{"id":6617,"date":"2015-04-21T07:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T05:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/?p=6617"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T12:49:02","slug":"search-for-clues-in-the-alto-tambopata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/2015\/04\/21\/spurensuche-im-alto-tambopata\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for traces in the Alto Tambopata"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Long morning walk to a little salt lick in the jungle<\/li>\n<li>Tapir and jaguar tracks, a squirrel, poison dart frogs, tamarin monkeys and toads discovered<\/li>\n<li>Tour of the neighboring farmer&#039;s garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><b><\/b>Today we are awake relatively late. Breakfast is at 6.30 a.m., we take the Peruvian women to the other side of the river and say goodbye. Then there are three of them on one <b>longer hike in the jungle.<\/b>\u00a0We leave Jorge&#039;s private property behind and move on the wide paths through the Tambopata Reserve. As always there is a lot to discover. We think it&#039;s incredible <b>well camouflaged toads<\/b> and Jorge shows us a relatively achromatic nature <b>Poison dart frog<\/b>.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>He discovers one in the middle of the often rather muddy path <b>fresh jaguar footprint<\/b>. But even fresher have entered deep <b>Tapir tracks<\/b>who must have used the human path just before us. We reach one eagerly <b>small salt lick<\/b>which is also very popular with peccaries. But we don&#039;t get to see any of the animals. Instead, other specialties from the realm of botany. <b>Brazil nut tree<\/b> whose nuts are extremely popular not only with humans, wandering palm trees and meter-long roots of the giant jungle. Yes, the roots of a tree can be longer in the nutrient-poor jungle floor than the jungle giant above us.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6583\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6583\" 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_21_2.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1530832175  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6583\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_21_2.jpg\" alt=\"squirrel\" 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_21_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_21_2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">squirrel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>We meet an immense one <b>Nest of leaf cutter ants<\/b>, the whole castle is easily 5 \u00d7 5 m in size and will accommodate millions of hardworking mushroom gardeners. Next we arrive at\u00a0<b>squirrel<\/b> with a bushy tail, which is extremely difficult to photograph in the thicket. A tapir should have avoided us pretty close, as can be seen from the clear tracks. Then we see another group of cuter\u00a0<b>black tamarin monkey.<\/b><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6582\" 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_21_1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=774842353  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6582\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_21_1.jpg\" alt=\"Tamarin monkey\" 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_21_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_21_1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tamarin monkey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>On the way back there is a short but heavy downpour before we reach the lodge quite exhausted. Siesta is popular during the hottest hours of the day.<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6587\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6587\" 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_21.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-opt-id=1476249594  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6587\" src=\"https:\/\/mlnnzcgf0rm9.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/marcelgross.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/2015_04_21.jpg\" alt=\"On the way on the mighty 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_21.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_21.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the way on the mighty Rio Tambopata<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>Before we start the sunset boat trip we visit the <b>Garden of the neighboring farming family<\/b>who lives here under the simplest of conditions. Jorge shows us the most diverse medicinal and edible plants and fruits. We also discover a magnificent one\u00a0<b>hummingbird-like bird.<\/b>\u00a0Then we drive a little upstream in the hope of more animal sightings, but without success.<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Long morning walk to a little salt lick in the jungle<\/li>\n<li>Tapir and jaguar tracks, a squirrel, poison dart frogs, tamarin monkeys and toads discovered<\/li>\n<li>Tour of the neighboring farmer&#039;s garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div><b><\/b>Today we are awake relatively late. Breakfast is at 6.30 a.m., we take the Peruvian women to the other side of the river and say goodbye. Then there are three of them on one <b>longer hike in the jungle.<\/b>\u00a0We leave Jorge&#039;s private property behind and move on the wide paths through the Tambopata Reserve. As always there is a lot to discover. We think it&#039;s incredible <b>well camouflaged toads<\/b> and Jorge shows us a relatively achromatic nature <b>Poison dart frog<\/b>.<\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,820,1559,1662],"tags":[1676,191,1677,510,1678,1407,1679,1457,1681,1458,1691,1460,1692,1561,1693,1663,1694,1664,1695,1665,1666,1667,1668,1669,1675],"class_list":["post-6617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tagebuch","category-suedamerika","category-peru","category-tambopata-national-reserve","tag-alto-tambopata","tag-regenwald","tag-rio-tambopata","tag-rainforest","tag-upper-tambopata","tag-amazonas","tag-review","tag-jungle","tag-tambopata-national-reserve","tag-dschungel","tag-paranussbaum","tag-amazon","tag-brazil-nut","tag-peru","tag-pfeilgiftfrosch","tag-puerto-maldonado","tag-tamarin","tag-chuncho-lodge","tag-blattschneiderameisen","tag-tambopata-adventure","tag-jorge-jose-borja","tag-tambopata-adventures","tag-tambopata","tag-madre-de-dios","tag-tour"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617","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=6617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6617\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcelgross.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}