Today in the morning we disembarked to visit a small community called Amazonas. It is located a the very beginning of this mighty river that holds one of the largest quantities of fresh water on this planet. Amazonas community is made up of about 500 inhabitants. There are elementary schools and a high school for the local kids. Most of the people that live here are fishermen and farmers. This visit was fascinating; we got to know the people of the community and we also visited the school. Here we were received by the kids of elementary school who were very funny and chatty. They all were well behaved and sang and danced. It was a very fun morning!
Later on we navigated towards the meeting point of the Marañón and the Ucayali rivers. This is the beginning of the Amazon River! Upon reaching this place it was time for a toast. The amazon toast with the famous Peruvian drink: Pisco sour! We continued our expedition on the upper Amazon in order to reach the furthest points of this reserve. This time we’ll be navigating upstream along the Ucayali River towards the Pacaya Samiria Reserve.
In the afternoon we explored Clavero Lake looking for more wildlife. As this place is a meeting point for many types of creatures such as land birds, water birds, dolphins and monkeys. It is a must to all of us at this time of the year. The most common flocks were large billed terns and Neotropic cormorants. It seems that this lake is a roosting for thousands of cormorants and egrets from this vats region. The highlights of the place were certainly all the creatures but we had two in particular. The pigmy marmosets and the most amazing sunset I’ve ever seen.
