I had never been to the Savute region of Botswana before, but I had read that it was the place to see during the rainy season. The books said that the Savute Channel had dried up completely in 1982, that during the dry season it was a dustbowl. The books also mentioned that when the rains fell, the Channel became a series of waterholes and lush grassland where the plains game flocked, followed by all the predators.
Saka patakasvika paSavute, ndakashamisika kuona rwizi. Ndakaudzwa kuti iyo Savute Chiteshi yakanga yazara muna2009 uye yakaramba izere munguva yekuoma. Zvino, mushure memvura yemuno muna 2010, mvura muChannel yakanga ichakwirisa.
Rwizi Kwando, rwunoyerera pamuganhu pakati peBotswana neNamibia, runokombama kuti ruve rwizi Linyanti. Maeon apfuura, Kwando yaimboyerera kumaodzanyemba ichipinda mudunhu reOkavango, ichiyerera ichipinda mumapaki eMakgadikgadi, yaimbova nzvimbo yegungwa rakakura mukati. Kufamba muvhu repasi kwakamisa kuyerera kuchamhembe ndokutumira kuchamhembe kunosangana neLinyanti neChobe nekuenderera mberi murwizi Zambezi.
Pachine kubatana pakati peKwando / Linyanti neOkavango inozivikanwa seSelinda Spillway. Spillway yakavewo yakaoma kwemakore mazhinji asi ikozvino yakazara nemvura - mvura inoyerera ichibva Okavango ichienda kuLinyanti. Musiyano wekukwirisa wakanyanya kushoma (hapana anopfuura mamirimita gumi pamusoro pemakiromita makumi mashanu) uye nzira yekuteerera ine, ndakaudzwa, yaizivikanwa kuti inoyerera munzira ipi neipi.
Zvakawanda zvakachinja ino nzvimbo munguva yakapfuura, uye zvakaoma kutsanangura mukati asi zvirevo zvishoma. Ichokwadi chekuti shanduko dzichiri kuitika sezvo Nyika iri kuramba ichitinhira pasi nekudaro ichichinja mafambiro enzizi, inoita kuti nzvimbo iyi inyanye kunakidza.
Wilderness Safaris ine Chibvumirano cheLinyanti. Munguva yakapfuura, ivo vakapomba makomba emvura pedyo neSaveute Channel kukwezva mhuka, asi ikozvino sezvo chiteshi chakazara, pombi dzavo hadzichadiwi. Asi ivo vaifanira kuvaka bhiriji idzva kuyambuka.
Takafamba zvakanyanya tichitenderedza nzvimbo nemutungamiri wedu, VaT, uye takawana mutambo wakawanda. Takasangana neshumba diki dzechirume dzakagara mumumvuri wegwenzi rakamirira amai vadzo. Takazowana mhamha. Aive anenge kiromita kure uye aisheedza vana vake vadiki. Akazvambarara ndokumirira kuti vasvike.
Takaona mhuka dzakawanda uye shiri mukufamba kwatakaita munzvimbo iyi. Mhungu dzaiita sedzaishanda nguva yakawandisa dzichinhonga zvikwekwe pamhuka dzakawanda. Pamufananidzo, twiza iri kucheneswa nyanga dzayo, uye makudu akanga asinganyari, achinakisa mapikicha. Imwe Burchell's Starling yakanga ichinetswa nevana vayo vane nzara yecuckoo; shuramurove ine muromo wakavhurika yaipisa zuva, yairatidza kusetsa zvikuru. Takaona zvimwe zvakawanda, asi izvo zvinomirira kusvika nyaya inotevera.
