On the water in the Amazon

The rhythm of Peru’s Amazonian river life is hypnotic; placid yet alive with sound and colour. Kingfishers guide boats, darting from nearby branch to branch while egrets and turtles look impassively on. A giant otter briefly surfaces and plump capybaras merrily doze and wallow another day away. A relaxed, bewitching excitement overtakes as you glide upriver to your jungle lodge, torn between another binocular survey of the riverbanks or just settling back, closing your eyes and letting the sounds of nature envelope you.

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  Peru Women in Cusco

  

  Peru Lima Market

  

  Peru by Train

  

  Peru Cusco

  

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  Machu Picchu Completed

  

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  Peru Local Kids

  

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  Surf’s up in Huanchaco

  

  Ballestas Islands

  

  Cycle the Sacred Valley

  

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  Eat Cuy in Cusco

  

  The Lares Trek

  

  On the water in the Amazon Basin

  

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