The Peruvian Amazon: In to the Jungle

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May 9th 2011

Published: May 15th 2011

Given its proximity to the Amazon rain forest Iquitos seemed the perfect place from which to explore some of it, so we joined a three day tour headed for a lodge about 100km away. A huge slowboat took us 90 minutes down the amazon, our first of what would be many trips on the world's largest river. We then changed to a speedboat for 10 minutes to Indiana, a tiny village on the banks of the riv... Read Full Entry

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16th May 2011

jennifer
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Green Giant!
Oh boy......these look like a platter for those pizzas you eat, Chris!

16th May 2011

Jennifer
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Dart Blowing
When you wrote about the dart pipes I was imaging about the size of a recorder.......wowee - doubt I could even hold one of these pipes let along blow a flippin' dart through one. Impressive!

31st July 2012

Ash
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Tribes & Tours
Nice blog post. Here's some info I enjoyed reading after my trip. Apparently tribal members may be escaped refugees from the vast empires that spanned South America and the Amazon Rainforest is simply an outgrown garden - http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2008/07/virginity-lost/ I thought that was pretty interesting and it makes a lot of sense as Amerindians were once very high in number - http://thinkjungle.com/amazon-rainforest-tribes/ Here are some other suggestions for when you go back, as I imagine you will if it left the same mark as it's left on me: http://thinkjungle.com/amazon-jungle-tours The Tahuayo lodge is on a similar level to the lodge you stayed at, I imagine Explorama?, the Tahuayo lodge had a canopy zipline instead of a walkway which I found a novel change and they also give you a private guide. Also you might want to check out the Andean cloud forest as well, as the biodiversity changes markedly from lowland jungle. I also recommend the Alto del aguila in Leticia if you go back, did you stop there? Thanks, Ash

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