Blogs from Amazon Rainforest, Puerto Maldonado, Madre de Dios, Peru, South America - page 10

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Greetings again blog readers. We´ve been pretty busy and are trying to update you on our adventures... The day after finishing the inca trail - complete with some clean clothes, we headed off to the jungle. We flew from Cuzco to Puerto Maldonado in the amazon rainforest. As we landed here the air stewardess anounced that the temperature in the airport was 35 degrees C! Heather promptly removed three of her layers... We had a 45 minute bus ride to the river on a bus circa 1970 with no suspension. The roads were so dusty that I became a red head for the afternoon. I swear that the distance was about 5km but we had to divert around fallen trees and pot holes. To give you an idea of the roads our flight took 30 minutes ... read more

After the Cycle ride and a day in Puerto Maldonado to recover a little bit we decided to spend a few days in the jungle at a lodge and go on day excursions. This was really cool. We stayed at a place called Cayman lodge which was French/Peruvian run. We did lots of things that sound a bit dangerous but weren’t. On the first night we went walking into the jungle to listen to the sounds, this was quite good but it was difficult to tell if tree roots were tree roots if you know what I mean. We had to wait an extra day for another couple to arrive with our guide so the next day (which I probably consider the best day I’ve had in Peru so far) was a ten hour stint in ... read more

As Rod saw it, we were practically obliged to go to the Jungle on the basis that “we’re never going to get to go to the Amazon basin again”. That was true, but I wasn’t convinced that it was a good enough reason to put myself at the mercy of tarantulas, anacondas, snakes, piranhas and…..well, you get the idea. Eventually, though, we agreed to a 3 day trip to a Jungle Lodge in the Tambopata Reserve. Day 1. After a half hour flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonaldo we met our group while we waited for our Guide. Jenny, Shane and Kev were all from Melbourne, Australia and on various South American itineraries and they’d met Hannah (from Worcester) on the Inca Trail…another good group! Our guide was Sonia, a 23 year old training to be ... read more

Hey everyone, we hope you´re all well and enjoying our regular updates. Here´s the latest from Peru....... Day 50 of 180 and we arrived in Puerto Maldonaldo, the gateway to the Amazon Rainforest!!! Arriving at our lodgings we were pleasantly surprised - porchside hammocks, warm showers and mosquitos nets protecting us from the ever increasing termite nest and solitary cockraoch..... Anyway, to the jungle itself. There were many fascinating walks and long-boat rides throughout the 3 days that took us to within touching distance of birds (particularly parrots), butterflies, caymans, piranhas and lizards, but the highlight was watching hundreds of monkeys swinging from tree to tree a la Tarzan!! A real ´getting back to nature´experience with more David Attenborough moments.... After arriving back in Cusco we headed onto Arequipa, the stop-off town for the Colca canyon ... read more