Bird Island iri piyona weEco-tourism uye inosvika kune shiri dzitsvene.
Pane rwendo rwekupedzisira kuenda kuSychelles, ndakatambudzika nekunaka kunoshamisa kwezvitsuwa 115 zvinotora Indian Ocean. Mumwe nomumwe ane unhu hwake hwakasiyana uye anotaura mukurumbira.
Sezvinoratidzwa nezita racho, Bird Island inozivikanwa pasi rese seimba tsvene yemhuka, kunyanya shiri dzinowanikwa uye dzisina ngozi. Ndinoda kuziva nezvekudzidza zvakawanda, ndakasarudza kutaura naMelanie Felix, Mutauriri Wemabhizimisi weBird Island, Seychelles.
Nhoroondo yeMelanie Felix, Mumiririri Wokutengeserana weBird Island, Seychelles: Melanie ave ari Mumiririri weMudhipatimendi weBird Island, Seychelles kubva munaSeptember 2015. Mamiriro ake ezvinhu ari munharaunda yekushanyirwa. Akapedza chikoro cheBachelor of Commerce, Majoring mu Tourism Management kubva kuRontin University, kuWestern Australia muna 2010. Kubvira panguva iyoyo akashanda kune imwe 'hotera-hotele' muSychelles.
Bhuku: Unogona here kundiudza zvishoma nezvinyorwa zveBird Island? Sei iri yakakosha kuS Seychelles?
MF: Bird Island ndiyo piyona weEco-tourism muSychelles. Chiwi ichi chakatengwa naVa Guy Savy kuma1960 apo paakasarudza kuisa pfungwa pakuvandudza kushanya muSychelles. Akanga ari mberi kwenguva yake sezvaaida kuchengetedza kunaka kwemazvisikwa-maruva nemhuka zvechitsuwa kuti vashanyi vafare naizvozvo muna 1973 akazarura eco-lodge yekutanga yeSychelles.
Bird Island inowanzonziwo kuti ndiyo imwe yenzvimbo dzinosvika kune shiri munzvimbo dzeSychelles. Kune huwandu hwakawanda hwemabhiza emvura aripo, uye anoramba achishevedza gore rose. Zvisinei, iyo Sooty Tern Colony iyo chitsuwa ichizivikanwa zvikuru.
Chitsuwa chacho chinzvimbo chakakosha chokutsvaga Sooty Terns. Apo yakatengwa naVaMnu Savy, yakabvisa nyika yakakura yekodonti yemiti, kubva kune zvitsuwa zvekare zvakange zvakaita sekakhuta, zvichiita kuti mabhiriyoni 15 000 eSooty Terns aive achigara pachiwi ichi kusvika 700,000 pairi. Nhasi, 1.5 mamiriyoni eSooty Terns anonzi anosvika pachiwi ichienda kunzvimbo.
Bhuku: Unotenda sei Bird Island yakabatsire kutashanya kwenyika?
MF: Iko kushamisa kunoshamisa kupupurira Sooty Tern Colony. Munguva yavo yekuberekwa iyo inobva muna May kusvikira kuSeptember, uchawana zviuru zvezvisikwa izvi zvisikwa kana kuti zvinokwira mumatenga pamusoro pekoloni. Izvi zvinoshamisa zvakave zvichibatsira mhizha yezokushanyirwa sekukwezva kwechisikigo, kukwevera vashanyi kune chitsuwa gore negore.
Nokuda kwaro, Bird Island ndiyo inotanga kuitika kune shiri dzakawanda dzinofamba dzichienda kune dzimwe nyika, dzimwe dzadzo dzisina kunyorwa kune imwe nzvimbo muSychelles, uye dzinoita kuti ive nzvimbo inonakidza yeannithologists.
OB: Saka iyi inzvimbo yemashiripiti. Ndezvipi, izvo chaizvo zvaunofarira pamusoro pechitsuwa uye shiri?
MF: Ndine zvakawanda zvandinoda zvikamu zveBird Island, uye zvinosanganisira:
- Mhando dzakasiyana dzeshiri dzamunogona kuwana, dzichiita kuti dzive dzakanaka kana iwe uri shiri uchiona munhu ane rudo.
- Ichokwadi chokuti iwe unokwanisa kuwana pedyo chaizvo nedzimwe shiri kufanana neFairy Tern kana White-Tailed tropic shiri, pasina kuvhundutsa. Uye iwe unogona kutora mifananidzo yakanaka!
- Iyo yakaisvonaka kunaka kwechiwi ichi chinopisa, chinomera uye yakareba yakachena mhenderekedzo yegungwa.
- Ichokwadi chokuti iwe unogona kushambira mamita mashomanana kubva kumahombekombe uye unoshambira kusvika kune zvitatu kana zvina zvegungwa zvegungwa kamwechete!
- Iyo inofadza Giant Land Tortoises iyo inotenderera nzvimbo.
- Izvo zvakasara zvakare uye kunzwa kwechokwadi kwechitsuwa.
- Iko kusvika nhasi nhasi chiwi ichi chiri kushandiswa nemhuri yeSyllllois. Uye iwe unogona kuvawana pachitsuwa ichi chakanga chichibatanidzwa.
