Red Howler Monkey

Amazon Jungle

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July 3rd 2006
Of the eight people in our tour group, three of us did the optional jungle extension. We flew from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado and took a minibus for an hour to the Tambopata River, where we had a two hour boat journey upriver to the Tambopata Nature Reserve. We stayed in a jungle lodge by the river for three nights, with no electricity in the rooms and cold showers fed by water that came from ... read more

South America » Peru » Cusco » Cusco

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more