Bolivia is a culturally and ecologically diverse country with the
beautiful Andes mountains and the jungle rainforest of the Amazon basin.
This site contains photos and travel tales from July of 2001, when I visited
the semi-jungle Pampas region of Bolivia in the Amazon basin. The pampas and
jungle are easily reached from Rurrenabaque, a small town on the Rio Beni.
The journey into the pampas starts with a 4 hour ride by 4WD over some very
rough road, often difficult to pass. Then the journey continues by boat, two
hours up the Rio Yacuma. Getting there is great fun, but it's an amazing
place once there.
I hope you enjoy my photos of the pampas of Bolivia.
We had a good gang for our Pampas experience. There was Peter and Anna from
Poland. And their friend Christopher, a doctor in Poland. Elizabeth and her
son Alex are from Sweden. Dorio, the guide, and Lalice, the cook (and a good
cook she is) were from Bolivia.
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Our camp was far up the Rio Yacuma. This is almost pure wilderness and the
wildlife here is absolutely fantastic. This is a Capabara, the largest rodent
in the world. This one was about the size of a bear.
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As we moved along the Rio Yacuma, we saw two different kinds of monkeys - howlers
and these squirrel monkeys. We also saw many alligators, caiman, and many
beautiful birds, including Macaws, Toucans, and the Paradise Bird.
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Sometimes Dorio would let Alex captain our boat. Alex was a natural, slowing
down at all the right places to see the wildlife along the river.
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