BH: Chii chiri kuitika kuchengetedza shiri pachiwi, kunyanya kune pangozi?
MF: Kubva pakutengesa chitsuwa, Bwana Savy akaisa mapurogiramu ezvekuchengetedza kwekuchengetedzwa kweshiri pachiwi. A Conservation Officer anoshandiswa kugadzirisa zvirongwa izvi zvekuchengetedza, uye haisi kungogumira kune shiri chete asiwo inowedzera kudzivirirwa kweGreen Turtles neHawksbill Turtles dzinosvika pachiwi pachiwi. Bird Island iriwo nzvimbo yepamusoro yekuzadza yezvikepe zvegungwa.
BH: Chiizve chinofanira kuitwa neAmerica pamusoro peBird Island?
MF: Hakusi zvakawanda zvokunzwisisa zvimwe kunze kwekuti tinoda kuchengetedza chitsuwa chedu chakanaka; kuitira kuti vashanyi vaone chimwe chinhu chavasingambove nacho munyika yavo, uyewo kune chizvarwa chinotevera.
BH: Ndine rumwe rudzi rwemubvunzo ikozvino. Chii chaunofarira chiwi muSychelles uye nei?
MF: Zvichaita sokuti ndiri kufarira zvechokwadi, kana ndikati iyo ndiyo Bird Island.
Pakati pezvitsuwa zveS Seychelles zvandakashanyira, Bird Island zvirokwazvo inondida. Ndinoyeuka zviyeuchidzo zvevamwe kune vamwe asi ndinonzwa kuti vamwe vari kuwedzera zvishoma, uye ini handidi izvi kune zvitsuwa zviduku. Handidi kuona motokari dzakawanda mumigwagwa kana kuti vanhu vakawanda pamhenderekedzo. Kune avo vasina kufanana neizvi ini ndinoonga, asi ikoko, uchawana hotera huru yeketani kana kushanyira kusina chakanaka uye kutonhora kwekadiki kazhinji kacho 'kamba-yakakura' hotele.
Ichi ndicho chikonzero ndinoda Bird Island nehotera yayo. Sezvo kutengwa naVaMnu Savy, chitsuwa chacho hachina kurasikirwa nehuchokwadi, chaicho. Ichokwadi nzvimbo iyo kuenda uye usingafaniri kunetseka kana kufunga pamusoro pechinhu chipi zvacho. Icho chakakonzerwa nemamiriro ezvinhu uye izvi zvinosimbiswa nekunaka kwechitsuwa uye makungwa ayo anoshamisa. Uye isu hatigoni kukanganwa kutaridzika kweSooty Tern Colony! Ichi ndicho chiratidzo chinondisiya ndichidedera nguva dzose pandinozviona uye ndinoita kuti ndizive kuti zvinhu zvinoshamisa sei.
Bhuku: Unofungei kuti Seychelles ndiyo nzvimbo inofanirwa kushanyira, ngatiti, maAmerica neCanada kusvika kumativi ose enyika?
MF: Ndinofunga kuti kune veAmerica neCanadia, Seychelles ndiyo nzvimbo itsva yekuenda kuwanikwa. Kuenda kunzvimbo itsva kune dzakadai seSychelles pane chimwe chinhu chakasiyana nekupa kunotsvaga panzvimbo pekufamba kunzvimbo dzakadai seNorth America pachayo neEurope. I Seychelles inopa tsika yakasiyana uye yakasiyana. Isu tiri muhari yakanyungudutswa, kuunza vanhu vanonatsa zvakasiyana kuburikidza nekudya kwedu, mumimhanzi yedu uye mararamiro edu evanhu vose.
Kuwedzera pane izvi, nzvimbo yezvitsuwa zvedu inotibvumira kuva nemamiriro ekunze emakore gore rose. Iko kunoshamisa kwechiwikidzi chitsuwa getaway, chakakwana kune vakasiyana, vanofarira hove, vanodikanwa venyama, vanofambira mukutsvaga tsika dzechokwadi uye zvakare kune avo vanongoda kuvhara zuva rose pamakungwa akachena echando muGungwa reIndia.
Nhoroondo yeChirungu Guy Savy: Kurwisana kwaMnu Savy kweBird Island, yeSychelles 'yakanyanyisa kumaodzanyemba, yakatanga muna 1967 paakadzokera kuSychelles kubva kuNew Zealand uko yaipedza makore akawanda achidzidza kuverenga. Akawana shiri pane imwe nguva apo chitsuwa chacho chakanga chakanyanya kuipa kupfeka kubva kumakore ekuvhiringidza kwevanhu kwechikwata chinonyanya kuzivikanwa kwechitsuwa cheva sooty tern avo vakawanda mukati ma1950 vakaderera kubva kune imwe nzvimbo pedyo nemamiriyoni mhiri kusina 65,000. Uye saka yakatanga nzira yakareba yekunyoresa chitsuwa ichi kubva kumucheto wenjodzi yezvakatipoteredza kuburikidza nekuchengetedza kwakanaka uye kutaridzika kwehupenyu. Mukadzi Savy akapa vatungamiri vechitsuwa kuvana vake, Nick naAlex munaJanuary 2016. (Nyaya yakabva INSIDE Seychelles 2015. Glynn Burridge)