by Aucayacu | Aug 21, 2012 | Photos
Hundreds of photos from a previous expedition: Series One Click Here to View Series One Series Two Click Here to View Series...
by Aucayacu | Mar 24, 2011 | Photos, Testimonials
When I first met Ruber at the airport, I was worried that the organization of the trip would be a bit chaotic, but this impression appeared to be wrong because from the day we went to the port to take the boat, I understood that everything was going to be very well handled and taken care of. Man, the port was already a cultural surprise, seeing this huge, steep slope leading to the boat and the locals carrying live animals and motorcycles on their back, carefully watching their step, while we were watching from our plastic chairs on the boat and being offered batteries, 40 sorts of food, toilet paper, magazines from the local vendors … and I’m forgetting the odd thing. Besides watching the human traffic going in and out, we kept chatting with Ruber and met the super friendly Sidaly and one of her nieces and got to know each other. Ruber briefed us for the expedition and told us we would walk around the camp because with only 5 days of forest, you can’t go far away. After what seemed like an hour and half, the boat finally left and we started to be really excited yet tired because we hadn’t slept the night before due to our last ayahuasca ceremony with Percy. So we went inside our cabin and slept a few hours, woke up to the sound of Ruber knocking on the door with plates of fried chicken and fried potatoes, which were more than welcome after the hardcore diet we had at Percy’s center. Ok, I’m being all dramatic about the diet, could...
by Aucayacu | Mar 23, 2011 | Testimonials
My trip to Peru was fantastic – a royal adventure, even dangerous at times. Fortunately, my son and I had trustworthy and competent guides who advised us well every step of the way, plus provided us with wonderful food, good water, comfortable accommodations and lots of exploration and adventures. We were often the only Gringos around, as it was off-season, and the river we went up to their camp was extraordinarily low, plus, we arrived in the dead of night, Ruber using a flashlight to watch for trees in the river that we could get hung up on. But each time I was uncertain, I simply had to look at the faces of Ruber, or his father, or Christian to know we were fine, that they knew what to do, were prepared for almost anything, and that we could rely on them over and over. Ruber and his family tailored our trip to our needs, giving us access to a remarkable shaman, as well as shuttling us around Iquitos at the beginning and end of the trip, letting us explore its finer points and attractions and experience life in the tropics, including ingesting giant worms cooked on sticks – amazingly tasty. The most amazing was being cut off from all communications, conveniences and normal things one relies on. We bathed in the river, fished for and ate piranha, drank delicious water from vines fresh cut in the jungle. We were treated special but also as family – it was share and share alike. My son and I both found the trip, its adventures, its moments that shone light into our...
by Aucayacu | Mar 6, 2011 | Photos, Testimonials
A client’s blog (in Dutch), with lots of great photos from an expedition to the Rio Galvez....
by Aucayacu | Feb 21, 2011 | Map
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