For our second day in Manaus, we chose the excursion "Flora and Fauna of Manaus". The day started with rain but that let up so we only had a few light showers while we we out on our excursion. We went to 2 locations on opposite ends of the city. The first was the "Military Zoo".( CIGS Zoo - Warfare Instruction Center of the Jungle Zoo). This is a zoo and wildlife rescue center used by the Brazilian Army for jungle survival and militray tactics. It has over 200 animals of the Amazon fauna. Then we went to INPA - National Institute of Amazonian Research. It has enclosures for rescued Amazonian Manatees, giant otters and other animals. It also has free-roaming monkeys, sloths and anteaters in the park.
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| Eraly morning lights |
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| Venus was viible |
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| Early signs of sunrise |
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| And rain also approathing |
Off to the Military Zoo
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| A reminder that this is a military site |
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| Theyto survival training |
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| Tortoises |
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| This one was on the move |
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| Meal time |
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| They have a number of big cats |
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| The spines from this tree were used for poison darts by natives in the past |
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| A couple anacondasnakes in the enclosure |
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| A boa constrictor |
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| a tapier |
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| Back on the bus for our drive to our second stop |
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| INPA - National Institute of Amazonian Research |
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| cocoa been in these pods |
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| Yooung cocoa beens |
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| Giant Otters |
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| Star fruit |
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| One of the tanks for Amazonian Manatees |
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| The surfacde to breath after about 3 minutes |
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| Not sure what this manatee was doing |
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| Turmites build nest on tree then brorrow inside and chew at all out til tree dies |
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| The pod that Brazilian Nuts grow in |
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| Now back to the port. All aboard was 2 |
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| An overnight excursion got back late |
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| 2 river pilots coming aboard for start of down river sail |
Release the last of the lines
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| Releasing the last of the lines before sailing |
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| People on shore watching us leave |
We are away
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| Goodbye Manaus |
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| A small boat jumping our wake |
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| Bown Amazon water and dark Rio Negro water |
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| where the 2 main streams meet |
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| A small town |
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