Peru: Amazon Jungle June-July
The third leg of the Peru trip, exploring the Amazon Jungle
Luckily there were stops to stretch the legs along the way
And look at beautiful creatures like this little stunner
Oropendola nest
Ant nest
Righto back into the van with you
Macaw sharing some coconut
We did some river rafting which was fun
Queen Elisabeth (III)
Julie
DW
Some had a soaking under the waterfall
Time to get off
We got into a motorised boat at this stage and continued down the river
To Erica Lodge - our home for a few nights
The mosquito nets we had to tuck in each night to keep from being killed in our sleep
View from the lodge
Time for a bit of a look round
Banana anyone?
Pineapple anyone?
No idea anyone?
x 2
We did lots of walks in the jungle
Spider Monkey (middle on lower branch)
Army Ants - nasty little fellows
Leaf Cutter Ants
Termite nest - we all ate some live ones (nom nom nom)
A spider on one of the night walks we did
This people is an 'Erotic Palm' - heaven knows why they call it that??
Woolley Monkey
Nev and QE (III)
A giant of the jungle
Jose was our guide - a great chap and very passionate about nature
This palm moves to get the light
These people do too, but a lot slower than the palm
We did a canopy zip wire
GUO started us off
Marian sailing through the trees
It ended with a 30m abseil
Parrot spotting
Macaw
We went for a paddle on these
To see wildlife
Prehistoric Bird
Jose let me have a go...
...I was rubbish and we spent a lot of time in the weeds
Their boat started to sink...let them drown I say!
Oropendola on its nest
Another monkey
Butterflies
Trying to get out of the mud
Heading back to Cuscso
Keeping an eye on the river levels
We visited an animal rescue shelter - Caiman
Monkey, Anteater and Peccary
This little fella took a liking to Nev
