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RUMBLE IN Da JUNGLE-
Our Purpose: To bring music and support to the abandon, to the orphans. To bring assistance to those who have dedicated their lives with their commitment to care for and educate the next generation
Our goal: A journey across the Andes Mountains marked deep with lost civilizations that cry for discovery and protection. A journey onward to the
Chachapoyas Amazonas region and into the Amazon rainforest. Here the Indian villages of El Chino, Buenavista and San Pedro await to share their music with the Rumble in da Jungle.
Pre-trip: international arrival into Lima.
Orientation meeting.
Opportunity to visit the Centro Preventivo Salamanca orphanage and local
government officials.
(The mission of Centro Preventivo Salamanca is to provide a temporary home to
the homeless and abandoned children of Peru. All of the children stay here until
a judicial decision is made on their behalf. Most of the children are placed in
orphanages throughout the country. Some are more fortunate and are adopted.)
Overnight Posada del Inca Miraflores (may be for 2-nights depending on the
arrival times of everyone).
AUG04-05: people arrive into Lima.
AUG06: short flight to the city of Chicalyo. We then head off by charter bus for
a 12-hour across the Andes Mountain trip to Chachapoyas.
AUG07-11: Chachapoyas Festival.
During this time we will visit several community centers, orphanages/schools,
and have impromptu music jams. An official show to take place at the Kuelap Fortress ruins. Trek to the Gocta Waterfall, a newly discover waterfall
that is considered the third largest in the world.
AUG12: By road to the town of Moyabamba stopping along the way at several
communities to jam.
AUG13: arrival in Tarapoto and visits to local Andean Indian communities,
schools/orphanages.
AUG14: short flight to Iquitos. By boat to the Tahuayo Indian area.
AUG15-19: visits to Indian Villages. Rumble in da Jungle.
AUG20: return by boat to Iquitos.
This part of the Amazon rainforest is known to have the greatest diversity of
flora and fauna found in the world.
Located on the Tahuayo River the Indian villages of El Chino, Buenavista and San
Pedro are part of a communal reserve developed to protect the rainforest and its
natural resources. The Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo reserve is one of the most biodiverse
areas on earth with many species not found anywhere else in the world.
Each village is built along the riverbank as rivers are the main routes of
transportation in the region. Houses are raised on platforms as the rivers flood
during the rainy season. Thatched roofs made of palm leaves woven tightly
together are able to keep even the strongest downpours out. Open fires are used
to cook food and folks sleep in hammocks under mosquito netting.
20th August- Back to Iquitos by boat.
In Iquitos 3 days and 2 nights in the Canopy
Playing on the Boulevard and central square (Plaza de Armas)
Every weekend the Boulevard (think a South American version of Key West Florida's Malory Square performers) has hundreds of people milling about watching street performers and just enjoying life.
There is a zoo/rehab facility there with a 125-acre gorgeous lake and a beach surrounded by 900-acres of beautiful rainforest! It is pretty full on the weekends with people playing soccer and volleyball on the "beach" and swimming.
The world's longest canopy walkway (1/3 mile) and around 120 feet high! A breathless view above the rest of the rainforest! The main lodge is Air Conditioned with a pool on the Amazon then by boat to gig with Bora tribe
