Hi guys
I´ll b in Manu camped on a river bank by time you read this! I am there from 6 to 25 ish Sept and hope to fly back to Cusco the next day. Dont know if i will blogwhen i get back from Manu and before i get to cusco, certainly will not be from Manu!
Its is about a day and half travel to Manu from P.Maldonado by boat and car. The boat is a bigger motor canoe this time, plus inflatables for surveys.
Once there we will camp in one place on the river bank for a few days at a time. We will then survey the ox bow lakes from the different camps. For monitoring we carry an inflatable canoe from the river bank to the lakes. We then look for signs of otters: Latines, dens, campsites and scratch walls. Gaints are twice the size of otters in the Uk. Their foot prints are neatly has big as my hand! Once we hve looked for signs if we have time we will try and film and photograph there throat markings to ID individuals. Each otter has its own unique markings.
There are 6 surveyors and one photographer who is not surveying but doing his own thing.
