5 Reasons To Visit The Jungle

Try to Name all the Colors: Enter the jungle and find yourself surrounded by countless shades of Green: dark green leaves on the banana trees, bright green parrots flying by and every possible hue in between. This is just the beginning. Whether your favorite color is red, blue, yellow of fuchsia, not only will you find it in the jungle, but you will see at least ten different shades. Brightly colored flowers and
berries explode from the flora. A scarlet macaw will dazzle you with its brilliant red, blue, yellow and green feathers. From the red huayruro seeds that bring good luck to the metallic blue wings of a blue morpho butterfly, there is a new color to be discovered wherever you look.

Watch Animals in their Natural Habitat.:
Have you ever seen a trail of leaf-cutter ants carrying leaves back to their den? Watch hundreds of these hard workers march along trails up to a half kilometer long hauling leaves ten times their size. They use the leaves to grow a fungus that feeds the entire ant colony.

Listen and watch the forest canopy and if you're lucky you could see a family of monkeys passing through in search of food. If you think you hear the sound of a water droplet trickling from the sky, it could be the call of the oropendola, also known as a weaver bird. If you're lucky, you may see it fly through the air with long pieces of palm fiber in its beak. This clever bird weaves its strong nest which hangs from tree branches in the shape of a pendulum.

While you may be able to find some of these amazing creatures in a zoo, or learn about them on the nature channel, there is nothing like observing them in their natural habitat.

Listen to the Sounds: Did you know the red howler monkey is the world's loudest land animal? Its call can be heard from up to 3 miles away. Visitors to Tambopata often think it`s a plane flying overhead or a jaguar growling nearby. The howler monkey makes this sound to claim its territory so that other groups of howlers do not attempt to invade.

The 1200 different species of birds take turns throughout the day calling back and forth. Combined with the sound of a breeze rustling the leaves of the great kapok tree, the buzzing of the cicada and the chattering of the dusky titi monkeys, all seem to come together in perfect harmony. Come to the jungle for a front row seat to nature's orchestra.

Experience Nature's Balance: Watch a dew drop fall from the emergent layer of the canopy, roll off a leaf in the understory, bounce off a mushroom and be absorbed into the ground to nourish the tree from which it fell. Or observe the brown agouti, the best seed disperser for the emblematic Brazil Nut tree. This creature gathers Brazil nuts and buries the excess for later consumption. Unfortunately for him, but fortunately for the future of this important plant species, he sometimes forgets where he stored them, allowing new trees to sprout from the ground.

Albert Einstein once said "look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." In the jungle you will find yourself surrounded by the complexities of different species of plants, mammals, birds and insects all living together in perfect
balance.

Breathe The Purest Air on Earth: Last year, a group of scientist were trying to discover the effects of the industrial revolution on our plant's air quality. In order to do this, they needed to find a place where the air was the least effected by human influence. Where did they go? The Amazon rainforest. They found that the Amazon is one of the last places in the world where the air has been almost unaffected by humans.Their revolutionary findings were published in Science Magazine. Come to the jungle and breathe the freshest air on earth.