♀edu-FILM♂ (educational film) Nature (2009) Greg Grainger captures the true essence of the Amazon, with it’s legendary wild jungles and superb array of wildlife in this fascinating film.
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Duration : 0:11:0
These amazing plants produce gigantic leaves to cover as much surface area as they can, competing for precious light. From the BBC.
Duration : 0:4:26
See these exotic parrots as they live in the rainforest. Beautiful multicoloured macaws feed off the clay on the dried Amazonian river beds deep in the jungle. From the BBC.
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www.discoveringbolivia.com 15 Days / 14 Nights of Intense Birding with Michael Blendinger Nature Tours in 4WD to Important Birds Areas and Protected Areas of Eastern and Southern Bolivia. Dry and Flooded Savannas, Tropical Dry-forest, Chaco and Amazonian Forest. Like BW 64-IN plus Camiri; Kaa-Iya NP and Aguaragüe. O viceversa. Like BW 64-IN plus Camiri; Kaa-Iya NP and Aguaragüe. Specialties like BW 64 and: Chaco Chachalaca, Spot-winged Falconet, Black-legged Seriema, Military Macaw, Tucuman Parrot, Blue-tufted Starthroat, Crested Gallito, Checkered Woodpecker, Great Rufous Woodcreeper, Streak-fronted Thornbird, Stripe-backed Antbird, Black-bellied Antwren, White-throated Antpitta, Olive-crowned Crescent-chest, Sclater’s & Buff-banded Tyrannulets, Rufous Casiornis, Rust-and-yellow Tanager, Dark-throated Seedeater, Many-colored Chaco-Finch, among others. Duration: 16 hs/Day.
It includes: professional birding guide and tour leader (trilingual biologist), local guides; snacks; every breakfast, lunch, dinner, in restaurant or picnic, according tour description; fruit; bottled water; poncho; hotel or camping equipment, according tour description; entrance fees; and private transport throughout the excursion. Also with laser pointer, binocs, scope and tripod, spotting light and full color fieldguides. (given the need, the guide also takes with him recording and playback equipment, digital video and digital photo camera attachable to the scope).
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Plant life & birds work in partnership in the jungle to nurture the Amazon, whilst bears only native to this part of the world get a climbing lesson. From the BBC.
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Tambopata, in Madre de Dios, Peru, has one of the world´s most diverse wildernesses. It is also one of the best preserved and reachable from Cuzco in only 30 min.
Rainforest Expeditions (est. 1989) operates three award winning Amazon lodges: Posada Amazonas (30 rooms), Refugio Amazonas (24 rooms), and Tambopata Research Center (18 rooms). Each Amazon lodge uncovers a wide array of fascinating ecotourism experiencies in the middle of our jungle, in the amazon rainforest.
Duration : 0:9:35