Great Blue Herons In Madidi National Park, Bolivia (08/23/19) — Images by kenne
Madidi is a national park in the upper Amazon river basin in Bolivia. Established in 1995, it has an area of 18,958 square kilometers, and, along with the nearby protected (though not necessarily contiguous) areas Manuripi-Heath, Apolobamba, and (across the border in Peru) the Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madidi is part of one of the largest protected areas in the world.
Ranging from the glacier-covered peaks of the high Andes Mountains to the tropical rainforests of the Tuichi River, Madidi and its neighbors are recognized as one of the planet’s most biologically diverse regions. In particular, Madidi protects parts of the Bolivian Yungas and Bolivian montane dry forests ecoregions.
Access to the Madidi National Park by flying from La Pez over the Andes to Rurrenabaque. We drove muddy jungle roads to our guide’s Tacana Community, where we boarded balsa wood rafts on the Tuichi River.
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After a couple of hours on the river, we beached the rafts to do some fishing using the Tacana fishing method.
This looks like a nice place to go ashore.
The fishing line is on a board that is unwound, then tossed out into the water. The bait are small fish.
Tom and Matt have their lines in the water.
So far, no one is having any luck catching fish.
Matt did have some success on our Day 3.
Good job Matt! — Images by kenne
Tom, Matt and Ty waiting for lunch to be served in the community meeting room. That’s my Amazon hat where I would be.
Tom, Matt, Ty and Pedro with my hat. The food was delicious, 
This is Pedro’s community. 
Tom at the entrance to the community meeting room.
After lunch, we hiked through the jungle and a nearby pasture
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