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25 Days featuring the Galapagos Amazon and Pantanal
We begin in Quito with a visit to the Otavalo markets. Fly out to the Galapagos Islands , justifiably one of the world’s great wildlife destinations. As it had been free of humans and predators for almost all of its history, the islands have developed some of the most unique life forms on the planet. We explore the islands for 8 days on our comfortable small motor cruiser.
Fly to remote Puerto Maldonado on the Rio Madre de Dios- a tributary of the Amazon - still unspoiled, where animal and bird spotting is among the best in South America. The Tambopata National Reserve is a 275,000 hectare conservation unit created by the Peruvian government in 1990 to protect the watersheds of the Tambopata and Candamo rivers It is adjacent to the huge 1 million hectare Bahuaja Sonene National Park. Visit the unique Macaw Parrot Lick , and observe local communities .
We then travel into the heart of South America – Brazil’s Pantanal . The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland of any kind. It lies mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul but extends into Mato Grosso as well as into portions of Bolivia and Paraguay, sprawling over an area estimated at between 140,000-195000sq.km
The Pantanal eco system is thought to be home to 1000 bird species, 400 fish species, 300 mammal species, 480 reptile species and over 9000 different subspecies of invertebrates.
The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world.We travel into the heart of the Amazon –Manaus and explore the region with its flora and fauna , aboard our comfortable small motor cruiser.
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