Coming Soon! On this page we will share our various trips over the years to South America. We truly have enjoyed our travels and we hope you will enjoy reading about them.
Trips to South America to Date
2010 Puerto Maldonado – Rio Las Piedras, Rio Pariamanu, Rio Madre de Dios
2018 Mitu, Colombia – Rio Vaupes, Rio Cuduyari, Cano Sangre, Rio Mituseno
2019 Puerto Carreno, Colombia – Rio Bita, Rio Orinoco, Rio Meta, Cano Verde, Cano Nerga, Rio Juriepe
2019 Florencia, Colombia – Rio Magdalena, Rio Guayas, Rio Caqueta, Rio Orteguaza
2021 Iquitos, Peru – Rio Ampiyacu, Rio Amazonas
2022 Lecitia, Colombia, Santa Rosa de Yavari, Peru, Tabatinga, Brazil – Rio Amacayacu, Rio Atacuari, Rio Amazonas
2023 San Jose Del Gauviare & La Uribe, Colombia
2010 Puerto Maldonado, Peru
Introduction
One can never forget their first trip to South America. You wait all your life for such an event. The months, weeks, days and hours of anticipation leading up is overwhelming! And once you are there taking everything in, it is life changing. You come to the realization that you are not home anymore. The way of life you know back home is not the same as where you currently are. You feel like you are in another world and yet you are still on planet Earth.
Growing up, we had gone to fish conventions and listened to such aquarium greats as Jeff Cardwell, Paul Loiselle, Hans Evers and Ingo Seidel. From then on, we dreamed of the opportunity to one day travel and go collecting for fish species in South America. We knew if the timing was right and we could afford to go, we would make it a priority.
This trip came to be as we had been researching possible trips to South America. Unsure about taking the plunge, we knew that we wanted to follow in the steps of other aquarium greats. The opportunity to try and see new species of fish was constantly on our mind. We were not disappointed!
Ready, Set, Vamonas!
2018 Mitu, Colombia
2019 Puerto Carreno, Colombia
2019 Florencia, Colombia
2021 Iquitos, Peru
2022 Lecitia, Colombia
2023 San Jose Del Gauviare & La Uribe, Colombia