I-Nepal ihlanganisa ukuphumula nokujabulela imisebenzi yangaphandle egcwele injabulo nokuzijabulisa. Kuyizwe le-Himalaya elimangalisayo elinikeza amathuba amaningana ezemidlalo.
Yonke imisebenzi yezemidlalo yangaphandle efana ne-bungee jumping, i-paragliding, iflaya ye-zip, izindiza zasezintabeni, umfula wamanzi amhlophe we-rafting, i-jungle safari, ukuhamba ngezintaba ngebhayisikili, ukugibela izikebhe, ukugibela amatshe, njll, kuyimidlalo evulekile phakathi kwezivakashi ezihamba eNepal ngaphandle kokuhamba ngezinyawo nokuvakasha.
Ungathola eminye yemidlalo enzima kakhulu ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ezindaweni ezingaziwa zaseNepal emangalisayo. Le misebenzi yangaphandle iveze ukubaluleka kwezindawo ezahlukahlukene ezisiza intuthuko yazo eyalandela.
I-Adventures e-Nepal iphinde inikeze abahambi uhambo olungcono kakhulu kanye nentokozo ye-adventure, okuholela ekutheni bazihlolele mathupha ukungena kwendlu ngendlu. Imidlalo yokuzijabulisa ngaphandle ezweni ingahlelwa ngazo zonke izinkathi zonyaka.
Ukuvakasha kokubuka indawo e-Nepal
Ukuvakasha kokubuka indawo kuhlanganisa umlando, ubuciko obuthakazelisayo, kanye nezakhiwo ezihlukile nezihlukahlukene. Ubuhle bemvelo baseNepal, isiko elijwayelekile, namasiko adume ngobungqayizivele kanye nokukhanga kwawo. Sekuyisikhathi eside iNepal iyizwe lamaphupho kubavakashi. I-Nepal imema, yamukela, futhi ixake izivakashi.
I-Nepal ingelinye lamazwe ahamba phambili emhlabeni ngohambo lokubuka indawo lwamasiko nomlando. Ngomlando wayo omude, ubuciko obuhehayo, kanye nezakhiwo ezihlukile nezihlukahlukene, iNepal iyindawo edumile emhlabeni wonke yokuhamba ngezinyawo, ukugibela izintaba, i-whitewater rafting, i-wildlife safaris, neminye imisebenzi eminingi yokuzijabulisa ngenxa yokuphakama kwayo okuphezulu kwe-Himalaya kanye nezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezimangalisayo.
I-Nepal inabantu abayinhlanganisela abavela emiphakathini ehlukahlukene yezinhlanga nezinhlanga. Abantu baseNepal baziwa ngokwamukela nokungenisa izihambi abakunikeza izivakashi, futhi abantu bavame ukukhumbula lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ngaphezu kwanoma isiphi esinye. I-Nepal iwumphakathi ogcwele i-rustic; isiko layo eliphumelelayo kanye nokuhlukahluka kwezinhlanga kutholakala kangcono emadolobheni ayo.
Ukuvakasha kwe-Nepal kokubuka indawo kuyipharadesi labavakashi eliyingqayizivele kuwo wonke umqondo wokuzidela: i-Himalaya, umfula, ezenkolo, izindawo zokulondoloza izilwane zasendle, amatshe esikhumbuzo, amathempeli, iminyuziyamu, amasiko nezindawo zamagugu omhlaba.
I-Nepal yaziwa kakhulu ngezinye zezinto ezinhle kakhulu, ezithokozisayo, nezihehayo ezingatholakali kwenye indawo emhlabeni jikelele. Uhlelo lwethu oluthile Lokubona Indawo luvumela izivakashi zalo ukuthi zibone amasiko amaningi acebile aseNepalese, umhlaba wobuciko oyingqayizivele, nomlando.
Q. Yaziwa ngani iNepal?
I-Nepal yaziwa ngayo Mount Everest, iNtaba ephakeme kunazo zonke emhlabeni, nobuhle bayo bemvelo obumangalisayo, obungabonakala ezweni layo, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezinamagquma. INepal iyizwe elinezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo nendawo ezungezile enhle.
Ukubekezelelana ngokwenkolo kuhlala kukhona konkulunkulu nonkulunkulukazi abahlukahlukene, amathempeli amaningi, amaStupa nezigodlo zezindela, futhi kubonisa ukholo olujulile lwabantu. Kuyipharadesi labavakashi eliyingqayizivele kuwo wonke umuzwa wokuzidela: i-Himalaya, imifula, ezenkolo, izindawo zezilwane zasendle, amatshe esikhumbuzo, amathempeli, iminyuziyamu, amasayithi amasiko namagugu omhlaba. Futhi, yikhaya lamaGurkha Warriors anesibindi nenganekwane. Yaziwa nangokuthi yizwe elineMithombo Yamanzi Yemvelo eminingi.
