Here are some images from photographs which I took during my vacation to the Amazon rainforests of Peru in February, 1996. The tour was booked through International Expeditions, Inc.

The river trip started at the city of Iquitos, on the Amazon. From there we travelled up-river to the Ucayali River, and then on to the Tapiche River. Eventually we made it to the Yanayacu River, which is small enough that you won't find it on many maps, but it's still a fair-sized river. Animals are scarcer than you might suspect, and the ones you do find are hiding off in the shadows of the tree branches, so it's difficult to get good photographs. Still, some of them came out reasonably well.

I went with a tour group of fourteen people, and we spent a week aboard a 90ft vessel travelling up and down the river. Most days were spent on a small (40 ft.) launch motoring around tributaries and lakes.

After the cruise we spent a few days scoping out Inca ruins around Cusco. Being the rainy season it tended to be cloudy most of the time, but I still got a few nice shots.

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