Amazon
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4,5 days 3 nights in Colombian Amazonia with Amazonas Jungle Tours: Reviews, Budget & Activities
We take advantage of our stay in Colombia to go to the Amazon. The Colombian Amazon is less known than the Brazilian or Peruvian Amazon, but it still occupies 1/3 of the Colombian territory, and the Colombian government seems to do much more than its neighbors to preserve it. Here’s a little practical guide to help you explore this part, as we do 😀 Why the Colombian Amazon? Firstly for a practical reason: we are already in Colombia.The Colombian Amazon also has the advantage of being humid and warm all year round, which is very pleasant. The Colombian Amazon is well preserved because it is too far from everything, even…
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Visit of the Colombian Amazon Notebook 4/4: Grey Dolphins, Peruvian San Antonio de Cacao Primary Forest, Mirador and Cabanas del Friar
It’s already our last day in the Amazon jungle, the time passes much too quickly. Today we are going to the Peruvian Amazon, we just have to cross the Amazon River. If you missed the previous episodes, read first the 1st part, the 2nd and the 3rd part Note: travel books contain a lot of spoilers and photos. If you’re going there soon and you’re only interested in practical information, you should know that we have published this practical guide to the Amazon on the blog (you’ll find our agency’s contact details, advice and detailed budget) Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary DAY 4: Discovery…
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Visit of the Colombian Amazon Notebook 3/4: Medicinal Plants with a Shaman, Piranha Fishing and observation of the Caimans (Crocodiles)
I am very excited today because we will spend the whole morning with a shaman/healer and go fishing for piranhas in the afternoon. If you missed the 2 previous episodes, it’s here and here Note: travel books contain a lot of spoilers and photos. If you’re going there soon and you’re only interested in practical information, you should know that we have published this practical guide to the Amazon on the blog (you’ll find our agency’s contact details, advice and detailed budget). Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary DAY 3: Visit of another Ticuna village We take the boat back today, to go to another…
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Visit of the Colombian Amazon Notebook 2/4: Puerto Nariño, the secondary forest, venomous insects and pink dolphins
Today, we continue our series of articles on the Colombian Amazon. If you missed the previous episode, you can read it here Note: travel books contain a lot of spoilers and photos. If you’re going there soon and you’re only interested in practical information, you should know that we have published this practical guide to the Amazon on the blog (you’ll find our agency’s contact details, advice and detailed budget). Part 1: Travel Diary Part2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary DAY 2 : Puerto Nariño Boat Leticia => Puerto Nariño Exceptionally, our hotel prepares us a good breakfast, simple but homemade, at 6 am (instead of 7 am) because…
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Visit to the Colombian Amazon Notebook 1/4: Leticia (Colombia) & Tabatinga (Brazil)
This article is part of our series of articles “JB & Anh in the Amazon”, to see all the articles of the series, click here. To read our practical guide, click here. DAY 1: A day in Leticia Bogotá => Leticia From any city in Colombia, to visit the Colombian Amazon, it is absolutely necessary to pass through Leticia, a small town on the edge of the Amazon, bordering Brazil and facing the Peruvian island Santa Rosa. There is no road leading to Leticia and the only Colombian city “linked” to Leticia is Bogota, 2 hours by plane, or 27 days by boat. The small cars that drive to Leticia…