Q. Kungani Uthatha Uhambo E-Nepal?
Ikakhulukazi okungafinyeleleki kuyo ngomgwaqo, kuhlanganiswe namathrekhi ezinyawo aguge kahle athuthukiswe phakathi kwamadolobhana amakhulu eminyaka, ukuhamba ngezinyawo eNepal kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokubona izintaba ze-Himalaya. Iwuchungechunge lwezintaba eziphakeme nezincane kunazo zonke emhlabeni, futhi ihlanganisa isifunda samasiko enkolo namasiko ajulile kanye nokwehlukahlukana okumangalisayo kwabantu. Indawo yemvelo, izintaba eziphakeme, amagugu amasiko angenakuqhathaniswa, nezinto eziningi ezikhethekile zenze iNepal yaba indawo eyaziwa kakhulu kumamephu ezokuvakasha.
Indlela ezuzisa kakhulu yokuthola izinto ezihehayo zaleli zwe zemvelo nezidume umhlaba wonke ukudabula ubude bezwe, ububanzi, nokuphakama kwezwe ngezinto zokuphila ezingenakulibaleka. I-Mt. Everest, Annapurna, Kanchenjunga, I-Langtang, njll., izintaba ezinhle eNepal.
Q. Ngingakwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo, noma ungihambele?
Uma ulungele futhi ujabulela ukuhamba, uzothola uhambo ohlelweni olufanelana nawe. Ngakho-ke noma ubani onemilenze eqinile nomoya wokuzidela ukuze ahlole okungavamile uzojabulela injabulo yokuhamba ngezinyawo emagqumeni aseNepal.
Ngokuvamile, sinohlu lohambo olufushane, olulula, nolungavamile lwabahambi abakhathele, futhi kubahambi abanolwazi, sinikeza uhambo olude olunokuningi kwesasasa nokuzidela. Kuhle futhi ukukhumbula ukuthi uma silungisa ukuvakasha kwakho, ungakhetha ijubane nesiqondiso solwazi lwakho.
Q. Ingabe uyisikhungo esinelayisensi sokuhamba ngezinyawo?
Yebo, siyisikhungo esinelayisensi sokuhamba ngezinyawo. Sekuyisikhathi eside sihlela izinkambo, uhambo, nohambo lwamakhasimende ethu abalulekile futhi sizuze ulwazi.
Q. Inini isizini engcono kakhulu yohambo?
I-Nepal iyizwe elihle ngokwemvelo elijabulela isimo sezulu esimnandi unyaka wonke. Sinezinkathi ezimbili ezibalulekile zokuhamba ngezinyawo. Izinyanga ezingcono kakhulu uSepthemba, u-Okthoba noNovemba ngesikhathi seNkwindla, kanti uMashi, u-April noMeyi ngesikhathi sentwasahlobo zibhekwa njengezinkathi ezingcono kakhulu zokuzama ukuhamba ngezinyawo.
Q. Ingabe imvume yokuhamba ngezinyawo iyadingeka?
UHulumeni waseNepal akasayidingi imvume yokuhamba ngezinyawo e-Everest, Annapurna, Langtang, kanye nezinye izifunda; nokho, izimvume zokongiwa kwemvelo noma izimvume zepaki Kazwelonke ziyadingeka kulezi zifunda.
Zimbalwa izindawo ezikhawulelwe zokuhamba ngezinyawo lapha, lapho kudingeka khona izimvume zokuhamba. Izimvume zokuhamba zikhishwa ngokushesha yiHhovisi Lomnyango Wezokufika eKathmandu nasePokhara.
Q. Ngingakwazi yini ukuthola i-VISA yami lapho ngifika e-Nepal?
Ungathola i-visa yakho yokungena lapho ufika e-Tribhuvan International Airport e-Kathmandu. Ungathola futhi i-visa yakho ku-consulate ezweni lakini. I-visa yezivakashi izonikezwa izinsuku eziyi-150 ngonyaka we-visa.
Q. Ngidinga umhlahlandlela?
Akunandaba ukuthi unolwazi olungakanani futhi ukufanele kangakanani kuhambo lwangaphandle. Kubalulekile ukujwayela indawo entsha. Ukuqasha i-porter kanye nomhlahlandlela kungathuthukisa kakhulu ulwazi lwakho lohambo e-Nepal, ikakhulukazi uma lesi kuyisikhathi sakho sokuqala uhamba ezindleleni ezingavami kakhulu.
