Upper Amazon and Nauta Creek, 2/26/2024, Delfin II
Aboard the
Delfin II
Amazon
Peru’s Upper Amazon is vast and rich and teaming with wildlife of all sorts.
High water season allows us to explore inside the forest on skiffs. Geared up with binoculars and cameras, we always aim our eyes to the trees, hoping to see a monkey, iguana, or any of the many birds that abound. Also known as the Jungle of Mirrors, reflections of the trees in the mirror-like waters are stunning.
Today was a phenomenal day of sightings, including a stunning sunset during our return to Delfin II.
Patricio, better known as Pato amongst his friends, was born in the Galápagos Islands. His family moved to the islands from the mainland and settled on the island of Santa Cruz over thirty-five years ago. Pato had an enchanted childhood in the island...
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The Pacaya River is the most remote destination of this journey. With less inhabitants and the protection of the park rangers, this area is a real wildlife mecca. We invested the entire morning searching for wildlife. To make the experience even more special, we had breakfast at “The Jungle Café”, a very nice plated breakfast on board our skiffs, surrounded by wilderness. We took this opportunity, so we didn’t have to interrupt our wildlife experience of exploring a remote area away from the ship. Since the level of the Amazon has reached record high levels in this area, the quality of our wildlife viewing opportunities was exceptional. We had great sightings of multiple red howler monkeys, three-toed sloths, and many species of birds. We ended our morning by swimming at Yanayacu Lake. Here, a few pink river dolphins showed up, curious about their visitors.
Clavero Lake was our morning’s destination. In the early hours of the morning, we watched pink and gray river dolphins from our skiffs. Later in the day we explored deeper along the lake and some of its tributaries. We had our first kayaking experience, as well as our first opportunity to take a plunge in the refreshing Amazonian waters. Supay Lake was where we explored in the afternoon. Here, we found three-toed sloths, hoatzins, a variety of birds, and small primates. All of this was enjoyed while surrounded by the wilderness of the Amazonian Rain Forest.
Our second full day exploring the Peruvian Amazon was a great one, full of wonderful wildlife sightings and a few surprises. We started very early in the morning navigating the narrow Pahuachiro, a small tributary of the Marañon River where we quickly discovered a number of interesting bird species, like the slate-colored hawk, the wattled jacana, and the red-capped cardinal, and had a lucky encounter with an arboreal anteater. After breakfast we boarded our skiffs again and explored another tributary called Nauta Creek for more interesting bird sightings, like the great potoo and the black-tailed tityra. We watched several primate species, starting with a large group of squirrel monkeys (which included numerous females carrying their babies on their backs), Isabel’s sakis, red howlers, and the odd-looking night monkeys. Some of us were very fortunate to see one of the area’s top predators, a rare crested eagle! Later, we sailed around the easternmost portion of the Pacaya-Samiria Reserve and entered the Ucayali River where we explored the Yarapa, one of its tributaries. We enjoyed more amazing wildlife encounters, ending with a spectacular sunset, concluding another awesome day exploring the world’s largest tropical rainforest, Amazonia!
