Los Amigos Research Region In the morning our dugout canoes pull away from the sandbag reinforced embankment at Boca Manu head to our destination being the Los Amigos Research Center. Silently drifting down river through pristine rain forest with new vistas at each turn in the river, we observe wildlife, including a once in the lifetime view of a jaguar sitting high on an exposed distant bank of the river. The Los Amigos Research Center is situated at the confluence of the Los Amigos and Madre de Dios Rivers in the southern Peruvian Amazon, a region with one of the largest virgin rain forests the world. The research center has a 35 km network of gridded trails that provide access to 9 different habitat types from high terrace forest to palm swamp to flooded forest. We spent ten days of intense field oriented studies in this area in which students work on individually designed research projects. A stop along the Madre de Dios River to view wildlife A long day on the river Our second canoe drifting downriver Birds feeding from a clay slick Overlook of the Madre de Dios River at the Los Amigos Research Station Hiking through the rain forest at Los Amigos We reach the final destination of our hike View of the vast aguajales, or aquaje palm swamps Exploring a small tributary of the Made de Dios River Kelly Roe and Jacob Almeida on the canopy walk The hike continues on the other side Traveling up the Los Amigos River to Boca Amigo Renee Robinson and Euridice Honorio in Boca Amigo Sunset at Los Amigos
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