Tag / Amazon Rainforest

The fifth day’s excursion featured piranha fishing, which is only performed by tourist. This is due to the high cost associated with piranha fishing, bait is chicken meat. I was really excited though to catch some fish and to try it. But first we had to arrive at our location, and this involved more bird [...]

The fourth day of our cruise was more of a cultural experience, with two village visits planned for the day. We were able to meet the mayor of this town, who was kind enough to show us around. He first gave us an introduction of the machete, by sharpening the blade with lime stone. Some [...]

Day three on the Amazon river was somewhat different in terms of excursions. This was going to be our longest journey up the tributatries of the Amazon. We would travel a total of 47 miles that day with our destination at the Ranger station. Too bad our hike was impeded by the rain, but it [...]

Our second day on the International Expedition’s Amazon river cruise would be a long one. It was one of the earlier starts at around 6:30 am which included a breakfast on the boat. I was amazed by that biodiversity that could be seen right off of our excursion boats including this sloth that was way [...]

My trip the Peru has to be broken town into different days, there was just too much to cover in just one. This is the first day we arrived onto the La Amatista, which marked the beginning of our Amazonian expeditions. The night we arrived in Nauta was also of significants, with mayor’s campaigning for [...]