Hanyar Canal na Panama yana kan jerin guga na mafi yawan matafiya. Wannan abin al'ajabi na injiniya yana da ban sha'awa, kuma aikinsa yana da ban mamaki tun lokacin da aka kammala a shekara ta 1914. Dutsen dutsen da turbaya ya motsa gina wannan babban rami ya zama masu tafiya da yawa a cikin shekaru 100.
Wadanda suke yin la'akari da wani tasiri na Canal ya kamata su fahimci nau'ikan daban daban na Panama Canal cruises. Sun kuma karanta littafi mafi kyau game da tarihin da kuma gina Canal na Panama, "Hanyar Tsakanin Ruwa: Tsarin Canal na Panama, 1870-1914", by David McCullough.
Panama Canal Cruises - Full Transits
Masu tafiya na ƙauye suna da matsala masu yawa don fassarawa Kanal Canal. Jirgin fasinjoji na baƙi 20 zuwa sama da mutane 2,800 sun shiga cikin Canal. Dole ne baza su wuce ka'idodin Panamax da Panama Canal Authority ya kafa - mai tsawon mita 965 ba, fadi da mintuna 106, da zane na 39.5, da kuma jirgin ruwa na 190-feet (jerin ruwa zuwa mafi mahimmanci). Misalan jiragen ruwa wadanda ke da 965 da 106 kuma an dauke su jiragen ruwa na Panamax ne: Ƙasar Norwegian , Princess Princess, Sarauniya Elizabeth, da Disney Wonder. Kamar yadda aka tattauna a sashe na karshe na wannan labarin, wannan girman Panamax ya canza tare da aikin Canal-widening da aka kammala a shekara ta 2016. Mafi yawan jirgin ruwa (post-Panamax) na iya hawa yanzu cikin Canal na Panama.
Kodayake cikakkun fasinjoji tsakanin Caribbean da Pacific ta hanyar Canal suna samuwa mafi yawan shekara a kan jiragen ruwa masu girma (sai dai masu jiragen ruwa), mutane da dama suna son yin gyaran jiragen ruwa akan ɗaya daga cikin jirgi wanda ke kan hanya Alaska a marigayi spring ko dawo daga Alaska a cikin fall.
Wadannan hanyoyi suna tafiya a tsakanin Florida da California, suna tsayawa a cikin Caribbean, Amurka ta tsakiya, da Mexico a hanya. Wadannan magunguna guda biyu suna shahara daga Oktoba ko Afrilu, kuma na yi tafiya cikin hutu na 17 da yamma na tafiya daga jirgin. Lauderdale zuwa San Diego a kan Holland America Veendam .
Ana iya samun cikakken fasinjoji a matsayin wani ɓangare na tafiyar tafiya mai tsawo kamar tafiyar jiragen sama na duniya, ƙetarewar kudancin Amirka, ko wasu hanyoyin tafiya mai tsawo. Alal misali, na yi tunani daga Lima, Peru zuwa Ft. Lauderdale a kan Regent Seven Seas Navigator , kuma mun tura Canal daga Pacific zuwa Caribbean.
Panama Canal Cruises - Ƙasashen Tsakanin
Yawancin hanyoyi masu yawa na hanyar shiga ta hanyar Panama Canal take akalla kwanaki 11 ko fiye. Tun da yawancin matafiya ba su da lokaci don yin wannan hutu, wasu jirgi na jiragen ruwa suna ba da gangami na kan iyakar Panama Canal, yawanci a matsayin ɓangare na jiragen ruwa na yammacin kudancin Caribbean. Shigo na wucewa ta cikin Gills, shigar da Gatun Lake, sa'an nan kuma fita daidai hanya ɗaya.
Kodayake wadannan jiragen ruwa ba su da kwarewa kamar yadda suke amfani da Canal na Panama, suna iya dandana abin da Canal yayi kama da su, kuma fasinjoji na iya koya game da aikin Canal na farko.
Ƙungiyar jiragen ruwa na ƙananan jiragen ruwa na Panama
Wadanda ke jin dadin kananan jiragen ruwa zasu iya samun cikakken tasirin Canal na Panama a matsayin wani ɓangare na tafiya tare da kamfanonin kamar Grand Circle Travel. Wa] annan ha] in gwiwar sun ha] a da kwanaki da yawa, don yawon shakatawa, a Panama, ta hanyar koyon fasaha, tare da cikakken hanyar shiga ta hanyar Panama Canal a kan karamin jirgin.
Tun da manyan jiragen ruwa ba su da yawa a Panama City, wannan hanya ce mai kyau don ganin ɓangare na sauran ƙasashen masu ban mamaki.
Sabbin ƙuƙwalwa zai jawo hankalin masu tafiya da yawa
Ko ma wajan matafiya da suka wuce ta Canal Panama a baya sunyi so su sake yin wani jirgin ruwa wanda ya hada da tashar Canal. An fara aikin shimfidawa na farko a cikin tarihin Panama Canal a watan Yuni 2016. Wannan aikin ya wuce dala biliyan 5 kuma ya hada da saiti na uku na kullun da sauran kayan inganta.
Wadannan sabbin makullin suna iya saukar da manyan jiragen ruwa. Alal misali, iyakar girman ɗakunan jiragen ruwa a tsofaffin kullun akwai kwantunan 5,000. Kasuwan da ke dauke da kayayyaki 13,000 / 14,000 zasu iya wucewa ta sabon kullun.
Ga masu tafiya da ƙauƙumi, ƙaddara na uku na ƙuƙwalwa za su ba da izinin jiragen ruwa masu yawa don yin amfani da Canal na Panama.
Tsohon kullun zai iya saukar da jiragen ruwa har zuwa mita 106; Sabbin akwatuna suna ajiyar jiragen ruwa har zuwa mita 160. Wannan ba wani bambanci ba ne.
Tun lokacin da jiragen ruwa suka tsara jirgi na kimanin shekaru biyu kafin su wuce, yawancin jiragen ruwa wadanda ke kan iyaka a cikin Canal za su shiga cikin tsofaffin kullun. Gidan jirgin saman Panamax na farko na jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa wanda aka shirya don sabon kullun shine kundin Caribbean, wadda ta sauya Canal Panama a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 2017.