Today we flew to Peurto Maldonado, a small town on the banks of Madre de Dios, a river tributary of the Amazon River. We had a quick look around town before boarding our transfer boat which would take us to our Eco Lodge in the Amazon Jungle. We also said hello to our new group members, two who would join us for the next week or so and a family of three who would join us just for the next couple of days in the jungle.
Our amazing first lunch at the lodge was chicken and risotto wrapped in a large leaf similar to a banana leaf. After lunch we went across the river to Monkey Island. This is an island that is owned by the lodge and is used as a rescue centre for monkeys that were being sold on the black market and also those that had been illegally kept by locals as pets. Whilst here we gave the monkeys a little snack of bananas and enjoyed watching them play. There were four breeds of monkeys, Black Spider Monkeys, Black and White Capuchin and Saddleback Tamarinds They were all very cute.
After dinner we went Caiman spotting. We travelled up the river with spotlight and saw a number of Caimans sitting on the river edge. The biggest they grow is around 2m but none we saw were even close to that size.
Caimans are the South American version of the crocodile but are nowhere near as big, aggressive or exciting.
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