Each time that I do the Peru photo tour, we end with 3 nights in the Amazon rain forest. It is a welcome change from the high altitude and cooler weather of Cusco. On this trip, we did something a little different, taking a sunset boat ride on canoes looking for wildlife on the day we arrived.
The first thing we saw were some Muscovy ducks (thanks to Google Images for identifying this one) flying in the distance. I was using the
Canon RF 100-500mm lens, but it was still way out there. Even though this was a pretty heavy crop, the high resolution of the
Canon R5 Mark II meant that I still had a nice photo.
As we paddled along the water, we spotted a bunch of Parakeet around a hole in the tree. While watching them, a Woodpecker flew over and took their spot. It was funny to watch the Parakeet sitting off to the side and watching the Woodpecker from a nearby perch.
Just after taking the previous photo of the birds, the sun dropped below the horizon and we headed back to the dock. But not before taking this photo of the pretty scene.
The next day we do a walk through the rain forest (on a raised path) to get to a nearby lake. There is always lots to see here, including this beautiful Ibis that flew by us.
Our guides paddled us around the lake (with some assistance from me) so that we could spot some good subjects. We did get some nice close-up photos of the cayman in the water, but I like this one because it shows "the scene".
The lake is known for their Giant Otters, and we caught a glimpse of some of them playing around in the water.
Right as we got off our boat, we looked up and there was a group of Red Howler monkeys above us. If you read the blog a lot, you know that I have seen countless Howler monkeys in my 15 trips to the rain forest of Costa Rica, but those are the Mantled (black) Howler monkeys so it was fun to capture an image of the red species.
We also saw a small group of Capuchin monkeys, which look a little different from those in Costa Rica.
On our last day, we got up VERY early in the morning to visit the clay licks of Peru. After many hours of travel, we were treated to a half hour show of Blue-headed parrots which were covering the face of the clay. It was really fun to see for the first time, but difficult to capture in photos.
We did get a chance to photograph the birds as they flew over us.
We had hoped to see the Blue and Yellow Macaw on the clay lick, but that was not to be. We had numerous groups fly over, but none of them came down to the clay.
Regardless...it was fun to capture images of them in flight.
As we were wrapping up at the clay lick, one of our guides pointed out this owl that was perched right near us. We all had a great time getting photos of this Burrowing Owl as it kept an eye (or two) on us.
We stopped at a local place (located just off the river) for some lunch, and some of us caught a glimpse of this Brown-mantled Tamarin. This is a species of monkey but almost looks more like a bear. Another first for me!
While eating our lunch, we were surrounded by beautiful butterflies...
...and hummingbirds. It was the perfect way to wrap up the trip. We then went back to the hotel and relaxed for our last afternoon in the Amazon before packing up and heading to Lima the next morning. Another successful photo tour to Peru and I look forward to going back in 2027. Make sure to join me on that trip!
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