Jirgin kasan yawon bude ido na alfarma ya nufi bakin Afirka

Wanda aka fi sani da Pride of Africa, jirgin kasa mai alfarma na Rovos Rail ya bar birnin kasuwancin Tanzaniya na Dar es Salaam zuwa Cape Town da tsakar ranar Talata, inda ya bi ta layin dogo na Tanzaniya da Zambiya mai ban mamaki zuwa Cape Town a iyakar nahiyar Afirka.

Jirgin kasa mai suna Pride of Africa ya bar babban birnin kasar Tanzaniya ne da karfe 12 na dare, inda ya doshi Cape Town, ya ratsa Tanzaniya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, da Botswana kafin ya isa kasar Afrika ta Kudu.

Bayan tashinsa daga Dar es Salaam, jirgin ya bi ta wurin ajiyar namun daji na Selous, wurin dajin namun daji mafi girma a Afirka wanda ke da fadin kasa kilomita 55,000.

Na 'yan sa'o'i kadan, masu yawon bude ido da ke cikin jirgin za su iya kallon namun daji ta hanyar wani kocin da aka gina gilashin kallo wanda aka tsara don kallon yanayi yayin da jirgin ke tafiya.

Udzungwa Ranges da Babban Rift Valley na Afirka su ne sauran wuraren yawon bude ido da ke jan fasinjojin jirgin don daukar ra'ayoyi. Jirgin ya ratsa kan rafin Chisimba da ke Zambia inda fasinjoji ke samun damar kallon fadowar da ke da kyau.

Lokacin da ya isa Livingstone, jirgin ya ketare gada kuma ya isa kan iyakar Zimbabwe don babban ziyarar da ba a kwatanta da Victoria Falls tare da faɗuwar rana a kan kogin Zambezi da safari mai tafiya daga bakin kogi zuwa otal.

Lokacin hutu a Victoria Falls ya haɗa da irin waɗannan ayyuka kamar yawon shakatawa na manyan faɗuwar ruwa, jirgin sama mai saukar ungulu a kan faɗuwar ruwa, safari na giwa, tafiya tare da zakuna, rafting na farin ruwa, tsalle-tsalle na bungee, da golf.

Masu yawon bude ido da ke cikin jirgin, bayan sun tashi daga Victoria Falls, suma suna samun damar ziyartar gandun dajin Hwange kafin su nufi Bulawayo, birni na biyu mafi girma a Zimbabwe.

A Botswana, jirgin ya nufi kudu ta hanyar Francistown da Serule, ya ketare Tropic na Capricorn kuma ya ci gaba ta Mahalapye zuwa Gaborone inda masu yawon bude ido ke tashi don yawon shakatawa zuwa Madikwe Reserve tare da kwana 2 a wani masauki. Wasan motsa jiki da sassafe, tuƙin wasan la'asar, da sauran ayyukan baƙi suna nuna ranar ga masu yawon buɗe ido na Rovos Rail.

Daga tsaunin Madikwe da tsaunin Magaliesberg, masu yawon bude ido suna yin tukin wasan motsa jiki da sanyin safiya kafin jirgin ya sake komawa hanyarsa, inda suka ratsa tsaunukan Magaliesberg, wasu kananan tsaunuka da ke da nisan kilomita 120 daga gabas-yamma daga Pretoria zuwa Rustenberg a Afirka ta Kudu.

Kimberley Big Hole da Diamond Mine Museum sune wurin yawon bude ido da mutum ya yi wanda masu yawon bude ido a cikin jirgin Rovos Rail suka tsaya don ziyara. Daga Kimberly, jirgin yana tafiya zuwa Beaufort West sannan Matjiesfontein, ƙauyen tarihi mai daraja yawon shakatawa.

Jirgin ya tashi zuwa Cape Town ta Kogin Touws da Worcester don tsayawarsa ta ƙarshe bayan yanke rabin rabin nahiyar Afirka a cikin almara na kwanaki 15, yawon shakatawa na rabin nahiyar Afirka don cika "Mafarkin Cecil Rhodes" - hanyar jirgin ƙasa daga Cape zuwa Alkahira.

Jirgin kasa mai alfarma na Rovos Rail ya bi hanyoyin Cecil Rhodes daga Cape, inda ya ratsa Kudancin Afirka zuwa Dar es Salaam tare da hada fasinjansa zuwa wasu sassan Afirka ta wasu hanyoyin layin dogo a gabashin Afirka.

Tsohon jirgin kasa na Edwardian Rovos Rail yana birgima tare da kociyoyin katako guda 21 tare da ikon ɗaukar fasinjoji 72. Tsofaffin kociyoyin katako suna tsakanin shekaru 70 zuwa 100, kuma an shirya su cikin motocin da suka cancanci fasinja.

Mallakar kamfanin Rovos Rail, jirgin kasan ya yi balaguron farko na farko zuwa Dar es Salaam a watan Yulin 1993 don kammala mafarkin Cecil Rhodes na shimfida layin dogo daga Cape Town a Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Alkahira a Masar, yana zazzagewa a fadin nahiyar Afirka daga iyakar kudu zuwa iyakar arewacin wannan nahiyar.

Ana sa ran taron shekara-shekara na kungiyar tafiye tafiye ta Afirka (ATA) na shekara-shekara na yawon bude ido na duniya da za a yi a kasar Rwanda nan gaba a wata mai zuwa, Rovos Rail wani sabon wurin yawon bude ido ne mai zuwa wanda zai hada nahiyar Afirka ta hanyar dogo. Rovos Rail ya tsaya a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan abokan haɗin gwiwa don haɓaka yawon shakatawa na Afirka.

Tare da hadin gwiwar hukumar raya kasar Rwanda, an tsara taron ATA karo na 41 don tsara yadda za a iya amfani da yawon bude ido a matsayin injin bunkasar tattalin arziki da samar da ayyukan yi ta hanyar sabbin fasahohin kasuwanci, sabbin fasahohi, da hadin gwiwar dabarun hadin gwiwa.

Baya ga kamfanonin jiragen sama da za a ba da su a yayin taron ATA, Rovos Rail shi ne sauran sabon abokin yawon bude ido da ya kamata a tattauna yayin taron, da nufin haɓaka ayyukan yawon shakatawa na Afirka a duk faɗin duniya.