E pani ʻia ka pūnaewele Inca kaulana ʻo Machu Picchu i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no ka liʻiliʻi ʻekolu pule - a pani ʻia mai nā mea āpau akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no kahi kokoke ʻelua mahina - ʻoiai ʻo nā luna Peruvian e loiloi i ka pōʻino i hana ʻia e nā waikahe hou ma ke kahawai ʻo Urubamba.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma luna o ʻehā tausani kānaka, nā malihini kipa a me nā Peruvians e ka helikopter mai Agua Calientes i ka hopena o ka pule i hala.
ʻO ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi, aia ma lalo o ka mauna ʻo Andean kahi i hūnā ai ʻo Machu Picchu i 8,000ft i luna, ua lilo ia i wahi e hui ai nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā ʻoi loa i ka wā ʻoi loa ka ua i ka wā i haki ai ka muliwai, e hoʻoneʻe ana i nā ʻōpala a wehe i nā ʻāpana. o ka laina kaaahi e hookui ana i ka hale pakaua kaulana i ke kulanakauhale o Cuzco.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Juan Garcia, ka luna o ka National Culture Institute o Peru, ka mea nāna e hoʻokele i ka pā kaua kaulana, e pani ʻia ka pūnaewele no ka ʻoihana a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā kaʻaahi - ʻoiai ua hoʻohui ʻo ia e noʻonoʻo nā luna e wehe i ka paka i nā poʻe huakaʻi hiki ke piʻi i kahi ʻāpana o ka mamao ma ke kahua kaulana. 'Inca Trail' i ka manawa e ho'iho'i 'ia ai ka māhele mua o ke ala. Ua manaʻo ʻia he ʻekolu pule kēia.
Hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ma luna o ka muliwai ʻo Urubamba, ʻaʻole i hoʻopōʻino ʻia nā wahi neoneo e ka wai. Ua hōʻea ka muliwai i kona helu helu kiʻekiʻe loa i ka pule i hala, me 1100 cubic mika o ka wai i kekona e kahe ana ma ke awāwa haiki kahi e noho ai ʻo Agua Calientes.
ʻO ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lawelawe kaʻaahi e hele mai ma ke ʻano he kī nui i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi Peruvian. Ua kipa aku kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi he 858,211 ma Machu Picchu i ka makahiki 2008. Uku nā malihini malihini i $43 no ke komo ʻana i ka pūnaewele.
Ua kāpae ʻia nā hoʻopaʻa ʻana o nā hōkele ma Agua Calientes, me ka National Chamber of Tourism o Peru e manaʻo ana i ke kumukūʻai ma $500,000 i kēlā me kēia lā.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā malihini malihini hope loa mai Agua Calientes i ka Pōʻalima, me ka waiho ʻana i kahi kūlana ʻino a me kahi wā e hiki mai ana.
