We are travelling in the Bolivian lowlands, wet, humid and very hot. Our cucaracias bus reached Trinidad on time 6.30 am we have now 2h to get our small airplain flight to Rurrenabaque. But the weather conditions in Bolivia always play strange games with aiplanes especially with small ones... the flight from La Paz never reached Trinidad and our departure is delayed for God knows how long. We wait and wait at the airport and finally get to fly at about 12.30. It is a gorgeous flight, we are in a Cessna with 12 seats, 2 pilots and an extra guy, the plane is minuscule but brand new. The views are incredible, big rivers doing many curves in the middle of the amazonias jungle of Bolivia, it will be a 45 minuts flight with one stop in San Borja, kind of 500 Km that in this period of the year will take you 3 days by 4WD becasue of the water. We land in Rurrenabaque, famouse place for Jungle and Pampas excursion, in a grass airport piste. The pilots are excellent - obviously or i would not be writing this would I?!
Rurrenabaque is a small village between the cordillera of the andes and the amazonian jungla, near by a big river that every year floods the village. We will spend 1 day looking for the best Tour agency to go fot 3 days adventures.
Our private jet - not bad for backpackers!!
View from the sky of the tropical forest and its many rivers.