Posada Lodge After departing Lima in the dark we flew to Puerto Maldonado where we found a tropical daint airport awaited us with scorching humidity. We met our guide Armando, repacked the basics and bumped along a dusty road to the river port. An hour up river by a motored canoe, we arrived at the secluded Posada Lodge. A surreal but simple open aired structure, no doors, just curtains and mosquito nets. Over the next day and a half we climed a 32m tower to look above the tree tops, watch the sunset over the jungle, spotted endangered river otters, caimens (aligators), fished for paranha, spotted brillant red macaws and went on a night hike to see the trantulars. We also made a visit to the local Shaman (medicine man), who talked about the local plants
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