A kudancin jihar Campeche, a tsakiyar gandun daji mai zafi, shine Candelaria, ya bayyana gari na goma sha ɗaya na wannan jihar a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 1998.
An haye shi ta babban kogi a yankin, wanda kuma ke da sunan Candelaria. Kogunan La Esperanza, Caribe, La Joroba da El Toro suna ciyar da ruwanta.
Kasancewar yana da nisan kilomita 214 daga Ciudad del Carmen, karamar karamar hukumar ita ce cibiyar ɗayan yankuna masu matukar alfanu game da al'adar ecotourism a cikin jihar. Koguna, fauna da flora suna da jan hankali sosai ga maziyarcin, wanda ba zai ji takaici ba game da irin yanayin da kewajan da ke ciki. Kyakkyawar mu'amala da mazauna da kuma sauƙin ado da aiki, ya ba mu ra'ayin rayuwa shekaru hamsin da suka gabata. A can ne muka haɗu da Don Álvaro López, ɗan asalin wurin, wanda ya kasance mana kyakkyawar jagora a lokacin rangadin Kogin Candelaria.
Mun shiga cikin bala'in kogin a 7 na safe a cikin jirgi mai motsi. A yayin tafiya Don Álvaro yana gaya mana yadda wannan karamar hukumar take. Dukan iyalai daga Sonora, Coahuila, Durango, Michoacán, Jalisco da Colima sun zo nan don neman filin noma, don kiwon shanu ko amfani da dazuzzuka masu daraja kamar su mahogany da itacen al'ul, ko waɗanda suke da tsananin taurin kai da ake amfani da su. Hakanan, a yau ana shuka teak don ƙera kayan daki da melina don yin takarda.
Kogin da muke bi ta ciki da sauraron irin waɗannan mahimman bayanai yana da faɗi da ɗaukaka, yana da hanyar kilomita 40 da tsalle 60 ko ramuka. A Guatemala tana da tushe a ƙarƙashin sunan San Pedro kuma ta isa Mexico don shiga Kogin Caribbean. Sunan wurin taron duka rafukan suna Santa Isabel, da Candelaria kogin da aka samo daga wannan ƙungiyar.
Streamarfin ƙasa na yawan jama'a, Candelaria cikin ɓata kai tsaye suna gudana zuwa cikin layin Panloa, sannan kuma an haɗa shi da Lagoon Term. A cikin tsaftataccen ruwanta lili yana bunkasa, kuma kamun kifi na wasanni yana daɗa shahara, har ma da gasa shekara-shekara yayin Ista. Mafi yawan nau'ikan da ake nema sune snook, irin kifi, tarpon, macahuil, tenhuayaca (nau'ikan babban bakin mojarra), da sauransu. Waɗanda ba sa son kamun kifi na iya jin daɗin waɗannan ruwan da ke motsa wasan tsere na ruwa, wasan tsalle-tsalle, wasan archaeological ko kuma yawon shakatawa da ziyartar kyawawan wuraren ruwa da sauran wuraren ban sha'awa.
A cikin yankin akwai yankuna da yawa na kogi da yiwuwar bincike, tare da taimakon mai jagora na gari, Salto Grande. A wannan wurin kogin ya tsallaka wani gangare, ya samar da kududdufai da kananan rafuka, kuma ana yawan jin ihun birai na Saraguato tare da lura da nau'ikan tsuntsaye iri-iri. Idan ka hau kogin zaka iya zuwa El Tigre, ko Itzamkanac, a cikin awanni 3 ko 4, wani wurin binciken kayan tarihi wanda yake kilomita 265 daga Ciudad del Carmen kuma, kaɗan zuwa sama, zuwa garuruwan Pedro Baranda, inda aka buɗe tashar don samar da lagoon daga Los Pericos, da Miguel Hidalgo. A cikin wannan garin na ƙarshe akwai kyawawan maɓuɓɓugan ruwa guda biyar waɗanda ke haɗe da juna da kuma kogin, ta hanyar tashoshi.
