by Aucayacu | Nov 15, 2013 | Photos, Testimonials
by Daniel Australia 08/06/2013 We recently went on a trip to the jungle with Ruber. It was an unforgettable journey, and a definite highlight of our trip to South America. Landing in Iquitos, we got beautiful views of jungle tributaries from within the aircraft cabin during our descent. We met Ruber outside the tiny complex, where a motokar (a motorised rickshaw) was waiting for us. Ruber, my girlfriend Véra, and I all jumped in with our two massive suitcases stuffed in the back, and set off. Zooming through Iquitos in the open seat of a motokar was the perfect introduction to our trip; it gave us an eye-opening cross section of the jungle, the colonial architecture, the colourful streets, and the hustle-bustle madness that makes up this charming river city. We arrived at the port, and a single man took both our suitcases down a narrow, rickety, wooden staircase to the triple-decked river barge that was waiting at the bottom. Ruber ushered us into the boat, and showed us to our cabin. On deck we met various members of Ruber’s large family, including his father, don Juan, and don Juan’s wife, Lady, who were to take excellent care of us over the course of our trip. We set off to Genaro Herrera soon after. The size of the Amazon river is truly awesome, and it was wonderful to drink in the scenery from our seats in the boat. It was also handy that we speak a bit of Spanish, as this allowed us to get to know the rest of his family a bit better. After nightfall we retired...
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 6, 2011 | Photos, Testimonials
A client’s blog (in Dutch), with lots of great photos from an expedition to the Rio Galvez....
