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Cristalino Jungle Lodge – Brazil, Part I: Arrival
Five plane rides, 12 hours by bus and a 20 minute boat ride through the Amazon under a moonlit sky and we made it to our first stop – the Cristalino Jungle Lodge. From the moment we arrived, they...
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Cristalino Jungle Lodge – Brazil, Part II: Day One
The first day we were there we learned that they don’t call it a rainforest for nothing – after a beautiful, misty morning, the rain started and did not let up until sometime late in the evening. The...
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Cristalino Jungle Lodge – Brazil, Part III: Day Two
Day two started bright and early with a boat ride up the Amazon – we captured photos of parakeets, macaws and even a few white-whiskered spider monkeys, who were not too happy to see us. After the boat...
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Cristalino Jungle Lodge – Brazil, Part IV: Day Three
Thursday we took a few early morning shots from atop the observation tower, and hurried off to visit the Cristalino Ecological Foundation. We got to see the children in action – the foundation works to...
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Established in 1992 when sustainability and eco-tourism were virtually unknown concepts, the Cristalino Jungle Lodge is the product of owner Vitoria Da Riva Carvalho’s labor. It began, as a way to...
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