On day two we'll stop at a small village and visit with some of these people who have become our friends. Each day we make camp around 3-4 PM on huge beaches. At times we swim in tributary streams. We're likely to see over two dozen varieties of butterflies. As we proceed downstream into virgin rainforest, our contacts with people diminish and we become increasingly aware of the enormous complexity of the rainforest.
Every acre has hundreds of plant species.
At camp and on the river, we learn about this unique ecosystem and it's importance to our world. Floating on, we enter a spectacular gorge, with frequent and magnificent waterfalls cascading several hundred feet through the thick forest canopy. The change of water volume from start to finish is astounding. We put-in on a medium sized river of about 6,000 cubic feet per second. With numerous class II-III rapids, and a few class IV, there's plenty of excitement.