Amazon basin is my favorite part of the world. Actually here I made my first contact with hammocking, while living with the Warao tribe at Orinoco Delta for 10 days. I was always fascinated by documentary about this area, and started to travel more and more. Jungle every year. Recent years with my family already, discovering some well kept corners of this areas, Peru became my second home. I love wild rich green forests. There are many kinds, and we headed for the hottest and wettest I have ever experienced. My favorite way of exploring is by boat on the water.
Actually the journey started last year. Just to keep the travel in order, I will start from the beginning. Sorry for few hammocks
Nothern Peru, here the travel begins in with few hikes around some waterfalls and rich mountain cloud forests. Here we are still in Andes mountains. One of the highest waterfalls in the world, Gocta, can be found here too.
Quispes
La Catarata Yumbilla
La Catarata Medio Cerro
La Catarata Gocta
The river journey starts on Rio Abiseo. Its a national park, that is very well preserved and strictly protected. The place, where the Andes meet the Amazon, deep rocky canyons with wild rivers, rich vegetation, and skilled boatmen. Water falling on every corner, creating this little stream that flows and gathers more water to create the mighty Amazon river that flows into the Atlantic ocean. Here I grabbed the hammock for the first time. My ultra lightweight tarp got its experience. Made of dutch .9 xenon, this 3 meters long piece of napkin covered my surprisingly well within the 5 hours lasting downpour. However I had to escape my hammock into the tent, as I got soaked from below, as the non stop downpour was constantly splashing the mud on me from below. No pictures. Guess why
Hiring the boat with boatman and cooker for a 3 days journey. Amazing experience, especially for the kids.
Rio Abiseo
Catarata El Breo
Caja Ñahui
Velo de la novia
Out of the reserve, dinner with local people
After that we got to Tarapoto city, where we will continue the next part of the trip up to Iquitos.
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