Our trip is coming to an end, and today we had a magical day. Early in the morning we visited Yarapa River, where we saw a lot of wildlife. Later we had an engaging visit to the nearby village, where our guests enjoyed encounters with local families and kids from the school. The icing on the cake was the trail we walked at Casual Forest — we found tarantulas, frogs, and sloths, and we were fascinated to experience the wild creatures of the jungle so closely. We have had a stunning time here.
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- 01 Jun 2024
Pahuachiro Creek, Amazon Village, and Casual Forest, 6/1/2024, Delfin II
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Christian Saa, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Christian was born on the island of Isabela in the Galápagos archipelago. He grew up on a farm and had a magical childhood devoid of cars, electricity, telephones—just pure nature and playful sea lions along the beach. At the age of seven, he moved w...
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Before sunrise, we departed Delfin II to explore the riverbank of the Marañon River. As we ventured out, the sun began to rise like a red-hot disk above the majestic green forest, illuminating the riverbank. Parakeets, saddle-back tamarin monkeys, and three-toed sloths were spotted all before breakfast. After breakfast, we went on a hike to Amazonas Nature Park and learned about the very intricate relationships among the trees and plants of a high-elevation forest. A local healer and plant medicine woman, Carola, provided a demonstration of the medicinal plants of the Amazon. After lunch, we explored Pucate River by kayak and later by skiffs in search of wildlife. Our guests had an extraordinary time on their first full day here in the Upper Amazon.