We were headed to Sandoval Lake really early in the morning. As we traveled by boat close to the river bank I spotted something moving on the shore.

The boat driver reduced speed. There they where. A small group of capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) were walking along the bank relatively close to the hotel. I did not want to miss the opportunity of the sighting so I managed to take my camera out in time and took a picture. The night before, we had also seen a group of capybaras on the bank but it is uncommon to see them during the day because they hide from humans. It is wonderful to look at these animals while in a group, foraging for grass, taking care of their own; the world’s largest rodent.

My group decided to adventure onto a Tambopata full day excursion. We left early in the morning.
We got the chance to appreciate the beautiful landscape of the lake and all the fauna that lives in it; a great diversity of birds, reptiles, and monkeys. On the walk back towards Concepcion (the second part of this activity) we found our selves very close to the scene of fate. I picked up the sent of collared peccaries (wild pigs). We then began to walk slowly and avoiding sound at all cost. Suddenly at approximately 20 meters we spotted a group of peccaries crossing our human trail. After 10 minutes we were surrounded by these animals, watching tenths of them while listening to their jaw clapping. After a few minutes enjoying the view one of the peccaries caught our smell and sent an alarm. Every single one of these animals fled in less than a minute into the depths of the rainforest not to be seen again.

At around 8:30am Jesús (another interpreter) and me decided to go out on the trail system to spot some birds. The trails we decided to go birding at where A, B and G. As soon as we began walking we saw great birds: White-throated antbird, Hairy-crested antbird, Flame-crested tanager, Red-crowned ant tanager, Chestnut-shouldered antwrem, Dusky-capped greenlet and a Varzea schiffornis, amongst others. Great day, interesting birds.

It was an early morning and the rain that began during the night continued. Suddenly we began to hear birds sing. We decided to head out anyway.
Walking through the trail we only managed to listen to a couple of birds but couldn't spot them.
We headed on to the Canopy Walkway as our first spot. We didn't see any birds. Not wanting to give up we headed to the Anaconda Walk (wetlands) to look for birds. This is where we got our first surprise: 2 White-browed Purpletuft (Iodopleura isabellae) foraging at plain sight, canopy level. We couldn't manage to distinguish if they were a couple but still, seeing two was more than amazing.
We were eager to spot more interesting birds so we decided to try the Canopy again. There we saw: Curl-crested Aracaris, Ivory-billed Aracaris, Paradise Tanagers, and Black-tailed Trogons.
Great rainy day!