A kan bankunan Candelaria akwai mashigar tsoffin tashoshin Mayan da suka sadar da yawan mutanen ciki. Dangane da wannan, John Thomson, a cikin littafinsa na Tarihi da Addini na Mayans, ya gaya mana cewa tsoffin 'yan Chontales, masu binciken wannan kogin,' yan kasuwa ne ba tare da iyaka ba: Feniyanci daga sabuwar duniya. Akwai ma wata gadar Mayan da ta fadi, wacce ke ratsa ta daga gefe zuwa gefe. Ana iya gani, yana wucewa sama lokacin da ba a yi ruwan sama ba kuma ruwan ya bayyana karara. Don Álvaro ya gaya mana cewa watakila sun gina shi ne don hana abokan gaba gano shi.
Ga masoyan namun daji, yin yawon shakatawa a cikin kogin abin farin ciki ne na gaske. Da wuri zaka iya ganin mai kamun kifi (cikin hatsarin karewa), da katako da kuma, idan kayi sa'a, wasu barewa.
Muna cikin tafiya a baya lokacin da can nesa, a tsakiyar kogin, sai muka ga kai ya fito kama da na dokin iyo. Mun kusanto kuma, ga babban abin mamakinmu, sai muka ga wani barewa yana gudu daga tarin karnukan farauta. Mun tunkareshi daga baya domin karfafa shi ya isa bakin gabar, kuma daga nesa inda zamu iya shafa shi, mun lura da yadda ya samu tsakanin tulle, neman mafaka a gidan gonar, a farfajiyar da ɗan ɗan fari a gabar kogin.
Duk cikin yawon shakatawa mun sami damar tabbatar da cewa yankin yana ba da dama mai yawa don balaguro masu ban sha'awa. Yana da kyau kwarai, misali, lura da manate a muhallinsu na asali, dabbobi masu shayarwa a cikin ruwa suma suna cikin hatsarin halaka; Kuma kawai don ba da misali, ana yin tafiya mai ba da shawara ta ƙaramin jirgin ruwan fasinja wanda ya tashi daga Palizada, ya gangara zuwa kogin wannan sunan kuma ya ratsa Laguna de Terminos zuwa Ciudad del Carmen, inda faransancin Faransa da baranda ke smithy har yanzu suna da mahimmanci ɓangare na yanayin birane.
Tattalin arzikin yankin ya kasance tsawon shekaru 300, har zuwa farkon ƙarni, akan amfani da sandar rini. A waccan lokacin Campeche ta wadata duniya da baƙar fata mai laushi don yadin zane. Gano maganin aniline, wanda Ingilishi yayi, ya haifar da amfani da sandar rini ya ragu kwata-kwata azaman kayan fitarwa. Wani nau'in itacen da ya yawaita a wannan yankin shine chitle ko chico zapote. Ana cire cingam daga wannan, amma an rage samar da shi saboda kasuwancin cingam. A yau mazaunanta, ban da aiwatar da ayyukan noma da gandun daji, sun amince da damar yawon buɗe ido na yankin kuma suna alfahari da nuna wa baƙi duniyar abubuwan da Candelaria ta tanada musu.
Ba tare da wata shakka ba, Campeche yana da al'adun gargajiya na ɗabi'a, kayan tarihi da ɗimbin gine-gine, waɗanda dole ne a kiyaye su ta kowace hanya don jin daɗi da sanin al'ummomi na yanzu da masu zuwa.
IDAN KUNA CANDELARIA
Barin Escárcega zuwa kudu, ɗauki babbar hanyar Tarayya ba. 186 kuma kashe a kilomita 62 akan babbar hanyar tarayya no. 15, bayan wucewar garin Francisco Villa, kuma a cikin minutesan mintuna kaɗan zaka isa kujerar birni na Candelaria.
