Kubatanidza Africa: Rovos Rail yakagadzirirwa kuunza yayo yekutanga, Kumabvazuva kuenda kuWest rwendo muAfrica.

Uyai Chikunguru gore rino, Rovos Rail yakagadzirirwa kubatanidza Africa kubva kuIndian Ocean kuEast kuenda kuAtlantic Ocean muWest kuburikidza nerwendo rwayo rwehafu yemwedzi kubva kuDar es Salaam kuTanzania kuenda kuLobito kuAngola nechitima chayo chemazambiringa, Pride. yeAfrica.

Yakaverengerwa sechitima chevashanyi chakanyanya kunaka pasi rose, iyo Rovos Rail chitima kana "Kudada kweAfrica" ​​yakagadzirirwa kutenderera kubva kuguta reIndia riri mumahombekombe eDar es Salaam kumabvazuva kweAfrica, ichipfuura nepakati peTanzania, Zambia, neDemocratic. Republic of Congo (DRC) kuenda kuLobito muAngola kuAtlantic Ocean.

Rwendo urwu rwakatarisirwa, rwakakura kubva kudivi rekumabvazuva kuenda kudivi rekumadokero kwekondinendi ye Africa ichave chiitiko chenhoroondo, chekushanya munhoroondo ye Africa kuona mutakurwi, wevashanyi chitima chemazambiringa chichikwenya nzira yaro kuburikidza neTanzania neZambia Railway (TAZARA) kuna Kapiri Mposhi kuZambia.

Kubva kuZambia, iyo Pride ye Africa chitima ichapfuura nepakati peZambia Railways mutsetse kubva kuKapiri Mposhi chiteshi wozobatana neNational Railways Company yeCongo (SNCC) kujoina Benguela Railway kuchiteshi cheLuau kuAngola padhuze nemuganhu weDR Congo kuenda kuLobito Atlantic Ocean.

Mishumo kubva kumuzinda weRovos Rail muPretoria, South Africa yakati rwendo rwekutanga ruchasimuka musi wa16 Chikunguru kubva kuDar es Salaam kunosanganisira kushanya kuSelous Game Reserve kumaodzanyemba kweTanzania, nhunzi muhusiku husiku husiku muSouth Luangwa National Park. muZambia uye kushanya kweguta kuLubumbashi muDR Congo.

Mushure meizvozvo, yakasarudzika, chitima chemazambiringa chinobatana neiyo Benguela mutsara wekufamba kushoma uchiratidzira nhoroondo yeAngola ichangoburwa uye wozopeta nzira yacho, enhoroondo rwendo rwunoguma muLobito kudzoka, kusimuka rwendo pazuva rechipiri raAugust kutora nzira imwecheteyo. .

Rovos Rail Communications Manager, Brenda Vos-Fitchet akanokorwa mashoko achiti rwendo rwemazuva gumi nemashanu rwekuyambuka Tanzania, Zambia, DR Congo neAngola richava rwekutanga munhoroondo yechikamu ichi cheAfrica kuti chitima chevapfuuri chichafamba kubva kumabvazuva kuenda nzira yekumadokero inobatanidza iyo Indian Ocean chiteshi cheDar es Salaam muTanzania neAtlantic Ocean chiteshi cheLobito muAngola.

Mitengo yekufamba mune ino epic, rwendo rwevintage rwunotanga paUS $ 12,820 pamunhu kugovana, zvinowirirana maererano nesiteite mhando uye zvakazara zvinosanganisirwa pekugara, zvekudya, zvese zvinwiwa zvinodhaka uye zvimwe zvinwiwa, basa remumba, kuwacha mbichana, mu-bhodhi nhoroondo uye chiremba zvakare semafambi uye nhunzi-muhusiku-husiku safari inosanganisira pekugara, chikafu, mvura yemumabhodhoro uye yakasarudzika waini kusarudzika sekufamba kwakaburitswa.

“Kukwanisa kuunza chiitiko chitsva mushure memakore makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe mukushanda kunonakidza uye kunondipa dambudziko rekuzorodza rekushanda. Zvinotora makore maviri kuti tiwane mvumo uye kuti nzira yedu yatinofunga itenderwe nezviremera ”, akadaro Rovos Rail Owner uye Chief Executive Officer VaRohan Vos.

"Chikwata changu neni takayambuka miganhu yedu kashoma kuzosangana nevakuru vakuru, kutyaira nzira uye kushanyira nzvimbo dzekuyedza kuyedza nzira sezvatingagone kuboka redu revafambi vakashinga avo vanovimba netariro rwendo rwuno, ”akadaro.

Rovos Rail zvakare inoshandisa chitima chepamusoro kubva kuCape Town kuenda kuVictoria Falls muZimbabwe, pamwe nedzimwe nzendo dzakawanda. Chitima chevintage chakaita musikana wayo wekutanga, kuenda kuchamhembe kuDar es Salaam muna Chikunguru 1993 uko vashanyi vakanakidzwa nekufamba mune yekare, Edwardian, makochi emapuranga makumi maviri nemaviri anokwanisa kutakura vafambi 21 zvachose.

Iwo makochi ekare emapuranga ane makore ari pakati pemakumi manomwe kusvika zana emakore, uye akagashirwa mumotokari dzinokodzera vanofamba.

Yakavakirwa muPretoria, South Africa, Rovos Rail chitima kana "Kuzvikudza kweAfrica" ​​zvakagadzirirwa kuzadziswa, iyo yaimbova kurota kwaCecil Rhodes yekubatanidza kondinendi yeAfrica kubva kuCape Town kuenda kuCairo nechitima.

Chitima cheRovos Rail chepamusoro chinotevera nzira dzaCecil Rhodes dzinobva kuCape, dzichidarika neSouthern Africa kuenda kuDar es Salaam uye dzinobatanidza vatakuri vayo kune dzimwe nzvimbo dzemakondinendi eAfrica kuburikidza nehumwe njanji network muEast Africa.

Rovos Rail ikambani yechitima yakazvimirira inoshanda kunze kweCapital Park Station muPretoria, Chamhembe Afrika. Rovos Rail inomhanya neyevintage uye epic yekushanya kwekushanya kuburikidza neyakajairwa nzira munzira dzakasiyana siyana muSouthern Africa kusanganisira inoshamisa Victoria Falls muZimbabwe neZambia.

Munguva yerwendo rwekuchamhembe kuenda kuTanzania, iyo Pride ye Africa inodarika nenharaunda uye nzvimbo dzinoyevedza dzevashanyi kumaodzanyemba kweAfrica kusanganisira Victoria Falls muZimbabwe, migodhi yemadhaimani eKimberley eSouth Africa, Limpopo neKruger National Parks uye Zambezi River.

MuTanzania, chitima chinopfuura nemunzvimbo dzinoyevedza dzevashanyi muSouthern Highlands kusanganisira inonakidza Kipengere uye Livingstone Ranges, Kitulo National Park, Selous Game Reserve, pakati penzvimbo dzinokwezva maziso.