I was told to be at the office by 10am so arrived at 9.45. At 10.15 nothing happening so I asked what was going on and she said 1pm. I thought she meant at the lodge. I sat for a while then went for a walk. At 12 another tour came along so I asked the guide what was happening he said they were going to the market and I could come. I said why did I have to be here at 10¡ Didnt get and answer. Not a great start. We did a tour of the market and they pointed out the different foods we would be eating. We finally left the dock in a Peki peki at 1.30 and arrived at the lodge at 3pm. We had orientation in reception then straight in for lunch. During lunch they allocated rooms and split us into 2 groups for the activities. We were going to Monkey Island this arvo then dinner and Caiman spotting. The group I am in is a great bunch of people, Israel couple, few from Peru, 3 Norweigan guys )making a doco for uni) a french lady and american girl. The lodge is Huge. They can accomodate over 100 people and everyone does the same programe. You chose 3 day, 4 day or 5 day. It seems to work well and cos the same group we all got on well and it was heaps of fun. There are Macaws everywhere. Day 2 5am wake up, 5.30 breakfast and 6 into the boat to Cocha Perdida or Lost Lake. Dont worry its not really lost cos we found it, its just a name. We walked 2km in wellies through the mud ) I got $280 worth of Hitec walking boots and Im back in wellies again) then canoe a couple of km on the lake. The lake was very overgrown but had a chanel about 10ft wide. I was like a kid in a lollie shop. Look Chestnut fronted macaws, look blue and yellow macaws, look scarlet macaws and there s a falcon. It was great, our group saw heaps but the other group said they saw very little. Then we walked about another km to a 30mtr tower which we climbed to see over the canopy. At the tower was a 700mtr bridge, they use the term loosly cos it was just 2 rickety old planks really, to another billabong. The hot french lady, Marie, was struggling so I carried her back pack, like the gentleman I am. She doesnt speak english and I dont speak french or spanish so the conversation was pretty slow. I put one of my best moves on her but, G day Im John how do you like me so far* doesnt work in spanish. Buenos dias signorita si HHHjuan......it just doesnt work. After the bridge and back, we had a 5km hike back to the boat. This area has 3 world records..Most birds in a given area, Most Dragon flies in a given area and I cant remember the other one. The Dragon flies are amazing, from neon blue to neon red and everything in between. From huge to mini. Also the butterflies come in almost any colour you can think of and are even more spectacular. After lunch a few sat around talking and had such a great time I missed my nana nap. The afternoon was the botanic garden walk. Look at the plants and they tell what they are used for. Mostly in spanish. Spanish is a wordy language or we only got 10% of the translation. The tour was boreing as bat **** and that is 1 1/2 hr of my life I will never get back. Rachel and I had a few brewski s in the bar before dinner. She is good, she sat on a free drink long enough till it was my buy. While we were there one of the bar men started pouring home brew. It was ayahuasca and I tried some. It tasted like **** but it had a hell of a kick. Google it if you wanna know what it is. Dinner was served to us instead of buffet and then after we had a bon fire near reception. It is starting to get a little like school camp. I sat with 1/2 doz girls and we had a great time laughing and joking and checked out the Southern cross, which they call Cruz del Sur, here. Day 3 Late breaky today cos we are going Piranha fishing. Rachel and a few others are going home today so Nicole and I went down to the dock to see them off. I couldnt believe the amount of debris floating down the river. We took a peki peki up the Rio Gamitana for piranha fishing and on the way we saw a caiman so we stopped for about 10 min to look. They are small crocs and totally harmless to people. I can report there are NO piranha in the Gamitana river. There wasnt a fisherman in the boat so they just got in my way otherwise I would have caught one. We had a dozen lines out of the boat and drifted down the river and not a bite. The day had started in bright sunshine but it was starting to rain so we headed for home and lunch. After lunch we had another walk to Cocha Caiman. The guide took a couple of fish so we were guaranteed to see caiman. When we got to the lake we all sat on a stand they have built and the guide cut up the fish and left it on the bank for the caiman. Soon there were a few caiman and they came up and got the fish. The babies were fun cos they would grab a big piece and fight over it. After dinner Nicole and I necked a few king browns then went to bed cos I have early wake up again. Every lodge is the same, your last day is early wake up, breakfast then in the boat and back to town for flight.