Tambo Amazonico Iquitos

... Raul kept stopping, saying shush and pointing to dark corners of the riverbank,he was looking for Alligators &#8211; Thank F**k we didn&#8217;t find any!! The river was alive with little jumping fish, a couple actually jumped into the boat &#8211; and fireflies &#8230; Millions of them, in the trees, in the river lillies and even in the bloody boat .. An amazing sight.<br>After eating a massive late meal, my head was on the pillow by ten, earplugs in both ...

... anymore. This thing was not gong to move unless it wanted to. We left, out of sticks, and no one really curious enough to swim out to the caiman to see it better. <br> We got back in our canoe for the last 2 hours out to the lodge. On the way back we picked up a few dead fish floating in water and saved them to throw back out near birds of prey. We were able to feed two more mama viejas. On the rest of way back we saw some monkeys, a sloth, and lots of ...

... received nonetheless. <br><br> We saw some trees with trapezoidal cut-outs in the leaves above us. &#8220;The leaf cutter ant did this&#8221;. We inspected some tree stalk to find a super-sized ant crawling up the side. As we walked further Falcon pointed out an indentation on the ground that ran all the way from the tree to a large mound nearby. It was about 3 inches wide and it looked like someone dragged a bowling ball through the jungle. &#8220;This is the leaf ...

... it again-and pulled out one more fish! All in all, Eric was 5/6 for fish. Andy and I were more like 3/15. <br> We paddled back in the darkness and as we went there was a couple of thud sounds in the boat. We flipped on the flashlights to find two fish flopping around in the bottom of the boat! One was roughly a six inch wolf fish and the other one was a small, flat, two inch long angel fish. It took us a second to realize what happened-the wolf fish was chasing the little ...

... was named Falcon. He grabbed a machete (the tool of the jungle. If you cant do the job with a machete, it probably cant be done) and we headed out the back door of the lodge and into the jungle. Within minutes, we realized just why we had paid for a guide. Falcon tapped a leaf with his machete and stood back. A bunch of ants just fell off of it. &#8220;Fire ants. The little ones. They are no problem, but your skin will burn like fire if they bite you.&#8221 ...

... day (I'm really very curious to find out what it tastes like) but its obviously on the endangered list and I couldn't justify trying it. They have some interesting local specialties though - various things wrapped in leaves and barbecued, minced pork and banana dumplings (only slightly tastier than it sounds), venison stews, etc. I've been trying them all and have come to the conclusion that Peruvian food is really very varied and very tasty. <br><br>My initial plan was ...

... Which meant that we wouldn´t even see the Amazon River. Unacceptable! So we shelled out USD 65 to Dawn on the Amazon for a one day tour. Alas, they don´t work on Sunday, so we spent the day out at the White Sands forest, doing some very slow, chigger infested birding. Ah, nature! At least we saw a very cool frog. Can you find it in the photo?<br><br> On Monday, we were picked up by our guide and brought to the boat (after the mototaxi driver ...

... me: 142,000 acres, 500 varieties of trees per 2.5 acres (!!!), 100 plant species that do not exist anywhere else on Earth, 475 species of birds with 4 new ones recently identified, 500 species of animals over 2.5 cm. and 88 species of parasitic wasps. All this makes the preserve one of the most bio diverse areas on the planet. Our last stop was with a tribe of natives called the Boras. They were ...

... dark and prepared to walk int he dark, Falcon warned us not to touch anything, branches etc... and keep moving. We set off and soon enough started seeing many things including a raton which is a little hairy rat / mouse, very strange bugs, spiders which come out night and are very dangerous, blue mohl butterlfly, when suddenly Falcon stopped us and showed us the noise of a jaguar which was only 100m away, it actually sounded like a cow, many animal noise we hear we often ask if ...

... of three, food and beverages, transportation to Nauta and all the equipment and supplies we needed. His advice regarding adequate preparation was very helpful. I really had no idea what to expect and soon found out that the virgin rainforest is not a theme park. I was grateful for the long-sleeved shirts, the long pants and the rubber boots we bought, not to mention the insect repellent. Money well spent! Ricardo picked me up at nine ...