3 Nā huakaʻi huakaʻi o ke ola

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ʻAʻole kēia ʻo kāu hale kūʻai maʻamau-till-you-drop, lumi hoʻomaha a puni. Ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻokūkū ʻana i kou pae kino, e hoʻokuʻu mai nā wahi kupanaha ma ʻaneʻi i ke ʻano kahaha a me ka haʻalulu āu e ʻike ʻole ai. ʻAʻohe mea kēlā ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau wahi hotspots he hana pāʻani ia.

ʻO ke alanui Inca i Machu Picchu

Peru, ʻAmelika Hema

"Ua hoʻomaka ka lā ʻehā o ka piʻi ʻana ma ka hola 3:45," i ʻōlelo ʻo Sultana Ali, 27, mai Florida, nāna i hoʻokau ka huakaʻi me nā hoa aloha ʻelua. "Ua ʻeha kaʻu mau bipi keiki i ka piʻi ʻana i ka ʻūlū hope loa a me nā ʻanuʻu ʻākōkō i ka puka lā. ʻO ka mea wale nō aʻu i ʻike ai, ʻo ia ke keʻehi i mua oʻu a hiki i luna. ʻIke ʻia nā mauna i lalo. I koʻu ʻike mua ʻana i nā wahi i hoʻoneʻe ʻia, kū wau ma laila i ka hau, ʻo nā waimaka e kahe ana ma koʻu mau maka."

A laila haʻalele ʻo ia i ka holo piha ʻana i ka mile hope loa o ke ala e alakaʻi ana i ka pūnaewele-me kahi ʻeke 22 paona i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kona kua. "Ua lanakila wau me ka hauʻoli. ʻAʻole wau i wehe iaʻu iho i ka hauʻoli maoli i nā makahiki," wahi a Ali.

Hoʻopuni ka pohihihi i kēia momi archeological mamao. I ka manawa i hōʻea mai ai nā poʻe Sepania ma kahi kokoke i 1532 AD, ua haʻalele ka poʻe Inca i ka noho ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mea maopopo i ke kumu. Ua noho kupaianaha nā hale no ka mea ʻo ka poʻe naʻi aupuni, e hana nui nei i ka hao wale ʻana a me ka luku ʻana i nā kauhale a lākou i hālāwai ai, ʻaʻole loa i loaʻa iā Machu Picchu, kū kiʻekiʻe i nā ao i 8,860 kapuaʻi.

ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe Inca nāna i kūkulu i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lost (kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia a hiki i ka makahiki 1911, i ka wā i alakaʻi ai ka poʻe kamaʻāina i kahi haumāna ʻAmelika ma laila) ʻaʻohe palapala kākau, ʻaʻohe ʻike no ke kumu i koho ai lākou e noho ma kēia ʻāpana kaʻawale o ka ululāʻau Amazonian. Hoʻomaka ke ala hele pōhaku i ka ʻāpana ʻo Quechua (ma kahi o 7,500 kapuaʻi) a me nā makani e pili ana i nā kuahiwi, a piʻi i kahi kiʻekiʻe he 13,800 kapuaʻi ma Dead Woman's Pass ma mua o ka iho ʻana i Machu Picchu.

ʻO ka huakaʻi: 4 lā (27 mile)

Puke iā: ʻO Peru Treks

Koina: Mai $ 425 a me airfare

Nā: ʻO Porter, nā meaʻai āpau, ka halihali i ke ala hele, nā komo komo, kahi alakaʻi ʻōlelo Pelekane, a me nā halelewa (BYO ʻeke moe)

Ka manawa poʻokela: ʻO ke kau kiʻekiʻe mai ʻApelila a Nowemapa. Inā makemake ʻoe e pale aku i ka lehulehu, e manaʻo e hele i ka wā ua, ma waena o Nowemapa a me Malaki.

Kilimanjaro

Tanzania, ʻApelika

"Ma nā wahi, ua ahi kou quads, uē kou mau kuli, ke kuʻi nei ka lā a ke hele nei ʻoe i ke one," wahi a Marybeth Bentwood, 32, mai New York, ka mea i piʻi i ke ala paʻakikī loa o Kili, ka Western Breach, me kona kaikuahine a me kona hoahanau.

"ʻLelo nā alakaʻi, 'pole, pole,' (Swahili no ka lohi, lohi) i kou hele wāwae ʻana. A laila hahau ka maʻi kiʻekiʻe. Akā me kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu āu e hele ai i nāʻiʻo, hoʻopau ʻoe i kahi kānalua iā ʻoe iho. ʻOiai ʻoe e moe nausea ana i loko o kahi hale lole leaky me nā ʻiʻo e hoʻomaloʻo ana i kou ihu koko, ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻakaʻaka i ka ʻike ʻana i nā mea āpau. Manaʻo ʻoe e ola ana i kēia mau mea!"

