Nā koi paʻakikī a me ke olakino
He haʻahaʻa ka hele wāwae ʻana i nā loko ʻo Dagala Thousand, akā ʻaʻole kēia he hele wāwae maʻalahi ʻoiai he pōkole kona lōʻihi. Pono nā mea hele wāwae e hiki ke hele wāwae no nā hola he nui i kēlā me kēia lā a piʻi i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. Hele wāwae ʻoe no 5 a 8 mau hola i ka lā no 5 mau lā. ʻO ka hele wāwae o ka lā 7 ka lōʻihi loa me ka mamao o 14 km a me 7 a 8 mau hola o ka hele wāwae. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe loa i loaʻa ma ka hele wāwae ʻo Dagala Thousand Lakes i ka lā 4 ke hele wāwae ʻoe mai Gur a i Labatama no 1,000 mika ke kiʻekiʻe.
He mea nui hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo he paʻakikī like ka iho ʻana. I ka Lā 7, iho ʻoe no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 1,000 mika i loko o Chamgang. Hiki i ka iho lōʻihi ke hoʻoluhi i kou mau kuli.
ʻAʻole pono ka mākaukau loea a i ʻole ka ʻike mua ma ka Himalayan. Akā, he mea pono maoli nō kekahi ʻike hele wāwae ma mua, ʻoiai me nā pō anuanu a me ka hoʻomoana.
ʻO ke olakino kino ke kī ma ʻaneʻi. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i 8 a 12 mau pule ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana no Nepal. ʻElua manawa o ka pule e piʻi i nā puʻu me ke kau ʻana i kahi ʻeke kaumaha. E hoʻohui i ʻekolu mau kau o ka holo ʻana, ke kaʻa paikikala, a i ʻole ka piʻi ʻana i ke alapiʻi i kēlā me kēia pule. E hōʻoia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hele wāwae ʻana i lalo o nā puʻu a e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou mau kāmaʻa i ka wā mua. Inā hiki iā ʻoe ke piʻi no 5 a 6 mau hola me ke kau ʻana i kahi ʻeke a maikaʻi ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua mākaukau maikaʻi ʻoe.
ʻO ka manawa kūpono loa no ka hele wāwae ʻana ma Dagala Thousand Lakes
Puna (Malaki a Mei)
ʻO ka pūnāwai ka manawa kiʻekiʻe no kēia huakaʻi hele wāwae nona ke aniau mālie, ke alahele waihoʻoluʻu me nā pua, a me ka mahana ʻoluʻolu ma nā kahua hoʻomoana haʻahaʻa. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau, aia paha ka hau kahiko ma nā kualono kiʻekiʻe, a ʻo ka hau heheʻe e hoʻolilo i ke alahele i pahee. I Mei, maloʻo ke ala. E hāʻawi ke kakahiaka i ka manawa kūpono e hauʻoli ai i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā mauna, a ʻike ʻia nā ao i ke awakea.
Autumn (Sepatemaba a Nowemapa)
Ua kaulana ka hāʻule no kona lani polū i ka wā e ʻike maikaʻi loa ai ʻo Jomolhari a me nā piko ʻē aʻe. Paʻa ke aniau, a maloʻo ke ala. ʻO ka mahana i ke ao ma nā kahua hoʻomoana haʻahaʻa ma kahi o 10 a 15°C, ʻoiai hiki i nā pō ma Labatama ke piʻi i -5°C.
Hoʻoilo (Dekemapa a Pepeluali)
Aia ka hau ma ke kualono i kēia kau, a anuanu loa i ka pō ma Labathan. Aia paha he hau ma Labathan e hiki ke hoʻolohi i ka hele wāwae ʻana ma Dagala Thousand Lakes, no laila ʻaʻole mākou e hoʻokele maoli i ka hele wāwae ʻana ma Dagala Thousand Lakes ma ke ʻano he hele wāwae hoʻoilo maʻamau akā hiki nō ke hana i ke kipa ʻana iā Paro a me Tigers' Nest i ka hoʻoilo.
