This is Cynthia, the resident tapir of Ceiba Tops. They rescued her as an orphan when she was very young and now she hangs around the lodge and pretty much has free run of the place. I only saw her once, and that was when we returned from fishing and were getting ready to go off to see the Yaguas.
Once again, we boarded the Amazon Queen for a short trip downriver.
Floating tiendas (stores).
The Amazon level fluctuates greatly during the year. Our guide told us that it could be as much as 40 feet between wet and dry seasons! When the river is low, as it is here, the exposed banks are sown with rice.
After a short hike through the jungle we came to the Yagua village.
The cacique, or chief, welcomed us.
We got to try our skill with a blowgun!
One of the highpoints of the whole trip for Peggy was to able to hold a sloth!
Saying goodbye to the Yaguas. Unlike the mountains and coastal plains of Peru, the Amazonian tribes never really grew very big. The jungle geography, including many large and winding rivers and dense jungle, made it difficult to unite. I can't remember how many different dialects and languages they told us there was in the Peruvian Amazon, but often tribes only 10 miles away from each other spoke a different dialect.
On our way back to the lodge.
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