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Puerto Maldonado Slideshow
Puerto Maldonado
Travel Blogs from Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Amazonas!!!
... - zeigt uns die Welt des Amazonas bei naechtlichen Spaziergaengen, Bootsfahrten, und Wanderungen durch den Dschungel. Er kommt aus Puerto Maldonado, wo er Ecotourism studiert hat. Wir sind beeindruckt und begeistert von seinem Wissen. Egal was fuer ein ...
Rainforest Adventure
The rainforest was amazing. We flew into Puerto Maldonado on the 19th, took two boats and an hour of hiking to get to the Sandoval Lake Lodge. Along the way we saw lots of birds, including a few hoatzins, and a troupe of squirrel monkeys. And we saw ...
Peru Amazon Basin
... ) and sang him happy birthday, he was very happy! Then it was time to pack. The next morning we went back to Puerto maladonna, by trek, boat, and truck, we had a quick tour of the town before we flew to Cusco for our next adventure....the ...
La selva de Amazonia
... . After the Inka trail we spent another 2 nights in Cuzco, a place we both love. Sunday we took a 25 min. plane ride to Puerto Maldonado east of the mountains and in the Amazon basin for a jungle adventure. This was a package with guide for 2 nights each ...
Itchy and Scratchy II
... or Abed had indicated. Doubting we would make it in time, we asked Milto and the other group about a place to hang out in Puerto Maldonado. At this point, Marco showed up, and the two guides started arguing in Spanish. Wish I knew more! Marco wanted us ...
SCORCHIO!
Did trail clearing again today, unfortunately i had a bit of track that was covered in (bitey) black ants, only managed to get bitten on my leg which was pretty impressive considering they was so many of them. Bleurgh! after lunch just sat in the ...
Turtle Tuesday
Donuts and chocolate sauce again this morning! Got up at 5.30 to do canopy walkway and watched the sunrise over the rainforest. Didn´t see amny birds but still got an incredible view. Afterwards did ´turtle census´ where we basically went in a ...
Posadas Amazonas
Posadas Amazonas Very early wake up at 4am. We headed out after breakfast at 5am for a lake that promised to have giant otters. Unfortunately, there were none today. We toured the small lake in man-powered catamaran and saw many ...
Deepest Darkest Peru - The Amazon
... to give me a copy of some of hers. I guess I've got an excuse to return someday... Before leaving to fly to Puerto Maldonado, we had a free day to explore parts of Cusco, mostly relaxing, visiting cafe's and art galleries. We went through the national ...
Tambopata Research Center
PHOTO_ID_L=img_1188.jpg] Tambopata Research Center Waking up at 4am was difficult for Tara and I. I convinced her to come even though she would have much preferred to stay in bed until I got back at around 7 or 7:30. The days here have all started so ...
why is the rainforest so cold?!
Still waiting for my rucksack to arrive at this point, desperate for my sleeping bag. It´s so cold here in the morning and evenings that one of the girls here has got a cold! She´s only been here for about 3 days as well. This morning we went to the ...
Welcome to the Jungle!
... appeared to travel very well together. I couldn't have been luckier than to have been matched with them. From the town of Puerto Maldonado, we boarded a motorized canoe for a 40 minute ride down the Madre de Los Dios river. We got out of the ...
monkeys, macaws and mosquitos...oh my!!!
... were! I freaked out a bit but in general it pretty cool! Early wake up today to head back to the city of Puerto Maldonado, were waiting here for 10 hours to take 1 whopping 38 hour bus to Lima....UGGGGGHHH! Not super excited about this trip, ...
Amazon Jungle - Malaria town and Tracksuit Bandits
... the plane, as were the flies – it was like being back in Oz for a brief moment. We spent very little time in Puerto Maldonado, pretty much just shuffling through the town on an open-air bus through to the docks on the river (not the Amazon river, ...
Tarantulas, mosquitos and piranhas
... to the Gap Adventures crew. It had been an amazing three weeks with everyone and was quite bummed to leave them. After a night in Puerto Maldonado in a really crap hostel in the wrong side of town, myself and my new tour guide Jhendy did the five hour ...
Posada Amazonas Day 2
It was another early morning: 5am wakeup call. But it was worth it. We walked to a clay lick where we saw lots of parrots, parakeets and macaws. On the way back, we ran into a Spectaled Owl. We also saw some howler monkies in the far distance. Just ...
Travel to the Amazon Rainforest
Fly from Lima to Cusco Fly from Cusco to Puerto Maldonada Travel by bus and then by boat from Puerto Maldonada to the ...
We´ve Seen the Southern Cross for the First Time!!
Okay, I must admit I´ve been walking around attempting to sing ¨In the jungle, the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight¨. I must look up the lyrics so I can continue beyond that line. Of course we are in the wrong jungle for the lion part of the ...
A Jungle Birthday
... Peru is located within the Amazon Basin, however, due to its isolation, not a lot of it is available to the casual traveller. Puerto Maldonado, the region's principal city, is situated at the confluence of the Madre de Dios and Tambopata Rivers, and is a ...
In the Amazonian Jungle!
We flew from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado and then took a bus to the river. The river was a tributary of the mighty Amazon. We travelled by boat for 2 hours to our jungle lodge. Along the way we stopped to see some Macaws which were very bright and ...
La Selva
... the rising cost of living and what the Peruvian government was or was not doing about it; I guess it was particularly active in Puerto Maldonado) would have started fires or put trees in the streets to block traffic & just tie up commerce. Given ...
Home
November 18 we flew from Puerto Maldonado to Lima (via Cusco, I think), spent a few hours in Lima, then flew home. This was a memorable trip. Nearly a year and a half later I still have vivid memories of the little local restaurant where we watched ...
Welcome To The Jungle
Puerto Maldonado is the gateway to the Amazon. Although you can see this jungle in several South American countries, Puerto Maldonado seems to be the easiest way to access pristine jungle. This is the main reason for my coming to Peru. I decided that ...
May 05, 2010
Jungle ´Fun´!
... wary of her when she asked us if we wanted to take some hallucinative drugs...we didn´t see her after that! When we arrived in Puerto Maldonado we were immediately struck by the heat. It was soooo hot and humid. We were met at the airport by our guide ...
Rain in the Rainforest
And...we are in the Peruvian Amazon! Another early morning (do you see a pattern here?)...6am pick up for our flight to Puerto Maldonado in the Peruvian Amazon. Both Katelyn and I are a bit nervous, as I am NOT a camper and while she has ...
