{"id":6615,"date":"2015-04-20T05:56:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T03:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:50:29","slug":"natural-spectacle-at-the-chuncho-claylick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/04\/20\/naturschauspiel-an-der-chuncho-claylick\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural spectacle on the Chuncho Claylick"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Early morning boat trip to see Chuncho Claylick at sunrise<\/li>\n<li>Observe various parrot species including numerous macaws<\/li>\n<li>Forgiven waiting for the parrots to feast<\/li>\n<li>Short afternoon walk in the jungle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b><\/b>Another very short night, getting up at 4.15 a.m. A little later we sit in the longboat and we start upstream in the direction <b>Chuncho Claylick<\/b>. At first we can still watch the stars, but <b>day is slowly coming<\/b>.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6581\" 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_04_20.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=597364465  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6581\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_20.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise mood on the Rio Tambopata\" 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_04_20.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_04_20.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise mood on the Rio Tambopata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>At dusk we see a couple on the river bank <b>Forest storks<\/b>. Just in time for sunrise we reach the small island, which is part of a branch of the <b>Tambopata river<\/b> is surrounded. We dock here and walk a short distance to the lookout point. The first main actors come flying over our heads: Different parrot species, yes <b>especially macaws<\/b>.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6576\" 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_04_20_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1793224878  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6576\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_20_1.jpg\" alt=\"Wonderful macaws\" 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_04_20_1.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_04_20_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wonderful macaws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>Colorful <b>Scarlet macaws, green-winged macaws, yellow-breasted macaws<\/b>\u00a0hover overhead, croaking loudly. Many settle down on the opposite side of the tributary of the river and we can bring them through with us <b>Telescope<\/b>, Binoculars or the camera. Some small parrots are already eating mineral-rich ones\u00a0<b>Clay<\/b> employed. The minerals ingested as a result are required by the birds in order to be able to better digest all the toxins from the plants and fruits that they eat.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6580\" 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_04_20_5.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=148779998  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6580\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_20_5.jpg\" alt=\"Small parrot species are also on site\" 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_04_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\/04\/2015_04_20_5.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small parrot species are also on site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>We wait, take pictures and hope that their larger relatives will soon do the same. In between you can also sit under all the parrots <b>Toucan<\/b> look. When a bigger swarm leaves the place we go back to the boat to have breakfast. Wait a bit more comfortably on a full stomach! The few other tourist groups present soon give up, after all, the tropical sun is already burning violently from the sky.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6578\" 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_04_20_3.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=191766937  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6578\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_20_3.jpg\" alt=\"Green-winged macaws flying past\" 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_04_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\/04\/2015_04_20_3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green-winged macaws flying past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We continue to wait, but after most of the birds present leave, we also give up. <b>But even without having seen the macaws eating clay, it was a great experience.<\/b> Further upstream at the Tambopata Wildlife Center you can even find the world&#039;s largest collection of animals. However, after the scientists have caught numerous of the birds and provided them with transmitters, the parrots now seem to avoid the place!<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6577\" 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_04_20_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1029677016  fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6577\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_20_2.jpg\" alt=\"A pair of yellow-winged macaws\" 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_04_20_2.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_04_20_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A pair of yellow-winged macaws<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>After a shower and <b>relax<\/b> there is lunch. After another short break, we go to <b>Afternoon tour<\/b>. On the trail near the shore we see numerous birds, including a woodpecker. A little further, Jorge can do a huge one <b>Tarantula<\/b> lure them out of their cave with a branch. Back at the lodge we watch the sunset and have a delicious meal. Go to bed early.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Early morning boat trip to see Chuncho Claylick at sunrise<\/li>\n<li>Observe various parrot species including numerous macaws<\/li>\n<li>Forgiven waiting for the parrots to feast<\/li>\n<li>Short afternoon walk in the jungle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div><b><\/b>Another very short night, getting up at 4.15 a.m. A little later we sit in the longboat and we start upstream in the direction <b>Chuncho Claylick<\/b>. At first we can still watch the stars, but <b>day is slowly coming<\/b>.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1559,1656,1662],"tags":[1669,191,1675,510,1676,1407,1677,1457,1678,1458,1679,1460,1681,1464,1682,1465,1683,1561,1684,1663,1685,1664,1686,1665,1687,1666,1688,1667,1689,1668,1690],"class_list":["post-6615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-peru","category-madre-de-dios","category-tambopata-national-reserve","tag-madre-de-dios","tag-regenwald","tag-tour","tag-rainforest","tag-alto-tambopata","tag-amazonas","tag-rio-tambopata","tag-jungle","tag-upper-tambopata","tag-dschungel","tag-review","tag-amazon","tag-tambopata-national-reserve","tag-ara","tag-gelbbrust-ara","tag-macaw","tag-claylick","tag-peru","tag-chuncho-claylick","tag-puerto-maldonado","tag-arakanga","tag-chuncho-lodge","tag-gruenfluegelara","tag-tambopata-adventure","tag-dunkelroter-ara","tag-jorge-jose-borja","tag-red-and-green-macaw","tag-tambopata-adventures","tag-collpa-de-guacamayos-chuncho","tag-tambopata","tag-aras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615","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=6615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}