I-Panama Canal cruise kuluhlu lwamabhakede lwabahambi abaningi. Lokhu kumangalisa kwemisebenzi kuyamangalisa, futhi ukwakhiwa kwayo kuyamangalisa kakhulu kusukela kwaqedwa ngo-1914. Inani lamadwala nokucwiliswa okwenziwe ekwakheni lo mgodi omkhulu kuye kwajabulisa abahamba iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-100.
Labo abacabangela ukuhamba kweCanal kufanele baqonde izinhlobo ezintathu ezihlukene zokuhamba ngePanama Canal. Kufanele futhi bafunde incwadi enhle kakhulu ngomlando nokwakhiwa kweCanama Canal, "Umzila Ophakathi KwamaLwandle: Ukudalwa kwePanama Canal, 1870-1914", nguDavid McCullough.
I-Panama Canal Cruises - Ukuhamba Okugcwele
Abahambi be-Cruise banokukhetha okuningi okudlulisela iPanama Canal. Imikhumbi yabagibeli abayizivakashi ezingama-20 kuze kube yizivakashi ezingu-2,800 njengamanje zidlula ku-Canal. Imikhumbi kumele ngokujwayelekile ingadluli amazinga ePanamax asethwe yiPanama Canal Authority - amamitha angu-965 ubude, amamitha angu-106 ububanzi, uhlaka lwamamitha angu-39.5, kanye nohlaka lwamamitha angu-190 lomoya (umugqa wamanzi kuya endaweni ephakeme kakhulu). Izibonelo zemikhumbi ye-cruise engama-965 yi-106 futhi ithathwa njengemikhumbi ye-Panamax yi: Norwegian Pearl , Island Princess, Queen Queen, noDisney Wonder. Njengoba kuxoxwe esigabeni sokugcina salesi sihloko, leli shiyi le-Panamax lishintshile ngeProjekthi yokwandisa umsele ophelile ngo-2016. Imikhumbi eminingi ebanzi (i-post-Panamax) manje ingakwazi ukudlulisa iPanama Canal.
Nakuba ukuhamba okuphelele phakathi kweCaribbean nePacific ngokusebenzisa i-Canal kuyatholakala unyaka wonke emikhumbi yamandla onke (ngaphandle kwemikhumbi ye-mega), abantu abaningi bakhetha ukuthatha i-repositioning cruise eminye yemikhumbi ehamba endleleni eya I-Alaska ngasekupheleni kwentwasahlobo noma ebuya e-Alaska ekwindla.
Lezi zikebhe zihamba phakathi kweFlorida neCalifornia, zimise eCaribbean, Central America naseMexico endleleni. Lezi zindlela ezifanayo zokuhamba ngomgwaqo zithandwa kusukela ngo-Okthoba nango-Ephreli, futhi ngangihamba ngomkhumbi ophuthumayo we- 17 ebusuku wokuwa kwe-Ft. Lauderdale kuya eSan Diego eHolland America Veendam .
Ukuhamba okuphelele nakho kuyatholakala njengengxenye yendiza ezinde ezifana ne-cruise zomhlaba, ukujikeleza kweNingizimu Melika, noma olunye uhambo olude olude. Isibonelo, ngangihamba ukusuka eLima, ePeru kuya ku-Ft. U-Lauderdale ku- Regent Seven Seas Navigator , futhi sathuthela i-Canal ukusuka ePacific kuya eCaribbean.
I-Panama Canal Cruises - Ukushintshwa Okuyingxenye
Iningi lemikhumbi egcwele yokuhamba ngePanama Canal ithatha okungenani izinsuku ezingu-11 noma ngaphezulu. Njengoba abahamba ngezinyawo abaningi bengenawo isikhathi sokuthatha iholide elide kangaka, imikhumbi ethile yokuhamba ngemikhumbi ihlinzeka ngokuhamba kancane kwePanama Canal, ngokuvamile njengengxenye yokuhamba ngesikebhe noma entshonalanga yeCaribbean. Ukuhamba ngemikhumbi kudlula i-Gatun ukukhiya, ukungena echibini laseGagun, bese uphuma ngendlela efanayo.
Nakuba lezi zithuthi zinganelisekile njengoba zidlulisa lonke iPanama Canal, zinikeza ukunambitheka kokuthi i-Canal ibonakala kanjani, futhi abagibeli bangafunda mayelana nokusebenza kwe-Canal kuqala.
Izinkambo Zoguquko Zomkhumbi WaseSanam Canal Small
Labo abajabulela imikhumbi emincane bangakwazi futhi ukuhamba ngokugcwele kwePanama Canal njengengxenye yePanama land / travel cruise nezinkampani ezifana ne-Grand Circle Travel. Lezi zivakashi zihlanganisa izinsuku eziningana zivakashela iPanama ngomqeqeshi ngaphezu kokuhamba ngokugcwele ngePanama Canal emkhunjini omncane.
Njengoba imikhumbi emikhulu ingahlali ePanama City, lena yindlela enhle yokubona ingxenye yalo lonke leli zwe elithakazelisayo.
Amalokhi Amasha Ayoheha Abanye Abahambi Abahambi
Ngisho nalabo bahamba ngePanama Canal esikhathini esidlule bangase bafune ukubhuka enye indawo yokuhamba ehlanganisa ukuhamba kwe-Canal. Iprojekthi enkulu yokwandisa emlandweni wePanama Canal yaqedwa ngoJuni 2016. Le phrojekthi ibiza imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5 futhi ihlanganisa isethi yesithathu yekhikhi kanye nezinye izinto eziphuthumayo.
Lezi zikhiya ezintsha zingaphatha imikhumbi emikhulu kakhulu. Isibonelo, ubungakanani obukhulu bemikhumbi yezimpahla ezikhungweni zakudala kwakuyiziqukathi ezingu-5,000. Imikhumbi ethwala iziqukathi ezingu-13,000 / 14,000 ingadlula phakathi kwezikhiya ezintsha.
Abahamba ngezinyawo, iqoqo lesithathu lekhikhi lizovumela imikhumbi emikhulu kakhulu yokuhamba nge-Panama Canal.
Amalokhi endala angakwazi ukuhlala emikhumbi yezinyawo kuze kube ngu-106 ububanzi; izikhiya ezintsha zihlala emakethe angamamitha angu-160 ububanzi! Lona umehluko omkhulu.
Njengoba imigqa yokuhamba ngemikhumbi ihlela ukuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi yawo eminyakeni emibili kusengaphambili, imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba ngomgwaqo okwamanje ehlelelwe ukudlula i-Canal izohambelana nezikhiye ezindala. Umkhumbi wokuqala we-post-Panamax okwenzelwe ukukhiya okusha okukhulu yiCaribbean Princess, ehambisa iPanama Canal ngo-Okthoba 21, 2017.