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Puerto Maldonado
Puerto Maldonado (Lat 12:36:12S Long 69:11:31W) is a city in Southeastern Peru, capital of the Madre de Dios Region founded originally for the collection of wild rubber. It is in the Amazon forest, 55 km west of the Bolivian border, on the confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios River, a tributary of the Amazon River. The climate is hence tropical. The chief industries in Puerto Maldonado are: logging, gold dredging, brazil nut collecting, boat building and eco-tourism. A ferry crosses the river, linking the main road from Cuzco to the Peruvian towns of San Lorenzo, Iberia and Ińapari.Most of Puerto Maldonado's visitors use the town as a launching point, but if you are staying for a day or two, make sure to see the following:
- Plaza de Armas. The main square in Puerto Maldonado is much like the main squares all throughout South America. Great for picture taking, eating ice cream, or just sitting around.
- Confluence of the Tambopata and Madre de Dios rivers. This is in the eastern-most part of town, next to the government buildings, and has a lovely courtyard great for picture taking.
- Monkey Island A medium sized island situated in the middle of the river, the home of hundreds of monkeys and several different species. Watch out the monkeys will try to "borrow" anything that is not attached to your person or not secured in a backpack.
- Lumber yard. Although this sounds silly, those interested in tropical conservation won't want to miss this first hand look at the economic drivers behind deforestation.
- Market. Here you can buy everything from a side of beef to Led Zeppelin CD's. This flea market is pretty cool.
- El Jaguar Zoo & Disco. Yes, you read that correctly. Puerto Maldonado has a modest zoo complete with local fauna, and at night the place is billed as a night club. Go get trashed with the brown capuchin monkeys at this place.
- Reptile Park and Butterfly Garden. Located by the airport, this place is inexpensive and very cool.
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i took a couple of nice pictures too :) this is a giant river otter eating a piranha for lunch. there are only three in this family in the tres chimbotas river, down from 12 2 years ago due to hunting, pollution and natural predators. apparently they are a rare sight but these guys came within about 30 feet of our catamaran. they are really amazing to see, the picture doesnt do them justice.
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