I-Cabo de Ornos National Park


Ngesikhathi sisendleleni eChile, enye yezindawo okumele uvakashele yiCabo de Ornos National Park. Ukuhambela izwe ukuze ubone indawo yalo efudumele, kufanelekile ukuya endaweni ye-Antarctic. Kulapha ukuthi leli paki elimangalisayo likhona. Imingcele yensimu yayo yiziqhingi ezikude ne-Argentina.

Yini emangalisa ngepaki?

Unyaka wepaki kwakungu-1945, lapho insimu yendawo yokugcina igcinwe ngokuphelele. Uma ucabangela ipaki kusuka endaweni yokuphatha, khona-ke kungokwesifundazwe saseMagallanes. Kuzo zonke izindawo zokudalwa zaseChile, iCabo de Ornos yiyona enkulu kunazo zonke endaweni, ithatha cishe amahektha angama-64.

Iningi lensimu yepaki ligcwele amahlathi anezinyosi. Ingxenye yasogwini iyindawo yokuhlala ye-coloni yama-penguin. Izinhlobo ezivamile kakhulu zezinyoni ziyi-albatrosses nezimpungushe.

Ipaki yeCabo de Ornos ayikwazi ukucabanga ngaphandle kwezinga eliphakeme kakhulu lendawo - i-Mount Hyde, ephakeme ngamamitha angu-670. Yiseqhingini laseWollaston, elibhekwa njengendawo yepaki. Iningi lezitshalo ezikhulayo kulondolozwe alitholakali kwezinye izingxenye zezwe ngisho nasemhlabeni.

Lokhu kungachazwa ngezimo zezulu - ukushisa okuphansi kanye nomswakama ophezulu. Ngakho-ke, abamele izitshalo zendawo kufanele bazivumelanise nemingcele engavamile, futhi ngokwabo bangavamile. Lapha sikhula izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-mosses nama-lichens, isinamoni yasendle ne-beech.

Izifuyo zimelelwa yizilwane zasolwandle namagundane. Ngakho-ke, ukukhangwa okuyinhloko kwepaki laseCabo de Ornos kuyi-glaciers, oneminyaka yobudala idlule umngcele wezinkulungwane zeminyaka. Inqolobane ivikelwe yi-UNESCO, ngakho ubuhle bemvelo bemvelo bugcinwa lapha.

Ungafika kanjani nokuthi uzohlala kuphi izivakashi?

Ngenxa yemizila yokuvakasha ethuthukile yamahhotela namahhotela epaki. Wonke umuntu angakwazi ukuhlala kahle egumbini ngemali ehloniphekile. Ungathola epaki njengengxenye yeqembu lokuvakasha noma ngokuqasha umhlahlandlela wakho. Ukufika endaweni yokugcina ngeke kube nzima, ngoba imikhumbi enezivakashi ngokuvamile ingena echwebeni.

Indlela elula ukugibela umkhumbi ogijima kabili ngosuku ukusuka ePunta Arenas kuya e-Islas Volhaston. Isiqhingi saseWollaston siyaziwa kakhulu ngezindawo zokubhuka zezindiza, ngakho-ke izivakashi zivakashela ipaki nganoma yisiphi isikhathi sonyaka. Ngenkathi abanye benqoba izintaba zezintaba, enye ingxenye yabavakashi bezithombe zithatha izigodi zeqhwa.