Monsoon (Iune a ʻAukake)
ʻO ka Monsoon ke kau i ʻōlelo iki ʻia i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa. E ua ana i kēlā me kēia lā, a e kau haʻahaʻa ana nā ao ma nā kualono e hopena ai i ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻole. Lilo nā alahele i pahee ma muli o ka ua, a aia nā ʻāina heʻe ma nā ala mai Thimphu a i Punakha.
Altitude a me Acclimatization
Piʻi koke ka papa hana hele wāwae ʻo Dagala Thousand Lakes Trek no kona huakaʻi pōkole. Hoʻomaka ʻoe ma Paro a me Thimphu, aia ma kahi o 2,200 a 2,300 mika ma luna o ka ʻilikai. I ka lā ʻelua, ke kipa aku ʻoe i ka Tiger's Nest, hele ʻoe ma mua o 3,000 mika a hāʻawi iā ʻoe iho i ka ʻono mua o ka huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe. I ke kolu o ka lā, piʻi ʻoe i Gur (3,290m), a laila, i hoʻokahi lā, piʻi ʻoe ma kahi o 1,000 mika i Labatama (4,300m) i ka lā 4. He loli nui kēia, no laila ua hoʻonohonoho mākou i kahi lā hoʻomaha piha ma Labatama.
E hoʻolilo ʻoe i ʻekolu pō ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 4,000 mika, me ʻelua pō ma Labatama a hoʻokahi ma Panka. He mea nui e hāʻawi i kou kino i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻomaʻamaʻa ai no ka mea he pilikia maoli ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ʻaneʻi. ʻAʻohe manaʻo o ke olakino maikaʻi ma kēia hihia. Loaʻa i nā poʻe hele wāwae akamai ka maʻi e like me ka poʻe ʻike ʻole.
E makaʻala i kekahi mau hōʻailona mua, e like me ke poʻo ʻeha, ka nausea, ka poniuniu, ka luhi ʻē, ka hiki ʻole ke hiamoe, a me ka nele i ka makemake. ʻO kekahi mau hōʻailona hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e komo pū me ka pōkole o ka hanu ʻoiai ʻoe e hoʻomaha ana, ka ʻūhū pulu, ka huikau noʻonoʻo, a me ka hiki ʻole ke hele ma kahi laina pololei.
E hoʻomaopopo i kāu alakaʻi i ka manawa koke e maʻi ai ʻoe i ka wā o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma Dagala Thousand Lakes. ʻAʻohe pono e kali a hala. Hiki i nā alakaʻi ke kōkua wale nō inā ʻike lākou e pili ana i ia mea, a he maʻalahi ke kaohi i nā hōʻailona liʻiliʻi.
E nānā kā mākou alakaʻi i nā mea hele wāwae a pau i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka a me ke ahiahi. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona, e hoʻōki lākou i ka hele wāwae, e hōʻemi i ka wikiwiki o ka piʻi ʻana, a e nānā pono iā ʻoe. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maikaʻi, e hoʻomaka koke lākou e iho pū me ʻoe, ʻoiai ʻo ka iho ʻana ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
He mea nui ka ʻinikua huakaʻi ma kēia hihia. Pono ʻoe e koho i ka ʻinikua huakaʻi e uhi ana i ka hele wāwae a hiki i ka liʻiliʻi he 4,500 mika a hoʻokomo pū i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana ma o ka helikopter inā loaʻa kahi pilikia.
Accommodation
Hoʻohui ka papahana hele wāwae ʻo Dagala Thousand Lakes i ka ʻike o ka noho ʻana ma ka hōkele me ka hoʻomoana ʻana ma kahi kiʻekiʻe. I loko o nā lā ʻewalu, e ʻekolu pō ma nā hōkele a ʻehā i loko o nā halelewa.
