In May 2022 I will join a team of British adventurers, led by experienced adventurer Neil Laughton, to travel to the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve in the Peruvian Amazon where we will immerse ourselves in the culture and wildlife of the Amazon jungle.

We will be the first to explore the “black waters” of this part of the upper Amazon River using paddle boards.  We will paddle the Yanayaca river from Dorado Lake to Nauta at the confluence of the Ucayali and Maranon rivers (where the Amazon starts), a journey of 256 km's in 8 days.  

We will also have the chance to photograph Pink Dolphins, go Piranha fishing, hunt for Tarantula spiders at night, stay at indigenous villages, camp in the jungle and observe the spectacular wildlife.

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