Day 1
We leave Juliaca, a high plain city at 3,800, in our company bus, to rise to the more fertile and inhabited highlands. We cross the Carabaya River and mountain range, where the pass is nearly five thousand meters high.
We may observe rare Andean wildlife in the high wilderness, such as vicuña, vizcacha, condors, flamingos, Andean goose, and ibises. We put in at Putina Punko. Here the guide will give a speech about safety and demonstrate the equipment. We will raft a bit today before camping.
Day 2
We pass gold panners and pioneer farmers and will see wildlife rarely visited by man. We may see the cock of the rock, whose intricate mating dance was breathlessly described by Alex Humboldt. More recently, a few sites in South America have become famous where the male birds routinely display. Strange beetles and butterflies abound in and around the river. Flocks of parrots gather to scold overhead, then suddenly disappear.
Day 3
In one isolated forest there lies the Tambopata River, between the Lanza and Colorado tributaries, and is the border between Bolivia and Per. We pass between San Ignacio and San Rafael, prety small indian communities close the river.
Days 4-5-6
More rapids to run and more nature to see....
Day 7
At the mouth of the Tavara River we deflate the rafts and take a motorized boat to the macaw lick, where ten species of parrots and parakeets have been observed.
Day 8
We see the macaws at dawn and go by motorized canoe to Puerto Maldonado.
Day 9

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