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Puerto Maldonado Slideshow
Puerto Maldonado
Travel Blogs from Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Imagination of biodiversity in the subtropical
We take a taxi to the airport and find ourselves among a horde of annoying US-college students. We reach Puerto Maldonado after a short while and are welcomed by Gustavo, our guide. On our 4 ½ hr boat trip upstream of Madre de los Dios, we see a caiman ...
La Selva
Puerto Maldonaldo, Peru I woke up at 5 am this morning with the hums, whistles, and screeches of jungle creatures all around me. Amy and I finally left the highlands of the Andes for the lowland jungle regions. It's the first time we've been below 8000 ...
Tuichi
Efter endt vandretur sad vi traette i Charazani og spiste en ordentlig omgang frokost og noed tanken om, at vi inden laenge kunne padle rundt i bassinerne ved de varme kilder i byen. Vi faldt i snak med to franskmaend ved siden af os, som viste sig at ...
Leaving Manu and off to the Jungle, again
... , the owners of Manu Wildlife Center. First we would spend about 4 days at Sandoval Lake Lodge (only 30 minutes from Puerto Maldonado by boat), then another 3 in Heath River Wildlife Lodge, 5 hours upriver and on the Bolivian side of the ...
Welcome to the Jungle!
... Our weather luck held out and we didn´t even have rain in the rainforest except in the evening and a little bit as we headed back into Puerto Maldonado on our final day. It was a 3 hour boat trip from the town to the lodge and a little over 2 hours ...
Leaving the jungle :(
... while listening to the wildlife swinging in the trees. Once completed I head out a relax on the bungalow hammock with Lonely PLant's Peru book to see what is next on the adventure agenda. I can't help but to listen to the leaves rustling and ...
Yes I know it´s a RAINforest but..................
Being an early riser by nature, I was awake before the projected wake up call and was devastated to see rain pouring down. Yes, I know it´s a RAIN forest but this is supposed to be the dry season! I waited for the guides to come around and ...
A stint as Rolf Harris
... to start? After the 4 days at the rainforest lodge we were dropped off at their offices just on the outskirts of Puerto Maldonado. The Lonely Planet says about Puerto Maldonado: "...soon endears itself to you” and "...the town’s languid ...
Amazon Jungle (Peru)
AMAZON: After Maccu Piccu, we flew to Puerto Maldanado, a gateway town to the Amazon. An hour by motor boat, an hour hike, and a 30 minute canoe ride brought us to the Sandoval Lodge in the Tambopata Natural Reserve. We spend 3 days here ...
Renting of the Motorbike's
... 30 weather and the breeze on me. After heading towards Brazil (approx. 250 km west) we decided to head back towards Puerto Maldanado. Nothing but small towns and small houses lined the highway but very little excitement. We headed down a ...
Ayahuasca Ceremonies In The Jungle, THE TRUTH IS
... detailing my experience throughout the week. I took a flight from Cusco to the Amazon jungle near the city of Puerto Maldonado where i stayed at The Cortes Martes Jungle Lodge. I participated in three Mother Ayahuasca medicine ceremonies and ...
Eco Amazonia
... to keep reminding myself that this is real! We left Cusco on an 10am flight and landed in amongst the thatched huts of Puerto Maldonado an hour later. We jumped on board an Eco Amazonia bus, together with about 12 other travelers, some of whom ...
Welcome to the Jungle
... - Nice crowd on the tour, 11 in total including two newlywed couples (one from Cork). Early start to get flight to Puerto Maldonado and transfer to jungle lodge via canoe. Short stop off in Puerto Maldonado town to pick up some provisions and had ...
Welcome to the Jungle
... - Nice crowd on the tour, 11 in total including two newlywed couples (one from Cork). Early start to get flight to Puerto Maldonado and transfer to jungle lodge via canoe. Short stop off in Puerto Maldonado town to pick up some provisions and had ...
14 AOUT
Vol Cusco - Puerto Maldonado avec compagnie Star Peru. Décollage 10h10 arrivée 1h plus tard au coeur de l'amazonie. A l'aéroport, un guide du Cayman Lodge où nous avons réservé nous attendra. 2h de bateau sur le fleuve Tambopata vers le sud. et ...
Pelechuco-Charazani
Sultne efter stoerre trekkingudfordringer fik vi i La Paz booket en 7 dages tur gennem det smukke landskab i Cordillera Apolobamba. Det skulle efter sigende vaere den smukkeste tur i omraadet, og vi blev ikke skuffede! Vi forlod La Paz med guiden ...
Escape from the Jungle
... my belongings float downstream. I felt like I was in a spy movie, plotting my escape every step of the way. When we reached Puerto Maldonado early Monday morning, I shoved 5 days worth of cash in his hand and practically ran to get a cab to the ...
Day 15 - In the jungle, the mighty jungle...
Pro: saw wild macaw, squirrel monkeys, cayman, butterflies the size of an adults hand, fishing, just to name a few. Con: mossies!!!! I forgot why I insisted on signing us up for the Amazon jungle expedition. For being in the ...
Searching for Paddington
... importantly you had to travel by river to get there due to it's remoteness. However, lodge aside, this part of my Peru trip was a bit of a disappointment - too much bird watching, not enough Paddingtons!! Bird watching required a level of interest & ...
Tambopata Research Center
Our first adventure was going up a 30 meter high canopy tower to see the birds flying amongst the trees. It didn{t take long for them to appear, several Macaws, Blue-headed Pionus and a couple Toucans! Not to mention the many softbills flying ...
Back to basics
... to Puerto Maldonado from the ever infuriating Lima airport. An airport that almost makes Heathrow seem as good as Singapore airport. Puerto Maldonado’s airport by comparison was simplicity itself as it was not much more than a large hanger with some ...
AMAZON JUNGLE TOUR
Our two night jungle tour in the Amazon jungle was a great experience and we were certainly happy we made the effort to fly to Puerto Maldonado. When we landed at the airport John and I started to panic slightly as all this what seemed to be smoke started ...
So Close, yet So Far Away...
I seem to be stuck in Puerto Maldonado, so it seems as good a time as any to write. I´m hitching a ride to Picaflor on a tourist boat, but the plane carrying said tourists can´t leave Cusco due to bad weather. So I´ve been sitting in the office for ...
Into the Jungle!!!!
... Jungle the lodeg was called EcoAmazonia Lodge and looked pretty cool. Flew out from Cusco on a 30 minute flight to a town called Puerto Maldonaldo, where we were picked up by the lodge people in a proper tourist wagon. A quick pit stop at the lodge ...
Greeted by the monkey....
... I had to head back thru security as the last thing I had wanted was a UTI.... Finally we boarded our plane and arrived in Puerto Maldonado 35 minutes later to plus 30 sun and humidity. I was in heaven! Once we claimed our luggage we found our ...
Jungle Boogie...
After spending a couple of days in La Paz, Amy and I finally caught a flight to Rurrenebaque, Bolivia to explore the jungle. ´Rurre´ is a small town located in Eastern Bolivia. The town is set right on the Beni River and the river is just how you ...
The amazing Macaw clay lick!
We were wakened by William and trudged down to the boat in the dark to head off to the clay lick and get into position before the birds arrived. I tried to set up a tripod but the bushes in front of the viewing area got in the way. Soon the ...
Amazon Jungle
... thought but what would be the point of bringing kids into this world when it's not going to be around for much longer? Anyways... Puerto Maldonado's airport is quite small so it didn't take long for us to find our luggage, and be loaded up into the ...