Umhlahlandlela oqeqeshiwe uyisidingo esincane sokuphepha futhi ungathuthukisa injabulo yakho nokuqonda kwesifunda njengoba bephinda kabili njengabangane notolika. Uma unquma ukuqasha i-porter kanye nomhlahlandlela, khumbula ukuthi ungumqashi wabo ngakho kufanele uzibophezele ngokugcwele.
Abaqondisi bethu abanokuhlangenwe nakho babuye bafundise izivakashi ngendlela yokuphila yezwe, amasiko, isiko, umlando, kanye nemvelo. Baphinde basize izivakashi zethu ngezinkinga ezifana nosizo lokuqala, I-Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), izinqubo eziphuthumayo, nezindlela zokuhlenga.
Q. Yiziphi izinhlobo Zemihlahlandlela onazo?
Abaqondisi bethu baqeqeshelwe usizo lokuqala futhi bayazi indlela yokusingatha noma yisiphi isimo. Bonke abaqondisi bethu bakhuluma isiNgisi esishelelayo futhi bayakujabulela ukwabelana nawe ngolwazi lwabo olujulile lwezwe nobuhle baleli zwe.
Q. Kuthiwani ngokuphepha ngesikhathi sohambo?
Ukuphepha kwamaklayenti ethu kubaluleke kakhulu futhi kubalulekile kithi. Zonke iziqondiso zethu kanye nabanye abasebenzi abasekelayo bakhethelwe ngokucophelela uhambo lwakho. Abaqondisi bethu banamalayisense akhishwe uHulumeni. Baqotho futhi banokwethenjelwa. Kodwa futhi singakweluleka ukuthi unakekele izinto zakho siqu.
Q. Ingabe kungenzeka ukushintshanisa noma ukushintsha uhambo losuku?
Ungashintsha uhambo losuku njengoba uthembisile ngokubonisana nomhlahlandlela wakho.
Q. Ngingalutholaphi ulwazi olwengeziwe namamephu?
Ibhuku lomhlahlandlela wokuhamba/lohambo lingcono kakhulu ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe. Amamephu ayatholakala ezitolo zezincwadi ezizungeze i-Pokhara, Kathmandu, nezinye izindawo ezidumile.
Q. Yiziphi Izinhlobo Zokuhamba ngezinyawo engingayenza e-Nepal?
Ungakwazi ukuhamba ngezinyawo eziqhingini zase-Himalaya zaleli zwe elihle ngezindlela ezahlukene, kusukela ekuhambeni okulula ukuya kweziyinselele, lapho ungahlala khona e-Tea House elula eklanywe endaweni nge-Tea House Trek kanye ne-Camping Trek; abasebenzi bethu abanolwazi bakha itende.
I-Tea House Trek iwuhambo lapho uhlala khona ubusuku bonke e-Tea Houses ekupheleni kosuku ngalunye lokuhamba. I-Tea House ihlanganisa izindlu zezivakashi, izindawo zokudlela, nama-Hangout omphakathi.
Q. Yisiphi isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuhamba ngezinyawo?
Isimo sezulu saseNepal kanye nesimo sezulu kwenza izwe lihluke, ngakho-ke umuntu othanda imvelo angahlala ekwenza kube indawo yakhe yokuhamba unyaka wonke. Imvamisa, izinkathi ezine zonyaka zicatshangelwa eNepal, ngayinye inikela ngokukhanga okuthile.
Isikhathi esihle sokuhamba ngezinyawo yikwindla (Okthoba-Novemba) nasentwasahlobo (ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari-April). Uhambo olufushane nolunye uhambo oluya endlini yetiye nakho kungenziwa ebusika.
Q. Hlobo luni lomshwalense okufanele ngibe nalo? Ngingafika lapho?
Hlola umshwalense wakho nokuthi ingabe unayo yomibili umshwalense wezokwelapha kanye nowokuphuma. Kungasiza uma ukhetha ngokucophelela inqubomgomo, njengoba abanye benza okuhlukile okuphawulekayo ekuhambeni kohambo. Sazise uma ukudinga lokho ohambweni, futhi sizokunikeza. Lokho kusho ukuthi nawe ungafika lapha. Kodwa kungcono ukuhlela umshwalense wakho ezweni lakini ngaphambi kokuhamba.
Q. Ngizokwenzani uma ngihlushwa ukuphakama noma ukugula?
Abaqondisi bethu baqeqeshelwe ukubona noma yiziphi izimpawu ze ukugula kokuwa futhi ukwazi ukubhekana nayo. Uzodluliselwa endaweni yezempilo eseduze uma icala lilibi. Uma ungelapheki, uzothathwa ngokushesha uyiswe eKathmandu ngendiza enophephela emhlane bese uyiswa esibhedlela. Wonke amaKlayenti kufanele abe nomshwalense wawo ngaphambi kokuza lapha esimweni esiphuthumayo.
