- Malo a malo: Cango Caves Klein Karoo Street, Oudtshoorn 6620, South Africa
- Foni: +27 44 272 7410
Ku dera lamapiri la Western Cape, mumapiri a Black Mountains, muli zodabwitsa zenizeni - madera a Cango (mapanga a nkhalango). Ndi imodzi mwa mapanga okongola kwambiri padziko lapansi. N'zotheka kuwonetsa njira zowonongeka za chikhalidwe chilichonse: zosavuta, zomwe zingapite mosavuta ngakhale mwana, kupita kokasangalala.
Mbiri ya kupezeka kwa mapanga
Cha m'ma 1800. Pafamu yoyandikana nayo, nkhosa inatheratu. Wokhudzidwa ndi mbuye wakusowa, Fonscape wina, anatumiza kapolo kuti am'funefune. Iye pakufufuza anapeza dzenje lakuya, zomwe zinasunga zizoloŵezi za chikhalidwe cha mtundu wachibadwidwe wa Africa - a Bushmen. Atayang'ana pamodzi, adawona dzenje likukwera pansi pa dzenje. Fonscape anapita kumusi uko pa chingwe, anayatsa kandulo kumbali yake, koma sanawone makoma kapena pansi. Atabwerera, adanena kuti adapeza "khomo la pansi." Kotero, khomo la mapango a Cango linatsegulidwa mwangozi, posakhalitsa linakhala lokopa kwambiri lokopa alendo.
M'zaka za m'ma 1800. pakhomo la phanga likutetezedwa mophiphiritsira, alendo adatenga zidutswa zambiri za stalactites ndi stalagmite, kusiya zolemba pamakoma. Mu 1820, bwanamkubwa wa Cape Colony, Ambuye Charles Somerset anapereka chigamulo malinga ndi zomwe zinaperekedwa kuti zithetsedwe ku malonda. Malipiro olowera olowera anayikanso.
Zambiri mwazipeza ndi antchito Johnny Wassenaar, amene anatumikira zaka 43. Ma tunnel angapo, mbali zam'mbali zinatsegulidwa kwa iwo. Malingana ndi nthano imodzi, adatha kudutsa m'mapanga a makilomita 25. Komabe, izi sizinatsimikizidwe.
Cango Caves lero
Tsopano malo ozungulira a miyala ya limestone, omwe ali ndi zigawo zitatu, amapezeka kwa alendo. Kutalika kwathunthu kuli kilomita zinayi. Kamera yaikulu kwambiri ndi kukula kwa munda waukulu wa mpira wa mpira. Mizere pakati pa nyumbayi ndi yayikulu mokwanira, koma pamene ikuchoka pakhomo lochepa. Chokongola chenicheni ndi stalactites ndi stalagmites za mawonekedwe odabwitsa. Maganizo amagwedezeka ndi "Nyumba ya Mgwirizano" - phanga lalikulu limene stalactites akugwera pamakoma amapanga mtundu waukulu. Miyala yozungulira imapanga mitundu yosiyanasiyana yodabwitsa, ndipo kugwiritsa ntchito kuwala ndi zina zowonjezera kumapangitsa malowa kukhala chinthu chodabwitsa pansi pa nthaka.
Mapanga amakhalabe kutentha kwa pafupifupi 18-20 madigiri, pamene chinyezi chiri chachikulu.
Ulendowu umatha mphindi 50, ndipo ndi zophweka - kuyendera maholo asanu ndi awiri akuluakulu, omwe ali ndi nthano yake ndi dzina lake.
Pakati pa ulendo waulendo, oyendayenda adzaperekedwa kukadziyesa yekha kuti athandizike ndi kukwera m'magawo ang'onoang'ono, kuyenda pa "chimbudzi cha" satana "kuphatikizapo kuyenda m'mabwalo. Chilichonse chimaperekedwa kuti zowona kuti alendo azitha kukhala otetezeka.
Kodi mungapeze bwanji?
Mapango a Cango ali pamtunda wa makilomita 30 kumpoto kwa Oudtshoorn, pakati pa makampani a nthiwatiwa a South Africa. 50 km kuchokera ku Oudtshoorn ndi George Airport, yomwe imayankhula nthawi zonse ndi Cape Town ndi mizinda ina yaikulu ya dzikoli. Njira yabwino, ngati simukupita ndi gulu lokonzekera - kubwereka galimoto.
Mipanga imatsegulidwa tsiku lililonse (kupatula Khirisimasi), misewu yowonongeka imayendetsedwa maola lililonse kuyambira 9:00 mpaka 16:00, ulendo - kuyambira 09:30 mpaka 15:30. Kuti athandizidwe ndi alendo amakhalanso ndi cafe komanso malo owonetserako ziwonetsero. Makilomita 10 okha kuchokera ku Cango Caves pali hotelo yabwino kwambiri, komwe mungathe kukhala ndi banja lonse.
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