PeruLoretoYavariTucanoLaguna Yacaré4°15’39” S 70°2’31” W
May 8 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
After lunch the time had come to leave the Amazon and head back to the town of Leticia.
This was by a combination of two sailing stints and a further trek through the jungle.
Once back in Leticia weRead more
PeruLoretoRamon Castilla4°14’21” S 70°2’9” W May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
After dark we jumped back on to the boat and sailed back to the jungle for a night time walk. Our guide spotted, and picked up various creatures along the way. The highlights being a number of caymansRead more
PeruLoretoYavariTucanoLaguna Yacaré4°16’39” S 70°2’40” W
May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
After a couple of hours relaxing and having lunch at base we set sail once again to take in the sunset. We were even able to have a swim in a supposedly safer area of Lake Yacare!
The sunset wasRead more
PeruLoretoYavariTucano4°14’47” S 70°2’12” W
May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
A few pictures here from our floating house on Piranha Lake! There was plenty of space to relax on the chairs and hammocks, with proper beds and plenty of insect protection. It was much nicer than I'dRead more
PeruLoretoRamon Castilla4°14’14” S 70°2’6” W May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C
At the other side of our jungle walk we were greeted by a boat to take us to our accomodation. Our accomodation was in the floating house on 'piranha lake'. To get here we had to navigate some veryRead more
PeruLoretoRamon Castilla4°14’21” S 70°1’42” W
May 7 in Peru ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We arrived on the shores of the Amazon rainforest where we took a walk through the jungle. We were immediately greeted by a dozen or so tiny monkeys climbing through the trees above us.
We venturedRead more
PeruLoretoYavariSanta Rosa de YavaríIsla Santa Rosa4°13’57” S 69°57’48” W May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
This morning we set off on a 2 day adventure through the Amazon!
We were collected by our tour company in a tuktuk and taken to their offices where they gave us wellies for the trip. We then wanderedRead more
PeruArequipaYanahuaraSan Juan Bautista16°23’15” S 71°32’30” W May 7 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Our second day in Arequipa was mainly to chill since the altitude of 2330m made us very lazy: much more than visiting Juanita, an Inca mummy from a 14 year old girl that was sacrificed to the vulcanoRead more
PeruArequipaSanta Catalina convent16°23’45” S 71°32’13” W May 6 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Our 2nd UNESCO World Heritage site of our trip was Arequipa aka the White City, because of the white vulcanic stones used to build the old city center. Having as many inhabitants as Cologne, the oldRead more
PeruLoretoYavariSanta Rosa de YavaríIsla Santa Rosa4°13’24” S 69°57’3” W May 8 in Peru ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Next up we jumped on a boat and crossed the Amazon to the Peruvian town of Santa Rosa! Again we could not have been more surprised! Santa Rosa was tiny compared to Leticia, single concrete roads, noRead more
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Traveler What a fab jungle experience. You braved it all. Glad there was a pizza at the end and not a bush-tucker trial. On you go now. Safe travels to Chile . Great to speak to you ❤️
Traveler What a different experience that was for you both. Glad you enjoyed the Amazon 🐊🐠