsi kwamanzi abavunyelwe ukuba bafike kwi-sharks sharks kunye ne-stingrays (umgama omncinane u-3 m ukusuka entloko kunye ne-4 m ukusuka emsila), uthinte, isinyithi kwaye udide kunye nabo. Ungathatha imifanekiso ngaphandle kwefowuni.
Indlela yokufumana ityelelo?
Umsebenzi omkhulu kunazo zonke weMantas ugcinwa ukususela ekupheleni kukaJulayi ukuya kuOktobha. Kulo thuba a baninzi abavakhenkethi badla ukungena kwindawo yokuloba elwandle.
Ukuze u tyelele i-Hanifar Bay kwiMaldives, kufuneka uqale ubhalise kwiziko lezivakashi kwiSiqithi saseDharavandhoo. Iziko lilawulwa yi-Atoll Baa Nature Conservation Fund (BACF). Emva kokuhlawula uhambo lokuhamba nge-snorkelling oluhamba kunye nesikhokelo, uya kuba ngumhlanganyeli ogcweleyo ulwandle olumangalisayo ukuya kwiintlambo. Ixabiso lentyelelo li malunga ne-$ 35. Kwakhona, ezinye ihotele kunye nee-arhente zokuhamba zinemvume yokutyelela indawo yokuhlala, ehlelwe ngamaqela azisa abavakhenkethi kwi-bay.
Ndingafika njani?
Ukutyelela iHanifar Bay, kufuneka uqale ubalekele kwi- International Airport yeMadoda . Emva koko ufika kwiDharavandhu ngokusebenzisa ii-airplane zasekhaya (imizuzu engama-20 yendiza, intengo yetikiti-$ 90) okanye isikebhe sejubane (iiyure eziyi-2.5, i-$ 50 ehamba phambili). Isikhephe sishiya ngoMvulo, uLwesine kunye neMigqibelo, kwiintsuku eziseleyo kuphela okukhethwa kukho yindiza. Ukusuka eDharavandhu ukuya kwi-bay yeKhanifaru, kufuneka wenze indlela ngemizuzu emihlanu ngesikebhe.