{"id":6361,"date":"2015-03-20T05:13:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T04:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6361"},"modified":"2020-12-18T14:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:03:10","slug":"swimming-with-river-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/03\/20\/schwimmen-mit-flussdelfinen\/","title":{"rendered":"Swim with river dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Watching Amazon river dolphins followed by a swim in the river<\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye out for more animals on a lonely part of the river<\/li>\n<li>Return to Rurrenabaque<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Our last day in the pampas begins with another highlight. We drive upriver to a large floodplain where the\u00a0<b>Amazon river dolphins<\/b> stop often. And we actually get to see some of them right away. It is almost impossible to take a usable photo of the mammal emerging from the murky water for a very short time. In return we get to see some birds.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6333\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_4.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=848780034  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6333\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_4.jpg\" alt=\"Jabiru stork\" 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\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jabiru stork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>After a few attempts, we drive to an area that is still somewhat open, where also <b>numerous other tourist boats<\/b> arrive. Here you can jump into the water yourself and with a little luck <b>swim with the dolphins<\/b>. I don&#039;t want to miss that, even if it&#039;s better not to imagine what else you&#039;re sharing the water with. A few times a dolphin appears relatively close to me, but immediately disappears again in the brown broth. As more and more tourists appear, the animals disappear more and more.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Instead of waiting here like the other tour groups, we drive <b>further upstream<\/b> through more densely overgrown area. Guide Domingo sees something that astonishes even him: <b>There&#039;s a sloth hanging right by the water!<\/b> We can watch the lazy fellow for a while while he is looking for food.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6334\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6334\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_5.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=603157289  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6334\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_5.jpg\" alt=\"Sloth in the thicket near the river\" 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\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_5.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_5.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6334\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sloth in the thicket near the river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>Sightings of <b>other howler monkey families, water turtles, a shy capuchin monkey, another sloth and two yellow-breasted macaws<\/b>. After this eventful morning, we have to go back to the lodge, where a last, hearty meal awaits us.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Soon after, we load our things and set off <b>rapid return trip<\/b> to the port of departure. The blazing sun makes for enormous heat and we have to apply lotion regularly to avoid being burned straight away.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6332\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6332\" style=\"width: 1170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=823184096  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_3.jpg\" alt=\"Amazon river dolphin\" 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\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_3.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_20_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">... here you can even see the head of the snake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>In the port we get again <b>two river dolphins<\/b> to face and this time I actually manage to take a great picture of two animals. The two seem <b>a snake in its mouth<\/b> to have and play with her!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Loading the luggage onto the Landcruiser, one follows <b>breakneck return to Rurrenabaque<\/b>. The devil knows where the guy got his driver&#039;s license!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>The cozy cold shower washes away all the dust of the last few hours. In the late afternoon we march into the center and drink a fruit juice with milk. We explore the nice town a little further before we go to dinner.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Watching Amazon river dolphins followed by a swim in the river<\/li>\n<li>Keep an eye out for more animals on a lonely part of the river<\/li>\n<li>Return to Rurrenabaque<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Our last day in the pampas begins with another highlight. We drive upriver to a large floodplain where the\u00a0<b>Amazon river dolphins<\/b> often. And we actually get to see a few of them. It is almost impossible to take a good photo of the mammals that only appear for a very short time from the murky water.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1320,1424,1431],"tags":[1447,929,1448,1306,1449,1401,1450,1426,1432,1433,1434,1435,1438,1439,1442,1443,1444,1445,1446],"class_list":["post-6361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-bolivien","category-rurrenabaque","category-pampas-de-yacuma","tag-faultier","tag-kapuzineraffen","tag-riverdolphins","tag-bolivien","tag-boto","tag-beni","tag-bofeo-oder-tonina","tag-rurrenabaque","tag-yacuma-river","tag-dolphins-travels","tag-wasserschildkroeten","tag-bruellaffen","tag-pampa","tag-pampas-tour","tag-rio-yacuma","tag-santa-rosa-de-yacuma","tag-flussdelfine","tag-amazonas-flussdelfin","tag-gelbbrustaras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361","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=6361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}