This is the Maniti Lodge, home base for our jungle exploring. The wee turret has excellent hammocks for sitting and watching river dolphins (grey ones and pink ones) and boats go by.
The flooded jungle - photos don't really do it justice.
This is where the Amazon animals tried to hide from us. But they were no match for our little sightseeing boat and our guide Ashuko, who had an uncanny way of heading straight to the right spot almost every time. We think maybe he planted the animals early in the morning before we left.
We couldn't really get good photos of most of the animals as they were a bit too distant for our lenses and you wouldn't have the benefit of binoculars such as we had. So here's a wee list, and a few photos from the internet, of some things we saw.
- Monkeys - Brown capuchin, White-fronted capuchin, Dusky Titi, Saki, Pygmy Marmoset, Kinkajou, Squirrel Monkey
Here's the Squirrel Monkey (one of my favs)
We watched as a baby Squirrel Monkey almost got eaten by one of these guys (a Plumbeous Kite):
Don't worry, the cute wee monkey got away.
We saw a lot of birds. We stopped counting at 70 species.
A few of our favourites include:
The Little Hermit Hummingbird
Cuvier's Toucan
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