After our daily ‘power nap,’ we met in the 3rd deck lecture room for our last map meeting - to plot the tributaries and villages we explored. We covered 680 miles in the big boat (340 from Iquitos, up the river, to just past Bretaña), plus another 150 miles on tributaries by skiffs.
- Iquitos (Sat pm)
- San Joaquin (Sun 9am-11am)
- Yarapa Creek (Sun 3-6pm)
- Supay Creek (Mon 6:30am-8am)
- Supay Creek & Auca Yacu village (Mon morning)
- Faucet Creek (Mon afternoon)
- Atun Poza (Tues 9:30am-11:30am)
- Bretana, Pacaya River (Tues 4:30pm-7:30pm)
- CP2 Yana Yaku blackwater lake (Wed am)
- Dorado Creek (Wed afternoon)
- Requena (parked Wed pm)
- Yanallpa Creek (Thur 6:30am-8:30am) - wildlife sightings in all directions!
- Iricahua Creek (Thur 10am-11:30am) - first/BIG rain
- San Jose de Paranapura (Thur 4pm-6pm) - Shaman
- Nauta market (Fri 6:30am-8am)
- Jungle Walk @ location called Casual (Fri morning)
- Float plane over Confluence (Fri 12:30pm)
- Panguana (Fri 5pm-5:45pm)
- Iquitos (Sat 8:30am)
Remember, the Amazon River is over 4,000 miles; so there is still a lot left to see!
Completed our expedition's list of wildlife sightings. I remain ASTOUNDED by the volume we saw! In addition to the bugs, snakes, fish and mammals spottings, I saw more bird species in my 7 days here, than I’ve seen in my life!
Boarded the skiffs for our final ride on the Amazon River. The trees and birds along the river were no longer nameless to us - thanks to our guide’s teachings this week.
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| Ferry - hammocks lined the top deck and cars were on the front bottom deck |
Segundo and Jair showed us one last pygmy marmoset, and we headed back to the big boat with the sun setting - behind us.
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| Jair and Last Sunset on the Amazon! |
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| Jair |
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| Last Sunset on the Amazon! |
Before dinner, we found three tipping envelopes in our cabins. Thankfully, our pre-trip paperwork offered guidelines.
Harpy Hour included a new band (same 7 crew members plus Renzo). This band was named 'The Yellow Anacondas' in honor of today’s sighting in the jungle!
Between Harpy Hour and dinner, Renzo gave us a short slideshow of photos he had taken of us this week. He then presented each of us with an International Expeditions flash drive of these photos! ...While we had been busy taking photos of the Amazon, Renzo had thoughtfully taken photos of us. I was quite touched by this.
At dinner, free red and white wine flowed throughout the meal. After dessert, the boat’s full crew (of 16) was introduced to us, and they then came to each of us and shook our hand or hugged us. There was a captain, first mate and 2 other navigators, 2 skiff drivers, 3 cabin stewards, 2 waiters, a bartender, an operation manager, two naturalist guides and our expedition leader.
Harpy Hour included a new band (same 7 crew members plus Renzo). This band was named 'The Yellow Anacondas' in honor of today’s sighting in the jungle!
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