Amazon Rainforest Experience | Peru Vlogs

**What's going on?**
I'm on a business trip with some friends from school. We're visiting a lot of companies and learning about business in Peru and all of Latin America. Between business visits, we're exploring and eating all the food. :)

In this video, we spend three days exploring the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. We left Iquitos via the port Bellavista Nanay, where you can buy fruit and snacks for the boat ride to your camp. You can also eat larvae here.

We stayed at a no frills eco lodge. Generators came on during lunch and dinner so they can cook food. We could charge our batteries during those times, which was fortunate.

Our guide stayed with us for the entirety of our trip and really made the experience great. His name is Andres and we highly recommend him. He gave us tips, insights, and interesting facts about the trees, animals, and people around us. Check him out on facebook here:

We did everything I could think of for an Amazon adventure. All the timestamps are below for each of the experiences:

0:16 - Bellavista Nanay, eating larvae
0:48 - Cruising the Amazon River
0:58 - Local village - playing with parrots, sloths, snakes, anteaters, alligators, and more
3:11 - Daytime hike through Amazon rainforest, eating medicinal plants, trying not to get eaten by giant ants
5:10 - A STICK BUG!! It's only for a few seconds, but I was pretty dang excited about it
5:29 - Swimming with piranhas
6:18 - Night cruise to catch alligators
7:05 - Eerie and foggy morning cruise
8:08 - Indigenous village visit - war paint, dancing, blow darts, and A BABY SLOTH
10:29 - Amazon eco-lodge room tour
11:15 - Monkey Island
13:14 - Swimming and mud baths in the Amazon River
13:54 - Fishing for piranhas
14:32 - Night hike with tarantulas, scorpion spiders, wolf spiders, snakes, and other super creepy things.
16:34 - Sunrise canoe (paddling) to hear birds chirping

Thanks for watching!

-Brian

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"Nimbus" and "Indigo" by Eveningland
"Marlboro Light" by Spazz Cardigan
"Snack Time" by The Green Orbs
"Swamp Stomp" by Silent Partner
"TipToes" by Myuu

Filmed on January 13-15, 2019 on a Canon G7X Mark II.

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[AAlfredjoseph]

The amazon to me is the most mysterious place on earth, you captured it perfectly

[robertlylebarnes]

That Bullet Ant would have given one of the most painful insect bites in existence. I've been to Peru a few times, but along the coast and in the mountains. I'm excited to be planning a trip to Puerto Maldonado and the Amazon!

[maddisonnaomi]

My beautiful Peru, I'm from Trujillo (North of Peru) and my dream is to travel to the Amazon, Cuzco and many beautiful places that my country has ❤🇵🇪

[PS]

The first vlog I actually watched from the beginning to the end. Looks amazing man 🤩

[murtazaaslam]

Thank you Brain for make this vlog & share with us the refreshing moments of wildlife epecially the Morning scene is just amazing. Lot of ❤Love from Pakistan.

[mornadu]

I just randomly wanted to see some of the amazon rainforest, and this video was perfect :D Thanks for sharing!

[AdatheTraveler]

Love it, gonna watch your other Peru videos!

[antoniodossantos]

Nice tour...amazing unique touristic experience@

[garfield]

Absolutely stunning. Would love to do this myself some day ✌🏻😁

[sebwarner]

really loved this video. captured many of my experiences from 2009. thanks for helping to bring all my memories flooding back

[paksniperop]

That’s really cool amazing vlog best moments and best experience BUDDY!🤩

[chellyandtoni]

Hi!!! Loved your video! My fiancé and I are planning a trip to Peru for our honeymoon and this looks so incredible and fun!! ^_^ Thank you for capturing the beautiful Amazon! Also.. SWIMMING WITH PIRANHAS?! SO FUN!

[antoniodossantos]

Amazon.. its protection ..sustainable use..it is a big challenge for the whole World..Green Tourism can really help...low ecological impact activity improving local economy

[swat]

I was about to freak out when you said you were going to put your hand against the bullet ant lol

[vickiegger]

Brings back great memories.. did a boat from Iquitos to Columbia and back.. '94.. The alligators are caiman ..

[tlanda]

The Amazon is so mystical. I will see it someday

[apurvarajnandni]

Loved this Amazon Rainforest🥰. ;-) My favourite.🤩 =).
Thank You For This Adventurous Video😊

[leave-it-outuk]

He was really going to place he hand next to a bullet ant! One of the most painful bites known to man! Ohh no he jumped in the water!!

[joshuatraffanstedt]

Where is this? I'm going to Peru in 2021. Seems like yall had an awesome time. I'd definitely like to stay where you did.

[denisebrashears]

Okay now I'm awake! Thank you so much and I know I'm not just speaking for myself, but thank you so much for showing this through your eyes, you didn't miss a thing. The sounds, the beauty, everything. It was so vibrant and I love the night time sounds in the darkness as well as the early morning, and then like I'm... Peaceful. So Zen like . Other than the boat motor of course. And I do know that in pitch dark the alligators or crocodiles whatever they were when you shine a light in their eyes they like light up just over the river and you can't miss them. Regardless, thank you for showing us how they do things their way. I'm not quite sure about the swimming though. It's the Amazon right? Isn't it true that Men have to wear protection? I thank you so much for sharing. Be safe in your travels and God bless. Oh, and as far as your little monkey friend goes, they know a good vibe when they see it or feel it LOL. Thanks again. I always have to watch it a couple of times. Just in case I miss something.