Brazil – Rio Aracá, 17-27 October 2007

Manaus is the capital of Brazil’s largest state, the Amazonas. And Manaus is the point of departure for most Amazon expeditions. In the vast Amazon region, roads are very few and the recreio is the main way of transport, the “bus” of the Amazon.

_{Our boot on the Rio Aracá}

_{Heiko guiding the canoe into an Rio Aracá affluent and across the flooded rainforest (left)}

_{Archenor guiding the second canoe with the Greek Nidal, the German Peter, Juan the Mexican}

_{and Ángel from Spain. Raimundo controls in the rear of the canoe (right)}

_{Flooded rainforest}

_{Collecting in the biotope of the cardinal-tetra Paracheirodon axelrodi}

_{Collecting in the Igarapé Savaudaua, affluent of Rio Aracá: Peter (Germany),}

_{Miguel (Spain) & Heiko, and Marc (France)}

_{Snorkeling in the clear water habitat in Igarapé Savaudaua: Marc (France,}

_{Riccardo (Mexico), and Nidal (Greece)}

_{Photographing the fishes on board after collecting: Ángel (Spain) & Natasha (Uzbekistan).}

_{Underwater filming: Miguel (Spain)
…And sleeping under bananas: Ángel (Spain)}

_{Our great team worked hard to cross unpenetrated jungle areas and reach unexplored regions}

_{in the dense flooded forest, often during tropical rain showers}

_{Indians of the Kukui village. The chief of a Desanuá tribe married a Baniuá women and moved with her to this remote and isolated Aracá region 40 years ago. The chief with Riccardo, Miguel and Heiko looking at a map he made, while his wife is roasting the the farinha – their main food, made from manioc}

^{_{Some beautiful characoids we discovered (left and center) and a new Fluviphylax sp. (right)}}

^{_{Dwarf cichlids (left: Crenicichla; right new Dicrossus) and loricariids (center)}}

^{_{Butterflies, frogs and spiders}}

^{_{Fruits, orchids and flowers}}

 _{Rio Aracá – good bye}

_{Igarapé Savaudaua at sunset}

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