Across the Andes by Blog

Time to fly back to La Paz. From sea level back to 4000m and back to cold winter days again. Our flight back is somewhat interesting from lush jungle to high snowy cap mountains but still very small plane equals … Continue reading →

ast day in the pampas and one more trip up the river. Highlights were seeing adorable spider monkeys, a black caiman and a family of capybaras and lots of birdlife. What a great 3 days and met great people on … Continue reading →

A trip to the amazon wouldn’t be the same without pira

A challenging morning for the Nobbies -sweating it out in high humidity, trudging through long savanna grasses and up to our knees in swampy mud searching for the mighty anaconda snake. No gumboots fitted Ben so he had no choice … Continue reading →

back to back tours from the jungle now for a 3 day trip to the lower Bolivian amazon called The Pampas. Rough three hour drive to get to Rio Yacuma (needed a sports bra). But we have four other fantastic … Continue reading →

Nobbies last day in the jungle but not without a morning trek. This time we hear loud grunting and realise we are way too close to a group of wild boar. At least 30 and I scout for the closest … Continue reading →

Another 4 hour morning trek only this time I start to look down after seeing our first snake! Eeek! Then after a refreshing inner tube ride back down the river (no crocs). A night walk with our headlamps shows the … Continue reading →

ust a small early morning trek of 4 hours through the thick jungle. Strangler vines, high canopy trees, spotting monkeys and macaw parrots. A challenge taking photos with low light and high humidity causing our lens to fog. Nobbies needed … Continue reading →

Nobbies are on their 1st day of 4 to the jungle on a 3 hour longboat to the lodge. We can’t stop singing the lion king song ‘In the Jungle..’ Only no lions here but told there is puma stalking. … Continue reading →

Nobbies head north on a 25min flight from -2c in La Paz to 26c to Rurrenabque, the lower Bolivian Amazon region. After 2 months of wearing 3 or more layers so nice to thaw out and to finally see the … Continue reading →