Tafkin Zoo

Zoo Lake sanannen tafki ne da wurin shakatawa na jama'a a Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu . Yana daga cikin Hermann Eckstein Park kuma yana gaban gidan zoo na Johannesburg. Tafkin Zoo ya ƙunshi madatsun ruwa guda biyu, madatsar ruwa ta sama, da kuma madatsar ruwan da ta fi girma, dukansu an gina su a cikin marshland na halitta wanda Parktown Spruit ke shayarwa. Tarihi Asalin ƙasar wani ɓangare ne na gonar Braamfontein, kuma wani babban jami'in banki da haƙar ma'adinai Hermann Eckstein ne ya saya shi don yiwuwar amfani da ma'adanai. Lokacin da wannan burin ya gaza, Eckstein ya shimfida shi a matsayin gonar katako ya sanya masa suna Sachsenwald, bayan gidan Otto von Bismarck da ke Jamus. An fara dasa wannan shukar a shekarar 1891, kuma an dasa bishiyoyi kusan miliyan uku a yankin. Dajin ya zama wurin nishaɗi da aka fi so ga masu kuɗi Randlords da iyalansu. Kimanin shekaru 10 bayan mutuwar Eckstein, a watan Agusta 1903, Magajin Garin Johannesburg, W. St. John Carr, ya sami wasiƙa daga abokan kasuwancinsa (kamfanin Messrs. Wernher Beit & Co da Max Michaelis) tare da tayin eka 200 na filin zama na 'yanci ga Majalisar Garin Johannesburg don gina Gidan Zoo na Johannesburg da Herman Eckstein Park. Kyautar ƙasa ta haɗa da ƙaramin tarin dabbobin gida. Rundunar Dawaki Mai Haske ta Imperial ce za ta yi amfani da eka 20 na ƙasar da aka ba wa kyauta, kuma yanzu ita ce wurin da Gidan Tarihi na Yaƙi da kuma Tunawa da Rand Regiments suka gina . An gina sauran ƙasar Sachsenwald zuwa yankunan karkara na Johannesburg na yanzu na Saxonwold da Forest Town . An kara tafkin wucin gadi a cikin wurin shakatawa a cikin 1908. Har ila yau, yana alfahari da Maɓuɓɓugar Coronation, "maɓuɓɓugar kiɗa" da kuma alamar al'adun Johannesburg, wanda aka gina a 1937 don tunawa da naɗa Sarki George VI da Sarauniya Elizabeth. Lokacin da Johannesburg ta yi bikin cika shekaru 70 a 1956, a matsayin wani ɓangare na bikin garin Margot Fonteyn ta yi rawa da Swan Lake tare da Lake a matsayin bango. An ba da kyautar ƙasa a ƙarƙashin yanayin cewa wuraren za su kasance a buɗe ga mutane na kowane kabila, wanda ba sabon abu ba ne a Afirka ta Kudu ta mulkin mallaka. Yanayin launin fata da yawa na wurin shakatawa ya jimre a duk zamanin wariyar launin fata. Daga baya Wernher, Beit da Kamfanin za su ba da ƙarin ƙasa don hanyar mota a kusa da wurin shakatawa, don motsa jiki ko tafiya kuma tituna za su zama sanannun Upper da Lower Park Drives. : 650 Abubuwan more rayuwa Zoo Lake sanannen wuri ne don yin biki, karnuka masu tafiya, tsere da kuma yin jirgin ruwa. Hakanan akwai ƙananan jiragen ruwa don hayar. Zoo Lake yana da Ducks da sauran tsuntsayen ruwa, waɗanda ke zaune a tsibirin a tsakiyar tafkin, kuma ciyar da waɗannan tsuntsaye (ko da yake a hukumance an hana su) aikin iyali ne na yau da kullun. Koyaya ruwa ya shiga Tafkin bayan ya wuce ta cikin filin Zoo da ke kusa, kuma a halin yanzu an gurbata shi sosai don ba da izinin yin kifi ko yin iyo. Ana ci gaba da ƙoƙari don aiwatar da tsarin tacewa mai ɗorewa. Gidan shakatawa yana da gidajen cin abinci, kuma shine wurin zama na bikin Jazz on the Lake na shekara-shekara, abubuwan da suka faru na Carols by Candlelight da Artists a karkashin Nunin bude iska. Yankin ya haɗa da Zoo Lake Bowling Club, Zoo Lake Swimming Pool da Zoo Lake Sports Club, kuma yana kusa da Gidan Tarihin Soja na Afirka ta Kudu. Dubi kuma Jerin tafkuna da madatsun ruwa a Afirka ta Kudu Manazarta