Umkhumbi kanokusho wasemfuleni wakwa-Aqua Expeditions, i-Aqua, ugaswe izigebengu ebezihlomile ngeSonto, kubika incwadi yemboni iTravel Weekly. Izigebengu eziyisithupha zagibela umkhumbi zaphuca abagibeli abangu-24 imali nezinye izinto ezibalulekile. Akekho owalimala ngesikhathi kwenzeka lesi sigameko.
Umkhumbi wawusukile e-Iquitos, ePeru, ngoJulayi 25 ukuze uhambe ngomkhumbi ubusuku obuyisikhombisa eMfuleni i-Amazon. Umkhumbi wawuhlelelwe ukuthi ufike eNauta ngoMsombuluko, futhi ukusuka lapho izivakashi zizobuyiselwa e-Iquitos. I-Aqua Expeditions izonakekela wonke amalungiselelo ohambo, futhi izonikeza abagibeli imbuyiselo ephelele kanye nohambo lwesikebhe lwamahhala lwesikhathi esizayo.
Uhulumeni wasePeru uyaphenya ngalesi sigameko. Esitatimendeni esisemthethweni, uFrancesco Galli-Zugaro, oyi-CEO ye-Aqua Expeditions, uthi “ayikho into efana nalena engakaze yenzeke e-Amazon phambilini, futhi ngibonga abasebenzi ngokusisingatha kahle lesi sigameko, kanye nemizamo yabo siqinisekise ukuthi ukuphepha kanye nenhlalakahle yabagibeli bethu bekuyizinto eziza kuqala kubo.”
Yasungulwa ngo-2007, i-Aqua Expeditions isebenza ngohambo lwase-Amazon lomfula ubusuku obuthathu, obune nobuyisikhombisa ukusuka e-Iquitos. Imikhumbi yayo inomkhumbi owodwa kuphela, i-Aqua engamathani angama-400, elayisha abantu abangu-24.
