{"id":5505,"date":"2014-12-11T14:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T13:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=5505"},"modified":"2020-12-19T16:21:23","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T15:21:23","slug":"freshwater-snorkeling-in-the-rio-triste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2014\/12\/11\/suesswasserschnorcheln-im-rio-triste\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshwater snorkeling in the Rio Triste"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Excursion to snorkel in the crystal clear Rio Triste<\/li>\n<li>All kinds of fish, two freshwater stingrays and capuchin monkeys seen from a very short distance<\/li>\n<li>Relaxing afternoon in the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Break off the evening visit to the Lagoa das Araras due to a thunderstorm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The excursion to the <b>Rio dreary <\/b>on the program. We wait to be picked up by our guide, but then realize that we have to drive ourselves. On a pretty bad dirt road we drive the 18 kilometers to the starting point on the private land of a farm. Equipped with a snorkel, diving goggles and life jacket, off we go. The <b>wonderfully clear<\/b> small river flows leisurely through a pristine section of forest. We can already see numerous fish from outside the water.<\/p>\n<p>Only once in the pleasantly warm river does the amazement really begin. The <b>Visibility is fantastic<\/b>, fish romp around everywhere. After a few instructions from our guide (he also only speaks a few bits of English) we start. And there we already have one<b> Freshwater stingray <\/b>turned off. Here it is important to exercise caution, after all, a sting should be quite painful. For a fee, the guide can take a few usable souvenir photos with his underwater camera.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=1269285445  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5499\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_11\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A little further downstream we meet a much larger conspecific. Lured by corn kernels, we see whole schools of different freshwater fish. Fallen tree trunks protrude into the river, which in sections becomes extremely shallow. A family romps above our heads in the canopy of leaves <b>Capuchin monkeys<\/b>. You could even come across a yellow anaconda or coral snake, says our guide. After just under an hour, the fun is over. All in all a wonderful excursion, if not cheap, like the whole area.<\/p>\n<p><img data-opt-id=250461574  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5498\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11_2.jpg\" alt=\"2014_12_11_2\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:1170\/h:658\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11_2.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014_12_11_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back at the pousada, we satisfy our hunger at the nearby per-kilo restaurant. We spend the hot afternoon planning, relaxing, skyping, writing a diary and collecting our freshly washed laundry.<\/p>\n<p>At 5 o&#039;clock we go to good cheer again <b>Lagoa das Araras<\/b>. Thunderclouds appear within a very short time and it doesn\u2019t take long until a real tropical thunderstorm rains down on us. Just at the moment when<b> six yellow-breasted macaws <\/b>There is no stopping us from appearing and we withdraw.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Excursion to snorkel in the crystal clear Rio Triste<\/li>\n<li>All kinds of fish, two freshwater stingrays and capuchin monkeys seen from a very short distance<\/li>\n<li>Relaxing afternoon in the pousada<\/li>\n<li>Break off the evening visit to the Lagoa das Araras due to a thunderstorm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\nThe excursion to the <b>Rio dreary <\/b>on the program. We wait to be picked up by our guide, but then realize that we have to drive ourselves. On a pretty bad dirt road we drive the 18 kilometers to the starting point on the private land of a farm. Equipped with a snorkel, diving goggles and life jacket, off we go. The <b>wonderfully clear<\/b> small river flows leisurely through a pristine section of forest. We can already see numerous fish from outside the water.<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,821,901],"tags":[2199,2205,924,925,927,928,929,930,931,932],"class_list":["post-5505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-brasilien","category-mato-grosso","tag-brasilien","tag-mato-grosso","tag-bom-jardim","tag-nobres","tag-lagoa-das-araras","tag-fluctuation","tag-kapuzineraffen","tag-suesswasser-stachelrochen","tag-rio-triste","tag-schnorcheln"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5505"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5505\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}