Ukukhanya kwegolide kwakusandula ukuwela phezu komhlaba ochumileyo, ilanga elinyukayo lifudumeza intendelezo ebomvu yezitena ejonge umhlaba weehektare ezili-12 ngaphandle nje kweNairobi. Ukungcangcazela kwee-pellets kwisitya sesinyithi kwavakala kwaye iqela lendlulamthi laqala ukucotha ukuhamba ngaphesheya kwendawo eluhlaza ukuya kumda wepropathi ye-1930s eyayivakalelwa ngathi ihluthwe ngqo kwilali yaseNgilani.

Sasisandul 'ukufika ngentsasa edlulileyo ngenqwelomoya entsha eKenya Airways ngqo evela eJFK kwaye, ngokwendalo, sidiniwe. Kodwa xa siqhuba sidlula esixekweni kwaye singena ngamasango anzima eNdlulamthi, sibamba umbono wethu wokuqala wezilwanyana ezi-iconic mgama, i-jet lag yayibonakala inyibilika. Uninzi kushishino lwezokhenketho kulo lonke elaseKenya bathe banethemba lokuba inqwelomoya entsha iza kuzisa ishishini ngakumbi, kodwa inye into eqinisekileyo: kwakungekho nto ingako njengokulala eNew York kunye nokuvuka kwindlulamthi.

Ukwazi ukunxibelelana neendlulamthi ngokwakho kukuvumela ukuba ube nolwazi olunzulu malunga nokuba zintle kangakanani. Kwaye impendulo yesibini yeyokuba, ezi zizilwanyana zasendle kwaye ziyasongela izilwanyana zasendle, utshilo uTanya Carr-Hartley, umnini weNdlulamthi Manor kunye neThe Safari Collection. 'Sizama ukuvumela abantu ukuba baqonde ukuba le yinkqubo yokufuya kwaye olu luhlobo lwesoyikiso-kunjalo, yonke into eclectic yokuba nale ntamo ngaphakathi endlwini ayinangqondo.'

I-Giraffe Manor yaqala ukwakhiwa ngo-1932 kwaye yamkela izilwanyana zayo ezityikityiweyo ngeminyaka yee-1970. IManor, kunye nendawo ekufuphi IZiko leNdlulamthi , ngoku sineendlulamthi ezili-10 zaseRothschild ezihamba ngokukhululekileyo kwiihektare ezili-140 zomhlaba okhuselweyo. IZiko leNdlulamthi laqala njengenkqubo yokuzalela ukulwa inani elinciphileyo lendlulamthi eKenya, kwaye ngoku bangaphezulu kwama-300 kwilizwe liphela. Iziko lendlulamthi ngokwalo lamkele iindlulamthi ezincinci ezintlanu, ngokukaCarr-Hartley

UManor uhlala ebhala naphi na kwiinyanga ezilithoba ukuya kwiminyaka emibini ngaphambili, uninzi lwabantu luhlala ubusuku obunye okanye ezimbini, utshilo uEdgar Orlando, omnye wabaphathi ehotele. Kwaye phakathi kwehotele & apos; ubungakanani obuncinci (kukho amagumbi ali-12 kuphela kwaye malunga nabasebenzi abathathu kwindwendwe nganye) kunye nokungabikho kocingo, wena kunye ne-apos; d uxolelwe ngokuziva ngathi ezi zilwanyana ziphakamileyo zazikho kuwe nawe wedwa.

Inkwenkwezi nguEdd, eyona ndlulamthi inkulu kwaye yenye yezona zitshomi. Kodwa jonga iDaisy kunye neSalma, ngelixa wonwabile ukuba uphatha, nabo bayaziwa njengee-butters zentloko. Ngezi ngcebiso engqondweni ndakhe ndazinza kwesinye sezitulo ezityebileyo kwithambeka kunye neglasi yewayini ebomvu esandleni kwiiyure ezimbalwa emva kokuba sifikile. Inkungu yaqala ukuhlala kumhlaba, ibolekisa ngepropathi, kwaye omnye wabasebenzi wabiza ngokude kude, Stacey . Wayekude, kodwa iindlulamthi zinendlebe entle. Wajika intloko yakhe ebumnyameni obuphakathi kwaye ephantse wanxunguphala, uStacey wenza indlela yakhe weza kuthi njengoLily, umntwana wakhe owazalwa ngo-2016, ebotshiwe ekuvukeni kwakhe. Kwaye kwangolo hlobo, ndandijongene ubuso nobuso ngendlulamthi, ndimi phezu kwethambeka eliphakanyisiweyo njengoko ulwimi lwayo olwalurhabaxa nolumanzi lutsala impatho esandleni sam.

