Peru Amazon | Seismic Wave

From Puerto Maldernado in Southeast Peru we took a boat about 3 hours up stream on the Rio Tambopata to our lodge. We spotted Baby Capybara’s the size of a small pig on the waters edge; these guys get up to 60kgs!

walking thru the mud looked like tough work

nice & clean now after a swim

The lodge was a 10 minute walk into the bush with rooms open to the outdoors. Wasn’t expecting such a nice place to be honest. Such a peaceful tranquil environment with the sounds of birds etc at night that just put you to sleep. Ok maybe exhaustion from getting up very early to go and see things, what with 2-3 activities a day.

Lots of different species of birds including the Amazon Kingfisher but the best sighting was at The Clay lick with Red and Blue McCaws and Mealy Parrots, which were very cool. The clay gives many animals here nutrients to help them survive.
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these are birds nests that swing below the canopy. Very strange.

It’s actually very difficult to see animals as the forest is so dense. Many animals like Jaguars, anteaters and snakes are easier to see at night as their eyes glow. Our guide on his previous tour saw an anaconda and shared the photo with us.

We climbed the 30m tower to sit above the tree line and spotted a couple of families of Titi monkeys on the way up. Forest for miles up there that’s for sure; 60% of Peru is actually Amazon Rainforest.

While hiking in the forest we first smelt and then saw a herd of Peccary pigs running through the forest. No photo of these guys as they were fast, probably running to get away from us. Here’s what they look like. Lots of bugs about too and some of them were big!

The canoe ride around Lake Condenado was hot but peaceful and the small black Caiman waiting for us in the Lilly’s made us wonder where it’s mum was. The trees near the Lake were massive, we could walk inside them.