Tambopata Clay Lick

A further 2 hours or so up river, the Madre de Dios splits in two. Taking the Tambopata River fork another 2 hours further upstream led us to our camping site just a few minutes away from the world’s larger Macaw Clay Lick. 4:45am wakeup calls got us ready to hide in the bushes to await the hundreds of macaws and parrots that come here to eat the unique minerals that help them digest their seeds. Also around the area are some hiking trails, where we saw more wildlife, including a few monkeys that had likely never seen humans before!