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Day 7 Explore Pacaya Samiria Day 9 Explore the Amazon • Fish for
National Reserve piranha • Evening boat ride
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miles and is the largest protected area in Peru. by boat. Afterwards, we’ll try our hand at
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species of orchids. WZNLW OTP_ ^TYNP _SPdɪ]P \`T_P _L^_d 7L_P] TY
the morning, we’ll visit a ranger station in
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observe wildlife at a time of day when many ^ST[ ZY _SP 8L]L¹ZY =TaP] TY _TXP QZ] W`YNS
MT]O^ LYO LYTXLW^ L]P LN_TaP ,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ onboard. In the afternoon, we’ll swim in the
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bLWV _S]Z`RS _SP U`YRWP _Z ^PP bL_P] WTWTP^ may swim close to us. We’ll return to our ship
ZY _SP @N`dLWT =TaP] 1ZWWZbTYR W`YNS MLNV with time to relax before dinner on board. In
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ship in time to have dinner onboard.
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Day 10 A Day in the Life of an
Day 8 Explore the Amazon • Visit Amazon Community
local shaman
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0L]Wd _ST^ XZ]YTYR dZ` NLY UZTY LY PWPN_TaP with a rewarding day of discoveries that
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the rain forest while the wildlife is most ,XLeZY -L^TY ,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ bP _]LaPW
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BPɪWW _LVP L NLYZP ]TOP ZY >LY =PRT^ .]PPV share , /Ld TY _SP 7TQP of this Amazon Basin
_SPY SPLO QZ] >LY =PRT^ ATWWLRP _Z XPP_ L NZXX`YT_d ,^ bP bLWV _S]Z`RS _SP aTWWLRP
local shaman and learn how he communicates the ]TMP]P¹Z^ ]TaP] [PZ[WP bSZ WTaP SP]P bTWW
with the spirits of the forest as he prepares introduce us to their way of life, which relies
]PXPOTP^ bT_S ]LTY QZ]P^_ [WLY_^ WZYR VYZbY on the resources of the rain forest and the
to the spiritual healers of the Amazon. N]Z[^ _SL_ _SPd N`W_TaL_P BPɪWW aT^T_ _SP 7L^
;LWXL^ >NSZZW ^`[[Z]_PO Md 2]LYO .T]NWP
After lunch aboard our ship, we have some
Foundation as part of the World Classroom
time to relax before heading out for an
initiative, where we’ll meet the young
afternoon boat excursion on the Choroyacu
students. Then we’ll be the guests of a local
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QLXTWd QZ] L 3ZXP 3Z^_PO 7`YNS TYNW`OTYR
for relaxation before dinner onboard.
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