Hale hōkele
E hoʻokahi pō o ka noho ʻana ma ka hōkele ma Paro i ka lā mua a me kekahi pō ma Thimphu ma hope o ka Tiger's Nest Hike. E hōʻea ʻoe i Thimphu i ka lā ʻehiku, pololei mai ke ala hele wāwae.
Hāʻawi mākou i nā hōkele hōkū 3 me nā lumi ʻauʻau pilikino a me nā ʻauʻau. Aia ka Wi-Fi ma nā hōkele āpau, akā ʻokoʻa paha ka wikiwiki. He lumi hoʻokaʻawale pālua ka hale noho, akā hiki iā mākou ke hāʻawi i kahi lumi hoʻokahi ma ke noi ʻana no kahi uku hou aku.
anainoe
Ma ka huakaʻi ʻo Dagala Thousand Lakes Trek Bhutan, hoʻomoana ʻoe ma Gur, Labatama, a me Panka. ʻElua pō e hoʻolilo ʻia ma Labatama no ka mea hoʻokahi lā hoʻomaha ma laila. Lawe ʻia nā lako e nā lio a i ʻole nā yaks, a hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke kahua hoʻomoana e kā mākou limahana ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i kahi i manaʻo ʻia.
Mālama ʻia nā pono kumu i ka wā o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma Dagala Thousand Lakes. ʻAʻohe lua holoi, ʻaʻohe ʻauʻau, a ʻaʻohe uila. ʻO ka wai mahana no ka holoi ʻana a me nā ʻūpī pulu e pani ai i ka nele o nā pono kūpono. E lawe i kahi panakō mana i kou mālama ʻana i kāu mau mea uila i loko o ka ʻeke moe i ka pō.
He wahi hoʻomoana anu, mālie, a maʻalahi hoʻi ia e kali ana iā ʻoe, akā ma ka hoʻololi ʻana, e ʻike ʻia nā lani mālamalama, nā bele yak, a me nā loko mai waho o kou halelewa.
Meaʻai a me ka wai inu
ʻO kāu meaʻai i ka wā o kēia huakaʻi e hilinaʻi nui ʻia i ka wā e hoʻolilo ai ʻoe i kou manawa ma ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole ma waho ma nā treks. E lawelawe ʻia kāu meaʻai iā ʻoe ma kāu hōkele a i ʻole ma nā hale ʻaina, kahi e lawelawe mau ʻia ai ka ʻaina kakahiaka, a ʻo ka ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaina ahiahi e komo pū me nā meaʻai Bhutanese a me nā mea ʻē aʻe mai nā ʻāina ʻē.
Ke hoʻomaka ʻoe i nā huakaʻi hele wāwae, e hana ʻia nā meaʻai a pau e ka hui. E komo pū ana kāu ʻaina kakahiaka i ka porridge, nā hua manu, ka toast, a me ke kī/kope ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēlā me kēia lā o ka huakaʻi hele wāwae.
ʻO ka ʻaina ahiahi ka ʻai momona loa ma hope o nā hola o ka hele wāwae ʻana ma nā wahi paʻakikī a e loaʻa i ka ʻai ka hui ʻana o nā meaʻai Bhutanese e like me ka ema datshi a me nā meaʻai honua e like me ka pasta a me ka laiki palai. Loaʻa pū ka meaʻai mea kanu ma ka hōkele a ma nā kahua hoʻomoana, no laila ʻaʻohe pilikia i ka meaʻai.
E loaʻa nā mea inu e like me ke kī a me ke kope i ka wā o ka huakaʻi, ʻoiai ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe a me ka emi ʻana o ka mahana. E hoʻolapalapa ʻia a kānana ʻia paha ka wai e ka poʻe holo moku i ka wā e hele wāwae ana, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe pū me kekahi mau papa hoʻomaʻemaʻe wai.