Ibiyimini egcwele izilwanyana, njengoko sichitha ixesha e UDavid Sheldrick Wildlife Trust , ehlangula iindlovu ezincinci kunye nemikhombe eyinkedama ngayo yonke into ukusuka ekuzingeleni ngokuzingela ukuya kwimbalela. Sasinqumla ehlathini ngaphesheya kweNairobi National Park saza saya kwindawo engenamanzi apho phantse zazingamashumi amabini iintsana zeendlovu ezazingqongwe zonwabile. Basikrwecile- ngokungathi bayazi ukuba lixesha lokuba babuyele kwindlela encinci-emva koko bazulazula emahlathini nakwiindawo zabo zokulala ebusuku, ukonwaba kwabo batyeleleyo ngabantu abanikelwe ngabazali babo ukuba bancede i-trust ibaluleke sebenza.

Igalari yobugcisa beMatbronze, eKenya Ityala: Ngobubele beGiraffe Manor

Ngale mvakwemini ndashiya izilwanyana ndisiya kukuhambahamba kwezixeko ezithengisa iivenkile, ndonwabile ukuchitha iiyure ezimbalwa ndinyusa isixeko ngaphambi kokuba ndiye eSavannah. Nge Inkcubeko , ingqokelela yeevenkile ezingaphezulu kweshumi elinambini, izilwanyana ezincinci ezifakwe kwi-safari zilinde ezishelufini nomfanekiso-ngqondweni womntwana obhalwe kuwo wonke. Kwaye kufutshane Iivenkile zekhonkco zeLangata , amaqela amancinci aqokelelene eyadini, eboleka i-vibe ephithizelayo kwingqokelela ehlekisayo yeetawuli eziphezulu zeti kunye nezilwanyana ezincinci eziprintwe kuzo.

UCarr-Hartley uqaphele ukuba iindawo ezinje nge Imyuziyam yaseKaren Blixen , ikhaya langaphambili lombhali we 'Out of Africa, kunye Ipaki yeSizwe yaseNairobi ziindawo zokumisa ezithandwayo, kodwa indawo ekhulayo yobugcisa eNairobi lulongezo olonwabisayo esixekweni. Ukuzibonela ngawakho tyelela iigalari ezinje IMatbronze (egxile kubronze bezilwanyana zasendle), Inye yokuGcina igalari yobugcisa bemihla ngemihla , kwaye i Igalari yobugcisa beBhanana Hill .

I-Giraffe Manor, eKenya Ityala: Ngobubele beGiraffe Manor

Ngosuku olulandelayo, ndakwamkela ukuzola kweNdlulamthi, ndivuka ngaphambi kokusa ndiphume ndaya kwi balcony yegumbi lethu eGarden Manor, ndizi-ayina ngentsimbi epholileyo. Ngaphesheya kwentendelezo, isibini sendlulamthi simi silungile kwigumbi lesidlo sakusasa lendlu ephambili, iintloko zabo sele zanyamalala ngeefestile ezisezantsi.

Phakathi kwee-sips zekofu naphambi kwamaqanda am uBenedict, satyisa indlulamthi emva kwendlulamthi ekroba kwiiglasi ezivulekileyo ekhangela ukutya kwabo kwasekuseni. Njengokuba sasilungiselela ukuhamba, ndabuya umva ukujonga okokugqibela kwilifa elinemigangatho emibini kunye neendlulamthi ezimi ngoku phakathi kwemithi, kwaye andinakukwazi ukunceda ukuba sizive ngathi besikwindlela ethile yemfihlo — imfihlo ekwakufuneka kwabelwane ngayo.