Early this morning after a wonderful breakfast we took a short ride by skiff to visit the small community of San Jorge. This visit gave us a wonderful opportunity to learn about how the people form this remote part of the world make a living. The people at San Jorge where very friendly and had they invited us into their homes, and through our naturalists to translate we learn on how these people manage to live from the river with what the river gives them. We also visited the little school to talk to the kids, and saw and purchased some of the handcrafts made by them.
5/24/2025
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Delfin II
Yarapa River, Amazonas Village, Peru
Leaving Delfin II at 06:00 for our morning skiff ride, we explored the Yarapa River and monkeys were everywhere! We saw common wooly monkeys, monk saki monkeys, and common squirrel monkeys. We weren’t monkeying around! In addition to the monkeys there were woodpeckers galore! We photographed crimson-crested, yellow-tufted, and cream-colored woodpeckers as they were busily hammering away at trees and termite nests. Our afternoon was spent at Amazonas Village getting an introduction to life along the river. We enjoyed demonstrations of food preparation, basketmaking with palm fibers, and hand-dying with local plants to give the baskets vibrant colors. We also had an introduction to Minga Peru, a group serving 40 different communities in this area. Our evening was topped off with a toast to the beginning of the actual Amazon River, where the Marañon and Ucayali Rivers converge. Salud!