Nā Palapala ʻAe a me nā Koina no ka Hele Waʻe
Aia kahi ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā lula o Bhutan a me Nepal, no laila e hoʻolālā i kēia ʻano mai ka wā mua. Pono nā kānaka a pau i ka visa, koe wale nō nā kamaʻāina o India, Bangladesh, a me Maldives. Loaʻa wale ka visa e kahi ʻoihana huakaʻi Bhutanese i laikini ʻia, a e kōkua mākou iā ʻoe me kēlā kaʻina hana.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai visa he $40 no ke kanaka , a ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka visa. He 5-7 mau lā ʻoihana e loaʻa ai ka ʻae ʻia, a e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻoe ma o kahi leka hōʻoia leka uila. E ʻoluʻolu e hoʻouna mai i kāu ʻike passport iā mākou ma ka liʻiliʻi he mahina ma mua o kou hele ʻana i Dagala Thousand Lakes. Pono ia e kūpono no ʻeono mahina mai ka lā i hōʻea ai.
Aia pū kekahi ka Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) i hoʻopili ʻia i kēlā me kēia pō ma Bhutan. I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kumukūʻai he US$100 no ke kanaka no kēlā me kēia pō a e mau ana a hiki i ka lā 31 ʻAukake 2027. No nā keiki 6 a 12 makahiki, ua hapalua ʻia ke kumukūʻai, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe uku o ka poʻe ma lalo o 6. Aia pū kekahi 5% GST i hoʻopili ʻia i nā lawelawe e pili ana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ma Bhutan. ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi hele he 8 lā e komo pū ana me ʻehiku pō, no laila e hoʻokomo pū i ka uku i ka helu ʻana.
Pono nā malihini i kahi alakaʻi laikini no ko lākou noho ʻana ma Bhutan. E hoʻokomo ʻia kāu alakaʻi, kuke, a me nā mea holo lio i loko o ka pūʻolo. Mālama mākou i kāu palapala ʻae a me nā ʻae ala nou, i ʻole ʻoe e hoʻolilo i ka manawa ma nā laina ma nā keʻena.
Kākoʻo Insurance Travel
He ʻokoʻa ka Dagala Thousand Lakes Trek mai ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi maʻamau o Bhutan no ka mea e komo pū ana me ka hele wāwae maoli i nā wahi mamao loa ma kahi kiʻekiʻe, a no laila pono ka ʻinikua huakaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka huakaʻi.
I ke koho ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā ʻinikua huakaʻi, e hōʻoia e uhi ia i kāu hele wāwae a hiki i kahi kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 4,500 mika no ka mea e ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o kekahi mau ʻāpana o ka Dagala Thousand Lakes Trekking ma mua o kēia kiʻekiʻe. ʻOiai ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ka hapa nui o nā hoʻolālā ʻinikua huakaʻi i kēlā mau hele wāwae, e ʻoluʻolu e nānā i kēia mea.
He mea nui like ka mālama olakino ulia pōpilikia a me nā lawelawe hoʻoneʻe ʻana no ka mea inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe a i ʻole e ʻeha, pono e hoʻoneʻe koke ʻia mai nā wahi e like me Labatama lāua ʻo Panka.
ʻO ka ʻinikua hoʻopau huakaʻi a me ka hoʻōki ʻana e mālama pū i kāu kālā no ka mea ua hoʻolilo nui ʻoe i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i kāu huakaʻi i Bhutan. Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, pono ʻoe e palekana iā ʻoe iho inā nalowale nā ʻeke, nā mokulele i hoʻopaneʻe ʻia, a me nā waiwai pilikino.
ʻAʻole hāʻawi ʻo Epic Trek Nepal i kekahi ʻano pūʻolo ʻinikua, akā kōkua mākou i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e loaʻa nā pūʻolo ʻinikua kūpono i ka wā e hele wāwae ai i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe. E kelepona mai iā mākou a na mākou e hana ia no ʻoe.