River Yacuma Rurrenabaque

Whilst in La Paz we made the decision to visit the Bolivian Amazonian Jungle; this meant a trip to Rurrenebaque, which is the gateway to the Madidi National Park.

In La Paz there are so many companies offering trips to the Madidi National Park that it is hard to determine with whom to go. We wanted to use a company that practiced what they …

... Our trip into the Bolivian pampas began from Rurrenbaque with a 3 and a half hour jeep ride to a lodge on the side of the River Yacuma.  The lodge really was in the middle of nowhere, and the last part of the journey was off road.   Saw ...

... abound and the backpacker set cruise the streets in search of a budget trip into the jungle or pampas (grassland area along the river Yacuma). We, being about twice the age of the average tourist here, went for the most expensive option, not a big ...

... , bouncing about and eating dust (dust from the road). Then we were transferred to a dugout canoe and cruised down the river Yacuma for another three hours spotting loads of wildlife along the way, including turtles, hundreds of caiman (!), variety of ...

... 's it.... all squeezed into this old banger of a jeep but it was authentic for sure... very bumpy 3 hour drive to the shore of the river Yacuma from where we would start our tour... On the way, we spotted a few stray wildlife eg 2 sloths which were a lot ...

... off we were all orange from head to toe on our front...nice. We then climbed into a motor canoe to take us down the river Yacuma to the campsite. We took about three hours and saw capybaras, alligators, turtles, monkeys and a variety of birds. Very cool ...

... ’t get to me first or I’d have had an altogether very different wedding. Anyway, the River Yacuma, three hours outside the jungle town of Rurrenabaque, had a very special attraction for me indeed: Pink. Not the singer, though admittedly ...

... Tour We set out for a 3 day/2 night jungle boat tour ($81ea) Friday November 16 that began with a 3 hour jeep ride to the River Yacuma. The first 10 minutes of the jeep ride was paved road and the rest of the trip consisted of very bumpy and dusty ...

... a total menace to other road users, beeping at anything that moved and numerous things that didn't. We were relieved to reach the River Yacuma with only a few bumps on the knees and head. We then boarded a dug out canoe for the short trip to our ...

... ; You can see Ash was helpful in carrying the bananas!! That afternoon we spent a couple of hours floating up the river Yacuma wildlife watching.  It was absolutely amazing and we saw such a wide variety of animals including Capybara´s (the ...