We arrive in Puerto Maldonado and the very first thing that hits you is the heat. Oh my god the heat. Was around 33 degrees with 95% humidity. We had a lovely boat trip for about an hour and a half to our lodge. I even managed to see a monkey from afar so I was pretty stoked about that.
The lodge was pretty nice, we stayed in open bungalows that were only enclosed in a mesh wire to keep the animals out of a night time. The activities we did were a night walk where we saw a MONSTER spider, a day walk in the jungle to see some amazing old trees and more wildlife.
However the highlight came on the second night when we went out to do some Cayman (like crocodiles) spotting. We saw a few Caymans and that was about it for a while, and then it happened. We saw a Jaguar in the wild. It was absolutely incredible luck to see one in the wild as our guide Neil had only seen one in his previous 6 years as a tour guide. Kel was so excited, it was great to see her so happy to see something so beautiful.
are those guinea pigs in the second pic?
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-GJB
Nah Greg they are capavaras, think they are the biggest rodent in the world. Think a wombat but probably bigger.
ReplyDeleteTime to man up and devour a capavara! (...surely that translates to giant guinea pig). Also that spider was way too big, I guess when it is warm and raining all the time things just keep growing. Bad decision to post that pic of Kel hugging the cat, the rumour mill is that Ninja has since filed for divorce. Cheers Marcos and Court
ReplyDeleteBuenos tardes Marcos and Courtos. Kel tells me that because we are in another country it's not cheating on Ninja!! Won't be eating Capavara, but did try the guinea pig
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