A somewhat leisurely start this morning (7:00 am departure) as we are starting our return journey with a 5 hour boat trip to Pantiacolla Lodge on the banks of the Alta Madre De Dios. Along the way we stopped at Boca Manu village for some cold drinks. The up river journey seems to be taking about half again as long as the downstream journey as the river is flowing very swiftly. The boat trip was again cool, insect free and pleasant - except for somewhat uncomfortable seats. We got a brief glimpse of a Capybara this morning, it's a member of the rodent family but about the size of a large dog. The name comes from a local indian language and means master of the grasses, which is what it eats.

The lodge was very nice with our own ensuite with hot water, but no electricity in our room.

After lunch we went for a moderate hike in the jungle looking for animals, though without much success.

All in all it was a fairly relaxed day.