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TAARIFA KWA UMMA
Shirika la Hifadhi za Taifa Tanzania (TANAPA) linatoa taarifa kwa wadau wa utalii na umma kwa ujumla kwamba linafunga kipande cha njia cha "ARROW GLACIER" ambacho hutumika na baadhi ya wageni wanaopanda Mlima Kilimanjaro kupitia njia ya Machame, Umbwe, Lemosho na Londorosi kutokana na mvua zinazoendelea kunyesha ambazo kwa mwaka huu zimekuwa kubwa kuliko ilivyozoeleka na kusababisha maporomoko ya mawe, miamba ya barafu na utelezi na hivyo kuwa hatari kwa watumiaji wa njia hiyo.
Ukaguzi uliofanywa na timu ya wataalam ya Hifadhi ya Taifa Kilimanjaro ikishirikiana na wataalamu wa taasisi ya NOLS (National Outdoor Leadership School) wenye uzoefu katika masuala ya usalama mlimani umeonyesha kuwa hali imezidi kuwa mbaya kwani maporomoko ya mawe, miamba ya barafu na utelezi yameongezeka na kwamba kwa sasa si salama kwa watumiaji.
TANAPA inasitisha matumizi ya kipande hicho cha njia na badala yake itumike njia ya kawaida ya kutokea Baranco kuelekea Karanga na Barafu hadi kufika kileleni mpaka pale mvua zinazoendelea kunyesha zitakapokoma na kufanyika ukaguzi kujiridhisha kuwa njia hiyo ni salama kwa wapanda mlima na watoa huduma mlimani.
Kipande cha "ARROW GLACIER" kinaanzia karibu na kituo cha Baranco katika eneo la "LAVA TOWER" na kinapita kwenye kasoko (crater) kuelekea Kileleni ambapo wageni hupendelea kupita eneo hilo kwa ajili ya kuona mandhari nzuri ya mlima na pia ni rahisi kwa wageni kufika kileleni.
Catherine Mbena
Afisa Uhifadhi Mwandamizi Kitengo cha Mawasiliano - ΤΑΝΑΡΑ
Afisa Uhifadhi Mwandamizi Kitengo cha Mawasiliano - ΤΑΝΑΡΑ
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Headquarters, Arusha
Tanzania National Parks (TANAPA) is informing tourism stakeholders and the general public at large that effectively from January 20,2024 it is temporarily closing a stretch of the ARROW GLACIER Route for tourists climbing Mount Kilimanjaro through Machame, Umbwe, Lemosho and Londorosi, owing to ongoing excessive rains causing rocks and ice blocks to slide down, making the route slippery.
An inspection a team of experts from Kilimanjaro National Park carried out, in collaboration with their seasoned counterparts in safety on the mountains from the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), has revealed that the situation keeps on worsening, as rocks and ice blocs continue sliding down, making the route even more slippery and risk.
It's against this background that TANAPA is, therefore, closing the aforementioned route, pleading with tour operators and tourists to use the ordinary stretch of the route from Baranco towards Karanga and Barafu to reach the summit, pending for settling of the downpour and an ensuing inspection to ensure the stretch of the route is safe for both climbers and service providers.
The ARROW GLACIER stretch starts from Bananco stop over at LAVA TOWER area through crater to the summit. Tourists prefer to climb the mountain through the LAVA TOWER area to see beautiful scenery of the mountains and to reach the summit easily.
