- Idilesi: I- Ecuador, iIlifagos Islands, isiqithi sase-Isabella, i-Volcano yaseChico;
- Umhla wokuqhuma kokugqibela: 2005;
- Ubukhulu: 1100 m.
Iziqithi zaseGalapagos zavela ngaphezu kweminyaka eyi-5 yezigidi edlulileyo ngenxa yesiphumo esinamandla. Uninzi lwabo aluhlali. Phakathi kwazo kukho iindawo ezihamba ngayo. Kukho iziqithi ezi-4 ezihlala kuzo, kodwa zintathu kuphela ezidumile ngabahambi. Omnye wabo ngu- Isabela . Ukuya kwenene xa kuqhathaniswa neSan Cristobal kunye neSanta Cruz kuncinci, kuba izinto ezikulo zizodwa kwaye akusiyo wonke umntu onokufikelela kwisiqhumane seNtaba yaseChico - enye yeyona ndawo inomdla kakhulu kwisiqithi.
Uphi i-volcano?
I-Chico ayiyiyo eyayizimeleyo kwiziqithi zaseGalapagos. Ngokuqhelekileyo kufundiswa ngaye ngexesha lokundwendwela "uyise" wakhe - i- volcano Sierra Negra (okanye iSanta Thomas). Eneneni, indlela "yonyana" ayifani kakhulu, ngaphandle kokuba ukuphakama kweChico kuncinci kwaye indawo ejikelezileyo ingaba yinto engapheliyo, kodwa ibaluleke kakhulu.
Yintoni ongayibona?
Zithathwa apha ngeendawo ezimnandi, zikhumbuza iindawo zokuhlala kwenyanga. Endleleni yokukhuphuka, imilambo ivela kwi-lava ekhuni, ichithwa elangeni ngee-shades ezahlukahlukeneyo, i-lava gorge kunye ne-grottoes. Zonke ezi ziqhamo zavela emva kokuqhuma kokugqibela, okwakunjalo ngo-2005. Le ndlela inzima kakhulu, ingakumbi ukuba ihlanganiswe ngamatye aqingqiweyo ngamatye - amacwecwe ahlukeneyo kunye nemibala.
I-Chico ngesiSpanish ithetha amancinci. Yaye inyaniso kukuba, uncinci kakhulu ekuhlanganiseni kwakhe - i-Wolf kunye ne-Sierra Negre kunye nokuphakama, kunye nobukhulu becala. I-lava endala igoceke ngokukhatyathwa ngamacwecwe omhlaba ovundileyo, apha nakhona ungabona i-cacti, ezinye iintyatyambo ezicacileyo, into enjengotshani. Ziphela kuphela ezilawulayo ukusinda kwiimeko ezibuhlungu. Lapho i-lava isandul 'ukuza (ukuchithwa kwi-crater kwenzeka ngezikhathi ezithile, ngaphandle kokulimaza abantu), akukho nto ikhula.
Ukongeza kwimihlaba emnandi kunye nepasorama ekhangayo evuleka phezulu kweChico, apha ubona iintaka - i-curlews, i-porter ephuzi, iintsimbi.
Indlela eya phezulu kweChico ingama-12 km. Konke oku ku funeka uhambe kwiindawo ezibuhlungu kwiqondo eliphezulu kakhulu. Ngoko ke, ekuhambeni kweli hambo, thatha nawe:
- maninzi amanzi;
- ukhilimu kunye nesihluzi esiphezulu se-ultraviolet;
- izitebe kwiindawo ezinzima;
- Imbuyiselo yokubeka yonke imithwalo kuyo;
- ikhamera okanye ikhamera.
Futhi ungakulibali ukubeka i-panama entloko yakho. Intaba-mlilo yaseChico enye yezinto ezikhangayo kakhulu kwiSiqithi sase-Isabela . Kwabahambi abanolwazi, ukunyuka kuyimfuneko yokuhamba kwiiIlifagos Islands .
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