So far in Peru we have visited the cities, the coast, the desert, the mountains so to make sure we had covered every possible habitat known to man we headed off for a couple of days at the edge of the amazon basin. Not quite the amazon river which is further north, but according to our guide it looks exactly the same so that was good enough for me.
After a short flight from Cusco we travelled by road for about an hour and then by motorised canoe up the Tambopata river to our lodge, being almost back at sea level for the first time in over two weeks I was expecting to have the energy of an athlete with all those extra red blood cells, no such chance Zzzzzzzzzzz Zzzzzzzzzzzz every time I sat down for more than 10 minutes. Whilst on the canoe we caught our first glimpses of monkeys and macaws in the tree tops, luckily no snakes so far.
The journey up the Tambopata river
Arriving mid afternoon we had a little time to explore the jungle lodge and wonder what all the strange sounds were, with no electricity and oil lamps for light the remoteness of our location became apparent, so did the number of bugs we were sharing it with. During a short night walk we came across all of the creepy crawlies you see on TV, stick insects, huge crickets and a praying mantis cool.
Jungle Jean at the Jungle lodge
The humidity during the day was high and having to wear long trousers and shirts soon put my deodorant to the test, luckily at night it was beautifully cool and I even managed to convince Shelley that there was nothing in her bed and no bugs inside her mosquito net, this I can tell you took quite some time.
Highlights: Seeing some real life wild Macaw's
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