Along the main Marañon River there are many small rivers and creeks, which are easy to explore aboard the skiffs. Today we explored Yanayacu and Pucate Rivers, which merge together just before becoming a tributary of the main river. In a few more months, many areas will be flooded, changing the whole system, and the animals and plants will have to adjust to a different world.
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- 27 Aug 2019
Yanayacu & Pucate river, 8/27/2019, Delfin II
- Aboard the Delfin II
- Amazon
Walter Perez, Naturalist/Certified Photo Instructor
Walter was born in a very small town on the mainland of Ecuador. His first trip to the Galápagos was when he was 12 years old, visiting friends and aunt, who had moved to the islands. From the first moment he saw the Islands, he fell in love with the...
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