Travelling to the Amazon is by no means a walk in the park. There are no roads meandering to this part of the country. There are many clouds… And it is in the middle of nowhere. We took the plane to Leticia, the most southern ‘city’ of Colombia, where we set off by boat to discover what Amazon had to offer us.
First stop: our residence for the next days, called the Zacambu Rainforst Lodge. It takes a 2 hour ‘drive’ by boat on the Amazon river to get there, but what a magnificent experience it was, sleeping on the water in the middle of the rainforrest !
The many animals that we encountered are too numerous to list, and were too difficult to photograph. But let me at least try: pink dolphins, a sloth, numerous birds, monkeys in every shape and form jumping from tree to tree or shoulder to shoulder, the biggest and most vibrant cobalt blue colored butterfly, BILLIONS of mosquitos…
Even though I cannot show them to you, here’s at least a nice impression of the rainforrest itself. You’ll have to add the constant humidity, high temperatures and an army of mosquitos yourself.
And… no trip to the Amazon is complete without fishing for piranha’s or even… for Kayman’s!
I am not a big fan of our friends above, I must admit. But the excursion during the night to go ‘fishing for kaymans’ was a once in a lifetime experience. Let me paint you the picture: dark skies, a thunderstorm in the distance giving us a private light show, a small drizzle, the reflection of hundreds of animal eyes, and the sounds of the jungle…
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