Day 2 at the lodge we hike 45 minutes to the pond. We are going to be paddled around the pond and look for wildlife and birds specifically. So here we are again fall in the water Ellen having to get in and out of the canoe. So I did okay getting in but it is always getting out that is the problem. About 30 minutes or so and we stop in the blind and our guides
have bread to feed to the piranhas. This is great entertainment for 5 minutes or so. We suddenly come to the edge of the pond. No dock just some mud stairs. Looks like my favorite type of hike to do!!
Off the canoe and into the jungle where we get to see a large focus tree that you are able to walk inside and see the remains of the tree it strangled. Then around the next bend and even larger Kapok tree. At least some of the plant people are happy.
Back to camp no falls into the water. It’s a good day. In the afternoon there is a planned visit to a farm which is across the river. There is apparently a deal with a local farmers that owns more than 1000 hectares but doesn’t farm all the land or sell all the produce because the prices are so low. Since this tour you can choose to participate or not participate in any activity. Dan and I chose to miss the farm. It is way too hot and since the lodge is so primitive there is no way to get cool. There was about 1/3 of the group that didn’t go. We started happy hour early.
The plan is there is one activity in the morning and you are back by 11a for lunch the one in the late afternoon. There are other tours that the staff leads around the grounds but again they are in the afternoon or morning. You are not able to explore the lodge or grounds without a guide.
There is a ton of wildlife here and we are always stopping on our walks to observe monkeys or ground animals or bugs.
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