Q. Ithini inqubomgomo yakho yokukhansela kanye nemibandela noma izimo?
Uma amakhasimende ethu engakwazi ukwenza uhambo lwawo noma efuna ukulukhansela ngenxa yanoma yiziphi izimo eziyinkinga, Ngaphezu kwe-Himalaya Trekking kuthatha u-20% yenani lokubhuka, elingabuyeli emuva. Nokho, iKlayenti lingahlehlisa usuku lwalo lokuhamba futhi lenze imisebenzi ehlukile. Ungahlola ikhasi lethu lemigomo nemibandela ukuze uthole imininingwane.
Q. Ingabe ikhona indawo kagesi phakathi nohambo?
Izindawo eziningi zokuhamba ngezinyawo njenge-Annapurna, Everest, Langtang, Dhaulagiri, Mustang, kanye neManaslu zinendawo kagesi. Ungashaja amabhethri ekhamera yakho.
Q. Ingabe kukhona ukuxhumana ngenkathi sihamba ngohambo?
Amadolobhana amaningi anezinsiza zocingo eduze kwemizila edumile yokuhamba ngezinyawo, lapho ungashaya khona izingcingo zomhlaba jikelele. Ungasebenzisa futhi umakhalekhukhwini wakho emadolobheni amakhulu kuleli zwe.
Q. Yiziphi izinhlobo zezinsiza zamabhange eziseNepal?
I-Nepal inezindawo zamabhange zesimanje; amanye amabhange omhlaba aze abe namahhovisi eKathmandu. Cishe zonke izimali zakwamanye amazwe namakhadi esikweletu, njenge-American Express, Visa, kanye namakhadi e-Master, amukelwa lapha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sinezinsiza ze-ATM.
Q. Ingabe Ngenhla Kwe-Himalaya iyawamukela amakhadi esikweletu?
Ngenhla kwe-Himalayas, i-Trekking yamukela amakhadi e-American Express, Visa, nawe-Master. Uma ukhokha e-Nepal, sicela ukuthi ukhokhe ngokheshi, njengoba izindleko zasebhange zamakhadi esikweletu ziphezulu.
Q. Uyazi ukuthi mangaki amahora esiwahamba nsuku zonke ohambweni?
Ukuhamba eNtabeni kusho ukuthi kufanele ube nempilo enhle futhi usesimweni esihle somzimba. Izinsuku eziningi zinamahora amane kuya kwamahlanu ohamba, kodwa ezinye izinsuku zifika emahoreni ayisikhombisa.
Q. Ithini imali yase-Nepal?
Imali ibhalwe njenge-Nepalese noma Rupee (Rs) noma, ngamafuphi, i-NRS. I-100 Paisa ilingana no-1 Rs. Amanothi e-Nepali ayi-1000, 500, 100, 50, 25, 10, 5, 2, kanye nama-rupee angu-1, futhi izinhlamvu zemali azivamile ukusetshenziswa.
Q. Ungangena kanjani eNepal?
Ukuze undize uqonde e-Nepal usuka ezweni lakini, i-Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) e-Kathmandu ukuphela kwesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe lapha. Kungenjalo, ukuya ezweni laseNepal udlula eNdiya inketho uma unesikhathi nomdlandla. Ukuwela phakathi kweNepal neTibet nge-Kodari kuvulekele kuphela amaqembu ahleliwe kodwa hhayi kubahambi ngabanye abaya enyakatho.
Q. Kufanele ngigqoke kanjani ngesikhathi sohambo?
Izingubo ozoza nazo kufanele zivumele kokubili ukufudumala kwezinsuku kanye nokubanda kobusuku. Ngenkathi uhamba phakathi nosuku ezindaweni eziphakeme, amabhulukwe angasindi nezikibha kuyanconywa. Ukuhamba nejakhethi engangeni manzi kanye nezingubo ezifudumele njalo kuwumqondo omuhle, nakuba isimo sezulu sezintaba singalindelekile.
Q. Ingabe uhlinzeka nganoma isiphi isisetshenziswa ngenkathi uhamba uhambo?
Zonke izinhlobo ze imishini okudingekayo ekuhambeni kwakho noma ukuvakasha kuzophathwa wena, njengezintambo, ama-ekseli, izikhwama zokulala, njll., ekukhokhweni kwezindleko ezijwayelekile.
Q. Ngingayiphatha imithi yami?
Yebo. Letha nemiyalelo nemithi ezitsheni zakhona zangempela ukuze ugweme izinkinga ngokuhlola amasiko.