{"id":6407,"date":"2015-03-25T21:22:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T20:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2020-12-19T14:52:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:52:55","slug":"in-the-jungle-the-mighty-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/03\/25\/in-the-jungle-the-mighty-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"In the jungle, the mighty jungle ..."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>4.5 hour early morning game drive through the jungle near our camp Berraco del Madidi<\/li>\n<li>Multiple traces of jaguar discovered<\/li>\n<li>Marvel at white-breasted toucans and listen to their singing<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon march to the clay lick and wait there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Today we start at 6.30 a.m. <b>Early stalk<\/b>. This time we go on another barely recognizable trail into the jungle. In their struggle for sunlight, all kinds of plants overgrown the path over and over again. Which is why a machete is essential here. Initially along the river with several viewpoints, then deeper into the forest, over streams and past other small clay lumps in the forest, the path leads us. We hear and smell a large horde of peccaries. What a bestial stench!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Then discovered Sandro <b>fresh jaguar scratch marks<\/b> on a tree and a little later also a little blurred <b>Footprint<\/b>. We are undoubtedly in the territory of the king of the forest, now you just have to get to see him. Instead, we get a single one <b>red howler monkey<\/b> in a fork of a branch to face. Meanwhile the sun has risen and is shining in the treetops. We also use the place right away <b>Fruit and biscuits breakfast<\/b> to take to us.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6395\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6395\" 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_25_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1782505664  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6395\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_25_1.jpg\" alt=\"Canopy of leaves\" 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_25_1.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_25_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6395\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canopy of leaves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>We continue through the <b>species-rich primary forest<\/b>. We can do it from an unbuckled acai palm <b>fresh palm heart<\/b> try it, test its incredible resistance on a thin liana by hanging on it with our full weight. It&#039;s unbelievable how many giants of the jungle fell victim to the storm a few days ago. Through the extremely <b>shallow roots<\/b> tropical trees are extremely susceptible to strong winds.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6396\" 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_25_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=294434725  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6396\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015_03_25_2.jpg\" alt=\"Toucan couple\" 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_25_2.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_25_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">White-breasted toucan pair<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>We can do the concert of greats\u00a0<b>White-breasted toucans<\/b> listen and can then also watch the magnificent birds. We shy away from you in the thicket <b>deer<\/b>\u00a0on, who with his flight gives us quite a fright. To <b>4.5 hours<\/b> we reach the camp. After a shower, the lunch banquet is waiting there.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Then is one <b>three hour siesta<\/b> hip, trendy, popular. We doze off in the cozy hammock and, as usual, write a diary and read.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6408\" 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\/04\/2015_03_25_4.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1178594526  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6408\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_03_25_4.jpg\" alt=\"parrot\" 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\/04\/2015_03_25_4.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:600\/h:337\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_03_25_4.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">parrot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>At 4 p.m. we go into the forest again. We want to try our luck again at the clay lick near the camp. On the way we find a pile of leaves, which Sandros interprets after one <b>Jaguar served as a berth just a few hours ago<\/b> should. After a good 40 minutes we reach the platform and lie in wait. Guide Sandro took coca leaves, brandy and cigarettes with him. The traditional ritual with <b>Offerings for Pacha Mama<\/b>\u00a0should bring luck. But except for a few loud green parrots, the wait should be in vain. When it is finally completely darkened, we make our way back to the camp. Dinner is already waiting here and then we go to our tent one last time.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>4.5 hour early morning game drive through the jungle<\/li>\n<li>Multiple traces of jaguar discovered<\/li>\n<li>Marvel at white-breasted toucans and listen to their singing<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon march to the clay lick and wait there<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div>Today we start at 6.30 a.m. <b>Early stalk<\/b>. This time we go on another barely recognizable trail into the jungle. In their struggle for sunlight, all kinds of plants overgrown the path over and over again. Which is why a machete is essential here. Initially along the river with several viewpoints, then deeper into the forest, over streams and past other small clay lumps in the forest, the path leads us. We hear and smell a large horde of peccaries. What a bestial stench!<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1320,1424,1454],"tags":[1465,191,1468,510,1473,1306,1401,1407,1426,1428,1455,1456,1457,1458,1459,1460,1461,1464],"class_list":["post-6407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-bolivien","category-rurrenabaque","category-madidi-nationalpark","tag-macaw","tag-regenwald","tag-rio-tuichi","tag-rainforest","tag-jaguar","tag-bolivien","tag-beni","tag-amazonas","tag-rurrenabaque","tag-berraco-del-madidi","tag-madidi-national-park","tag-la-selva","tag-jungle","tag-dschungel","tag-jungle-trip","tag-amazon","tag-eco-camp","tag-ara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407","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=6407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}