at the beginning of our pampas adventure

Pampas tour

---

October 9th 2008
The pampas tour is the best chance for seeing animals, travelling by motorised canoe along the Rio Beni into the Yacuma grasslands. We´re told we´ll see caiman, turtles and snakes, capybara (the world´s largest rodent), as well as pink river dolphins, monkeys and birds. Now maybe I´m a little naive, but I just didn´t realise how teeming with life it would be. I was expecting to maybe see a co ... read more

South America » Bolivia » Beni Department » Santa Rosa de Yacuma

---

Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more