Ngezakhiwo ezingaphezu kwe-170, imihlaba engama-6, amanyathelo amawaka, iintempile eziliqela kunye nemithombo 16, iMachu Picchu uyimangalisa ngokwenene. Ama-Incans asetyenziswa amakhulu amawaka amatye ekwakheni isixeko sasendulo, kwaye ngonyaka ngamnye izigidi zabantu ezivela kulo lonke ihlabathi zihlambile kule ndawo ephilayo.
I-Machu Picchu yavakaliswa kwiNgcaciso ye-Historic Sanctuary ngo-1981 kunye ne-UNESCO yeLifa leMveli kwi-1983.
Ngo-2007, i-Machu Picchu yavotelwa enye yeeNkqantozo ezisixhenxe zehlabathi kwi-poll ye-Intanethi emhlabeni wonke, eyenza ibe yindawo ekubhubhisayo yamanxuwa. Kukho amaninzi amahlebezi ajikeleza ngeminyaka ukuba iMachu Picchu iza kuvala, ikhutshwe ngabahambi abangafundanga, nangona kunjalo, urhulumente wasePeru, olawula i-Incan citadel, akenzanga ingxelo malunga nokuvalwa kwesayithi elidumileyo lezinto zakudala.
Kuze kube ngenye indlela, iMachu Picchu ngoku ivulekele uluntu, yonke imihla yonyaka ukususela ngo-6: 00 ekuseni kuze kube ngu-5: 00 ntambama. Ngenxa yokuvalwa kwangaphambili, kunconywa ukufika kwisayithi ngaphandle kwexesha lesidlo sasemini, ukuvumela ithuba elide lokuhlola, kunye nexesha lokuthatha ikhefu lokudlulela. Ekuqaleni uzama ukufika kwisiza, nangona kunjalo, bhetele njengoko kuya kuvumela ukuba nayiphi na indlela yokulibaziseka okanye ezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo.
Ukuvalwa kwangaphambili kweMachu Picchu
Ngaphandle kwenkqubo evulekile imihla ngemihla iiperu zasePeru ziye zafuneka zivale iMachu Picchu kwiminyaka yamuva nje, kodwa kuphela ngenxa yeengozi zemvelo ezifana ne-mudslides kunye nezikhukhula.
Kungcono ukujonga imeko zezulu zendawo ngaphambi kokuba uqale, kwaye le ngcaciso ingafumaneka kwi-intanethi, okanye ukuba uhlala ehotele, umqhubi we-concierge unokuncedisa ngolwazi lwemozulu yansuku zonke.
Enye yeemeko zemozulu ngo-2010 zivale izitimela kwi-Machu Picchu , okwenza kube nzima ukuba iindwendwe zifike kwi-Inca citadel.
Amanqaku evakatyekileyo ahambeleyo angabonakali ziindwendwe ngoFebhuwari okanye ngoMatshi ngaloo nyaka kwaye iMachu Picchu yavulwa ngokusemthethweni ngo-Ephreli 2010. Ngelo xesha, uMphathiswa wezokuTyelelo wasePeru, uMartin Perez, utshele i-BBC ukuba ukulahlekelwa kwengeniso kuye kwaba ngama-US $ 185 yezigidi ukuvalwa kweenyanga ezimbini. Ngokuqondakalayo, abaphathi basePeruvia bahlala befuna ukuba iMachu Picchu ivule ngokukhawuleza kunokwenzeka nayiphi na uhlobo lokuvalwa ngokunyanzeliswa.
Ukudideka Kwindlela ye-Inca kunye neMachu Picchu Ukuvalwa
Unyaka ngamnye, ezinye iindwendwe ezidibeneyo ziyadideka ngenxa ye- Inca Trail kunye neMachu Picchu. Ngokungafani noMachu Picchu, i-Inca Trail igqiba inyanga enye ngonyaka. I-Trail ye-Inca ivala ukugcinwa kwenyanga yonke kaFebruwari (ngokuqhelekileyo inyanga eyaziwayo kakhulu kwaye ingabonakali kangako kunyaka) kwaye ivule kwakhona ngoMatshi 1.
Ukuba ufuna ukunyuka i-Inca Trail, kuya kufuneka ukuba ufanele ugweme uFebhuwari (okanye ukhethe enye indlela). Ukuba ngakolunye uhlangothi, ufuna ukuya ngqo kuMachu Picchu, uFebruwari uhlala inyanga ebonakalayo ukutyelela-ngokungakhathaliseki ukuba ungayikhumbuli imvula.