After breakfast, we decided to visit a small community in the nearby area.
This small village was known as “9 de Octubre”. After a small skiff ride, we disembarked to be welcomed by a group of the locals, they showed us the different small house styles in the area, and had prepared a special classroom visit, were young children were singing, and sharing big smiles with us.
After visiting one of the classroom activities, we had a presentation from the leader organization known as “Minga Peru” where they detailed all the work they have done and are still doing with the support of Lindblad Expeditions and the National Geographic Society fund. All sorts of projects were presented. Empowerment of women in the community was important to help achieve the success within the fish farms, and reforestation processes that the community had started.
During the afternoon we had a skiff ride along the Yarapa River. Some monkeys were spotted jumping among the trees, while a few great egrets were eating some armor catfish that washed on shore.
Three out of the five varieties of king fisher were spotted along this skiff ride, these were; Ringed King fisher, Amazon king fisher, pigmy king fisher.
A couple of yellow and blue macaws were seen flying above us, as well as some snake birds and a few red belly macaws. We had an outstanding skiff ride, with beautiful sunset light along the river.