Ke piʻi nei mai nā pāpū ʻo Tanzania, aia i loko o Kilimanjaro he ʻekolu mau lua pele-Shira, Mawenzi, a me Kibo, ke kiʻekiʻe loa. ʻAʻole ʻike ʻia ke kumu maoli o ka inoa, akā ʻike ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo "Mountain of Light" a i ʻole "Mountain of Greatness." Ke hele nei i ka piko hau i uhi ʻia me ka holoholo ʻana ma waena o nā waoakua, nā mauna, nā wao nahele, a me nā kula, a ma ka hapanui o nā ala nui ʻelima, e hauʻoli ʻoe i nā ʻike kupanaha o nā aniani e hoʻopuni ana.

Ma 19,340 kapuaʻi, ʻo Kilimanjaro ka piko kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka moku ʻApelika. He paʻakikī loa e hanu i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai, ʻaʻole nui nā trekkers e piʻi i luna. Hāʻawi ʻo Kilimanjaro National Park i nā palapala hōʻoia i ka poʻe piʻi i hiki i ka Lae ʻo Uhuru, ma ka piko loa, a i ʻole ʻo Gillman's Point, e noho ana ma ka lehelehe o ka lua ma 18,635 kapuaʻi.

ʻO ka huakaʻi: 6 a 8 lā (23 a 40 mau mile)

Puke iā: Zara

Koina: Mai ka $1,050 me ka mokulele

Nā: ʻO Porter, nā meaʻai āpau, nā uku pāka, kahi alakaʻi ʻōlelo Pelekania, a me ka hale lole a me ka moena moe.

Ka Manawa Nui: ʻO Sepatemaba, ʻOkakopa, Ianuali a me Pepeluali nā mahina maloʻo loa a mehana loa (ʻoiai hiki ke hāʻule ka hau i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe). ʻO Malaki a Mei a me Nowemapa a Ianuali ʻo ia nā mahina maloʻo loa (hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i kēlā manawa, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kūlana hele wāwae).

Ke Kinawai Nui

Arizona, USA

"Ua ala mākou i ka hola 5 a. "Ma hope o ka iho ʻana i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, a laila hoʻonohonoho i ko mākou hale lole i ka hola 9, i ka pōʻeleʻele, ua like mākou me Thelma a me Louise-ʻelua mau wahine i hiki ke hana pū i kahi huakaʻi."

Ua ʻae ka 24 makahiki i ka manaʻo o ka piʻi ʻana i ke kahona ua hoʻoweliweli i ka mua. "Akā, i kou hele ʻana i ka wao nahele me ka luhi a ʻike i nā mea āpau āu i poina ai i ka ʻeke, aʻo ʻoe e hoʻokuʻu i nā mea hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hoʻomalu, lawe i nā mea ʻike a hauʻoli."

ʻO kēia kahawai nui loa, i kalai ʻia e ka muliwai ʻo Colorado ma loko o nā makahiki he mau miliona, ʻo 277 mile ka lōʻihi a ʻoi aku i kahi mile ka hohonu i nā wahi. Ua ʻoki nā wai kahe i nā kahawai i loko o ka pōhaku i nā makahiki a hōʻike ʻia ʻehā mau au o ka mōʻaukala honua.

Ke pā ka lā i nā papa pōhaku sedimentary, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma ka puka ʻana a me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, ʻo ke ʻano o nā kala-ʻulaʻula, ʻalani, melemele, a me ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo. I kou hele ʻana i ka canyon, e hāʻule pū ana ʻoe i nā puʻu a me nā pali puʻukū, nā cacti ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me ka melemele a me nā ana ʻeleʻele (kūpono no ka pale ʻana mai ka lā).

ʻO ka huakaʻi: 2-mau lā hou. E hoʻāʻo i ke ala ʻo Kaibab Hema (6.8 mile) a lalo a me Bright Angel Trail (9.3 mile) i luna no kahi loop maikaʻi.

E hoʻopaʻa inoa: Phantom Ranch Reservations; e kāhea iā 928-638-7875 no nā kahua hoʻomoana.

Koina: He manuahi ka huakaʻi alakaʻi ponoʻī. Uku ʻoe no ka hale hoʻokipa (dorm a kāpena paha; $ 36- $ 97) a me nā meaʻai ($ 24-39) ma ka lalo o ke kahawai.

Nā: Nā olonā moe a me nā kāwele. Aia nā moena moe, nā lumi lumi, a me nā ua; He ʻauʻau ponoʻī kā cabins.

Ka manawa poʻokela: ʻO ʻApelila a ʻOkakopa ka wā kiʻekiʻe; Hoʻomaka ka wā ua i Iulai me ʻAukake ka mahina momona, e hana ana i nā pōhaku paheʻe ma ke ala.

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