Ke hele wāwae nei ma ka ʻOkavango Delta ma Botswana

I ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua hana au i kahi huakaʻi 7,5 mau mahina ma luna o ka ʻāina ʻApelika. Ua hoʻomaka wau ma Sepania mai kahi aʻu i lawe ai i ka ferry i Morocco. Mai keia wahi aku ua hele au ma ke kapakai komohana o Aferika a hiki i Aferika Hema. Ma hope o kekahi mau lā hoʻomaha, hoʻomau au i kaʻu huakaʻi i Nairobi i Kenya mai kahi aʻu i lele hou ai i ka home. Ma kēia huakaʻi ua kipa aku au i ka Delta kaulana ʻo Okavango ma Botswana kahi aʻu i hana ai i kahi safari hele wāwae.

ʻO ka Delta ʻOkavango ma Botswana

I ka wā mua, ua hoʻowalewale ʻia au e hoʻokuʻu i ka kipa ʻana i ka Delta Okavango, no ka mea ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu i ka mea e manaʻo ai a inā pono ke kālā. I ka hopena, ua hoʻoholo wau e hele wale i ka Delta no kahi huakaʻi 3-lā, no ka mea, manaʻo wau e hana maikaʻi wau i koʻu wā ma laila. No laila, ua hele au no ka holo kaʻa he 2 hola ma ka jeep ma nā alanui one ʻino a ukali ʻia e ka holo waʻa he 4 mau hola ma luna o de Delta. Ua kapa ʻia ka waʻa aʻu i holo ai, he 'mokoro'; he ala kuʻuna kēia o ka lawe ʻana i ka nahele Botswana i hana ʻia mai loko mai o kahi ʻāpana lāʻau. Kupaianaha ka nani o keia huakai waa; nui nā pua i loko o ka wai, ʻaʻole pau nā pāpū ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me kekahi mau zebra ma kahakai. Ua ʻālohilohi ka lā a ua like wau i ka lani!

ʻO ka lā mua e hele ana i ka safari ma ka Delta Okavango

Ma hope o kēia hapalua lā o ka huakaʻi i ka ʻOkavango Delta, hiki au i koʻu kahua hoʻomoana kahi aʻu i kūkulu ai i koʻu hale lole a hoʻomaka wau e ʻai i kaʻu sandwich. Ke kipa ʻoe i ka Delta makemake paha ʻoe e hoʻokele i kāu mau manaʻo i mua. I nā ahiahi wela, he manawa hoʻomaha iki, no ka mea, wela loa ka hele ʻana i ka safari. No laila, he mea maikaʻi paha ke lawe mai i puke e heluhelu ai, i kekahi mele e hoʻolohe ai a i ʻole kekahi mau pāʻani e pāʻani ai. ʻAʻohe mea nani ma Delta o Botswana. ʻO ia hoʻi: ʻaʻohe halepaku, ʻaʻohe ua, ʻaʻohe hale e noho ai, ʻaʻohe noho e noho ai, ʻaʻohe hale kūʻai a ʻaʻohe waiwai o kekahi mea. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e pono ai no kāu mau lā hoʻomoana 3, pono ʻoe e lawe iā ʻoe iho. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻopaʻa ai au i kahi pahu meaʻai maʻalahi e hoʻomākaukau ai, e like me ka ʻōwili palaoa, ka ʻiʻo a me kekahi letus a me nā ʻōmato e hana i nā burgers no ka ʻaina ahiahi. Hoʻopili au i nā sandwiches no ka ʻaina awakea a me ka pauka waiū me ka cereal no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. Ua lawe mai au i kahi pahu hooluu me ka nui o ka hau no ka mālama ʻana i ka meaʻai i loko a ma waho o ka papa e mālama ai i nā pia.

ʻO ke kiʻi ʻo Okavango Delta Botswana

: ʻOkavango Delta Botswana

: ʻOkavango Delta Botswana

: ʻOkavango Delta Botswana

Ma hope o koʻu noho ʻana, ua hele au i ka safari hele wāwae me kekahi o nā alakaʻi. He mea kupaianaha wale ka ʻāina; hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mauʻu a me ka puʻu i mua e like me kou ʻike. Ua hele mākou ma waena o ka mauʻu kiʻekiʻe a hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i kā mākou mau holoholona hihiu mua ma hope koke o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana i kahi hoʻomoana. Noho ʻelua monkey ma luna o ka pōhaku nui i ka wā e pāʻani ana kekahi i kekahi. Ma kahi liʻiliʻi aʻe, hāʻule mākou i kahi nahesa nui a me kekahi mau antelope. Ua hoʻomau au i ka hele wāwae a hahai ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau giraffe i kahi mamao loa. Ua hoʻoholo mākou e ʻike inā hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokokoke. ʻO koʻu pūʻiwa hiki iā mākou ke hoʻokokoke loa. A ʻaʻole wale nā giraffes, aia kekahi pūʻulu wildebeest a me kahi hui o nā zebra pū kekahi. E pāʻani like ana lākou a pau a holo i mua a i ʻaneʻi ma luna o ka ʻāina mauʻu. Kiola ʻia ke one i ka lewa a kani ʻia nā leo ʻakaʻaka. I kēlā manawa hoʻokahi, ma koʻu ʻākau ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā ma hope o kekahi mau lāʻau pāma. Ua waihoʻoluʻu ka lani i ka ʻulaʻula-ʻalani-melemele nani a manaʻo wau he moeʻuhane. ʻO ʻApelika kēia!

ʻO ka safari hoʻomoana ma ka Delta Okavango

Ma hope o kahi hoʻomoana, ua kuke au i kaʻu burger a noho au a puni ke ahi e kamaʻilio me nā alakaʻi no ka pō. Hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo he mea nui loa ke kākau ʻana i kahi alakaʻi i ka wā e hele ai i ka Delta Okavango. ʻO ke alakaʻi i loaʻa iaʻu ua maikaʻi loa i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā ala holoholona a alakaʻi iaʻu i nā holoholona. ʻAʻole au i ʻoluʻolu i ka Delta nui i piha i nā holoholona hihiu me ka ʻole o kahi alakaʻi akamai. Ua hoʻonohonoho au i kaʻu huakaʻi a me ke alakaʻi ma o ka hōkele ma Maun kahi aʻu i noho ai, he mea nui!

Safari holoholona ma ka Okavango Delta Botswana

I kēlā pō ua lohe au i ka pūʻulu hippos e pāʻani ana ma nā wai kokoke a me ka liona e hoʻopuni ana i koʻu hale lole. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka mua loa, ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi e hele mākou e ʻimi i ka liona. Ua ala wau no kēlā! Ua loaʻa i ke alakaʻi kekahi o nā ala liona a hahai mākou iā lākou no kekahi manawa. Ua wehe au i koʻu mau kāmaʻa i ʻelua mau manawa e au i ka wai. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, nalo aku nā mele liona. I ko makou kokoke ana e huli, lohe makou i kekahi mea ma kahi mamao. No laila, hoʻokokoke mālie mākou a hiki koke mai he 5 elepani e kū ana ma kahi o 30 mau mika i mua oʻu. Auwe! ʻO kaʻu holoholona punahele he mau mika wale nō ma ka nahele. Ua kiʻi au i kaʻu pahupaʻikiʻi a noho wale ma laila i ka ululāʻau no hoʻokahi hola e paʻi ana a leʻaleʻa i kēia mau holoholona hihiu nui. ʻO ka hopena ʻo Okavango Delta kekahi o nā ʻike maikaʻi loa o kaʻu huakaʻi i ʻApelika!