Rovos Rail jirgin kasa: Mirgine daga Cape zuwa Tanzaniya

Jirgin yawon shakatawa na Rovos Rail yana kan hanyarsa daga Cape Town zuwa Dar es Salaam a Tanzaniya a kan balaguron girbi na shekara-shekara tun daga iyakar nahiyar Afirka zuwa zuciyarsa, yana bi ta cikin shahararrun wuraren shakatawa na yawon bude ido a kudancin Afirka.

Jirgin kasa mai alfarma ya bar Victoria Falls ne a ranar Litinin din wannan makon, inda ya nufi arewa zuwa Dar es Salaam a tafiyarsa ta kwanaki 15 mai ban mamaki daga Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Gabashin Afirka.

Rahotanni daga masu shirya tafiye-tafiye sun ce jirgin zai isa birnin Dar es Salaam ranar Asabar da tsakar wannan mako, 15 ga watan Yuli. shahararrun jiragen kasa na da a duniya.

Tafiyar ta fara ne a birnin Cape Town inda za ta kai baki zuwa ƙauyen mai tarihi na Matjiesfontein, garin Kimberley na lu'u-lu'u, da babban birnin Pretoria da Madikwe Game Reserve a Afirka ta Kudu.

Jirgin ya ci gaba da bi ta Botswana zuwa Zimbabwe don kwana a Otal din Victoria Falls, sannan ya haye babban kogin Zambezi zuwa Zambia kuma ya haɗu da Titin Dogo na Tanzania zuwa Chisimba Falls inda baƙi ke jin daɗin tafiya cikin daji.

Ta shiga kan iyakar Tanzaniya sannan ta gangara cikin Babban Rift Valley tana yin shawarwarin ramummuka, juyawa, da magudanar ruwa na ban mamaki a tsaunukan Kudancin Tanzaniya.

Mbeya, kusa da kan iyakar Zambia, shine birni na farko da ke maraba da jirgin kasan Rovos jim kadan bayan ya shiga Tanzaniya.

Daga Mbeya, jirgin ya ratsa ƙetaren wurare masu ban sha'awa na Kudancin Highlands ciki har da Dutsen Livingstone, Kipengere Ranges, da Babban Rift Valley. Daga nan sai ya gangaro zuwa cikin Rift Valley, yana baiwa fasinjojin damar kallo da jin dadin ban mamaki yayin da jirgin ke tattaunawa da ramuka 23 kafin ya tsallaka tsakiyar gandun dajin Selous, mafi girman namun daji a Afirka.

Tsawon kilomita 6,100, balaguron balaguron mako biyu na yawon bude ido daga Cape zuwa Dar es Salaam na gudana kowace shekara a kan wani jirgin kasa na Edwardian na gargajiya yana bi ta kudanci zuwa gabashin Afirka a ziyarar yawon bude ido.

Wanda aka fi sani da "Layin dogo na Mu'ujiza," layin dogo na Tanzaniya-Zambia na daga cikin layin dogo mafi tsayi kuma mafi zamani a Afirka tare da tsantsar fasahar kasar Sin. Titin jirgin kasa mai tsawon mm 1,067 ya kai nisan kilomita 1,860 (mil 1,160) daga birnin Dar es Salaam na kasar Tanzaniya da ke gabar tekun Indiya zuwa birnin Kapiri-Mposhi na kasar Zambiya mai bel din tagulla.

Yana ketare kuma ya wuce ta cikin abubuwan ban mamaki da suka haɗa da ramuka 23 da ke yanke ta cikin tsaunukan Gabashin Arc a cikin tsaunukan kudancin Tanzaniya da Babban Rift Valley. Ramin da ya fi tsayi ya kai mita 800 ta tsaunuka masu kauri.

Waɗannan raƙuman rami masu duhu suna sanya layin dogo tsakanin mafi kyawun fasali wanda duk baƙo zai iya jin daɗi yayin yawo cikin kilomita 920 daga Dar es Salaam zuwa iyakar Zambiya na Nakonde.

Daga Dar es Salaam zuwa Kapiri Mposhi, hanyar jirgin ta ƙetara ko wucewa kan gadoji 300 tare da tsayawa a tashoshi 147.

Ya dauki kwararu da injiniyoyi 50,000 na kasar Sin tare da wasu ma'aikatan Tanzaniya da Zambiya 60,000 don shimfida manyan layin dogo na karfe 330,000 don tafiyar da wannan layin dogo. Ma'aikatan sun kwashe mita miliyan 89 na kasa da dutse domin kammala aikin ginin layin dogo, ciki har da shimfida magudanan ruwa guda 2,225.

Masu sa ido na kasar Sin 9 sun yi tafiya da kafa a cikin ciyayi masu gurbataccen yanayi da wuraren daji na tsawon watanni 900 daga Dar es Salaam zuwa Mbeya da ke tsaunukan kudancin kasar, wanda ya kai kimanin kilomita 65, domin zabar da daidaita hanyar layin dogo. A yayin da ake aikin gina shi, kwararru da injiniyoyi na kasar Sin XNUMX sun mutu.

A shekarar 1970 ne aka fara shimfida layin dogo na farko na karfen karfe a Dar es Salaam don fara aikin shimfida layin dogo na tsawon shekaru 5. A watan Oktoba na shekarar 1975, an shimfida shingen karfe na karshe a Kapiri-Mposhi na kasar Zambiya, domin kammala wannan aiki mai wuya amma mai daraja na aikin gina layin dogo mai tsawon kilomita 1,860.5, shekaru 2 gabanin kammala shi.

Rovos Rail, ko kuma "Alfahari da Afirka," wani jirgin kasa ne mai kayatarwa da ke bin hanyoyin Cecil Rhode daga Cape, ya ratsa ta Kudancin Afirka zuwa Dar es Salaam tare da hada fasinjojinsa zuwa wasu sassan Afirka ta hanyar sauran hanyoyin layin dogo a gabashin Afirka.

Yana da ban sha'awa, kuma watakila shine kawai lokacin tafiya na rayuwa akan irin wannan jirgin da injin tururi ya tura tare da tsofaffin kocin katako tun daga ƙarshen 1890s, amma an canza shi zuwa otal mai tauraro 5 tare da duk abin da ake buƙata na farko- aji yawon shakatawa wurare.

Tsohon jirgin kasa na Edwardian Rovos Rail yana birgima tare da masu horar da katako guda 21 masu karfin daukar fasinjoji 72. Kociyoyin katako suna tsakanin shekaru 70 zuwa 100, kuma an shirya su a cikin motocin da suka cancanci fasinja.

Mallakar kamfanin Rovos Rail, jirgin ruwan na zamani ya yi balaguron farko na farko zuwa Dar es Salaam a watan Yulin 1993 don kammala burin Cecil Rhode na shimfida layin dogo daga Cape Town a Afirka ta Kudu zuwa Alkahira ta Masar, inda ya lallasa nahiyar Afirka daga kudu. tip zuwa iyakar arewacin wannan nahiyar.