Peru - Day 7

Day 7 - Cuzco to Puerto Maldonado - June 8, 2018

Today was another travel day, but a short one. We flew from Cuzco to the Peruvian Amazon.  Our destination was Puerto Maldonado, a city on the Rio Madre de Dios and about 40 miles from the border with Bolivia. 

A view of the river and a tributary. 

This was our little jet.  24 rows, 6 seats across. 

I tend to book reservations under Sea Bass.  That was we can travel under the radar and avoid the inevitable paparazzi. 

The Intercontinental Bridge. This provides a trade path with Brazil and is known as a major drug, animal and wood smuggling corridor. 

Cool hair. Felt cute. Might delete later. 

We had booked a stay at the amazing Corto Maltes Amazonia.  It was a few miles downriver, so we had to take a boat to the resort. 

We've arrived. 

First order of business, relax in the hammocks. 

Friendly agoutis. 

Their noses look a little piggish.

Saying hi to the friend toucan. 

Here is our private lodging. 

Can anybody figure out why Alison is wearing her coat in the tropics?

A couple of resident macaws. 

Lovely birds. 

We went on a nighttime safari boat excursion. We saw a bunch of caiman, including an elusive black caiman, the largest living rodent - a couple of nocturnal capybaras. 

Make sure to sleep inside the mosquito nets. We did not need to take anti-malarial medications, but we did need some nighttime protection.

Tomorrow we hike to Lake Sandoval and continue exploring the Amazon.