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Black Caiman Expedition from 15 to 30 Days; This particular expedition is specifically designed for those adventurous travelers interested in an intense and long nocturnal exploration journey through the depths of the Amazon rainforest. An exploration that will take place mainly along the banks of small rivers, and slow-moving lagoons. This program just like many of our programs will require physical challenges such as long jungle land and water navigation, overnights in isolated areas, and daily survival. 
 

Our team, a handful of native indigenous of the area and jungle experts, will accompany participants on this exploratory experience mostly performed in small wooden canoes across the Ampiyacu-Apayacu Regional Conservation Area, Amazon Rainforest, Loreto Region. Your assigned team will be determined and motivated at all costs to explore the dark Amazonian waters, with the only mission in mind to do everything in their power to find all 6 total species of caimans that inhabit the Amazon, and with the main goal of spotting the biggest "Black Caiman" we can possibly find.

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The Black Caiman (Melanosuchus Niger); is a species of large crocodilian and, along with the American alligator, is one of the biggest extant members of the family Alligatoridae and order Crocodilia. The Black Caiman is a carnivorous reptile that lives along slow-moving rivers, lakes, seasonally flooded savannas of the Amazon basin, and in other freshwater habitats of South America. There are 6 total species of caimans in the Amazon and the black caiman is the largest one of all. Most adult black caimans are 2.2 to 4.3 m (7 ft 3 to 14 ft 1 in) in length, with a few old males growing larger than 5 m (16 ft 5 in).

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