Nali iphupha abahambi abaninzi ababelana ngalo: ukuhamba ngomlambo omde emhlabeni. Ewe, uya kufuna uncedo oluncinci. Ukujikeleza malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-4,345 — phantse umgama ukusuka eNew York ukuya eParis — uMlambo iAmazon ngummangaliso wendalo omangalisayo, ikhaya lezidalwa ezinomtsalane ezinje ngeedonphin ezipinki, iipiranhas, iimanatees zaseAmazonia, kunye nee-caimans ezimnyama zengwenya. Inyoka kumazwe asibhozo oMzantsi Merika, kubandakanya iColombia, iEcuador kunye nePeru (ukubala ezimbalwa), nangona elona candelo likhulu lingafunyanwa eBrazil.
Idibeneyo: Umhlaba omkhulu kunye neApos
Owona mlambo mde emhlabeni Ityala: Wolfgang Kaehler / Getty Izithombe
Emlonyeni wayo, apho ichitheka khona kuLwandlekazi lweAtlantiki, amaqhekeza eAmazon aya echwebeni elingaphezulu kweemayile ezili-186 ububanzi. Ukuhamba umlomo wedwa kungumceli mngeni, njengoko upompa ukuya kuthi ga kwi-300,000-square-metres yamanzi acocekileyo ngomzuzwana ukuya kwiAtlantic: loo & ampos; malunga neepesenti ezingama-20 zawo onke amanzi acocekileyo angena kwiilwandle kwihlabathi liphela.
Idibeneyo: Yintoni Onokuyibona kwiLwandle kunye neApos
Kuze kube ngama-1990, abaninzi bakholelwa umNayile yayingowona mlambo mde emhlabeni. Xa iqela lezazinzulu laseBrazil liphehlelele uhambo oluya kwintshona yePeru, nangona kunjalo, bakwazile ukuqinisekisa umthombo omtsha, okude kakhulu weAmazon. Ngokusemthethweni yaba ngowona mlambo mde emhlabeni, nangona yayihlala ibetha iNayile ngokomthamo. Umlambo waseAmazon ngowona msele mkhulu wamanzi wokuhambisa amanzi nakweyiphi na into emhlabeni, malunga nezigidi ezisisi-2.7 seekhilomitha.
Idibeneyo: Inqaba enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni
Ukuhamba uye kumthombo weAmazon — umlambo omkhenkce ophakamileyo kwiiAndes ekuthiwa yiNevado Mismi — kunokwenzeka, kodwa kufuna isikhokelo esihle kunye namandla. Umsebenzi osekwe kwi-Arequipa I-Peru Tours Ukhenketho unikeza uhambo lweentsuku ezintlanu ukusuka eColca Valley, apho uya kuqhutywa kwisithuthi esinamavili amane ukuya kwincopho yeenyawo ezili-17,000. Ukusuka apho, yonke intlambo inokubonwa ngezantsi. Nangona imozulu kule ndawo iphakamileyo yomile kwaye iyinkqantosi, enye into engaqhelekanga kukuqaqamba kweLlareta: isityalo esingaqhelekanga, esinjengentyatyambo esifana nobuninzi obuhlaza.
Idibeneyo: Yintoni enokuyenza (kwaye uthenge) kwi-Mall enkulu kunazo zonke kwihlabathi
Ukuhamba lonke ubude beAmazon-usuka kwimimandla esezantsi usiya kumazantsi eAmazon- kunokuba nzima kakhulu, nkqu nakumanqwanqwa anamava, uyachaza uRoland Balarezo, umkhokeli Uhambo lweAqua ohamba ngomlambo odume ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-23.
Kodwa iya kuba luncedo ngokwenkcubeko. Ngaphezulu kwama-350 amaqela emveli ahlukeneyo ahlala kulo mmandla: Kunye neAmazon yasePeru, abahlali babizwa njalo mzwqbha , okanye Isiqingatha seGazi , Utsho uRoland. Bangumxube phakathi kwabantu bokuqala basentshona kuloo ndawo kunye nabemi bomthonyama. Bambalwa kakhulu ookhokho babo bomthonyama abasaphilayo, kodwa apha ekuhambeni, sidibana nabantu baseAshaninkas, Shipibos, Boras, nase Yaguas.
Idibeneyo: Ungalifumana phi elona chibi likhulu emhlabeni
Ayisiyonto yokuba ubomi kwiAmazon bunokukruqula. Nangona kunjalo, uRoland uyaqinisekisa ukuba abahambi bakhe babuya ekhaya benamava asendle amaninzi abanokuthi bawenze nabahlobo babo. Senza izinto ezifana ne-anacondas kunye ne-caimans ye-wrestling, kwaye sithatha iindwendwe zethu ukuloba iPirhana.
Amava oMlambo iAmazon-kwaye ufumane uluvo lobude obungenakuthelekiswa nanto — kubunewunewu obupheleleyo kunye nokuhamba ngenqanawa umlambo ubusuku obuthathu kolunye lweAqua Expeditions & apos; ubudlelwane, iinqanawa ezinjengeehotele.