Expedition 2022 Colombia I

Expedition 2022 Colombia I - 2022

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In the rainforest of Colombia - no drug smugglers, but dream biotopes in clear blackwater

Colombia used to be known for drugs - today it is a safe destination for adventurous aquarists. Our JBL team flew one and a half hours from Bogota across to the east to Puerto Inirida. From there the only way to reach the indigenous people and the biotopes of our aquarium fish was by boat.

    Starting point for the expedition: Puerto Inirida

    A little place in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by multiple dreamlike biotopes with altum angelfish and cardinal tetras. Only accessible by plane or boat. All the roads lead to the jungle. It is a dream!

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    To the altum angelfish in Rio Atabapo

    The Rio Atabapo must be one of the most beautiful rivers in South America. Huge, brilliant white sandbanks and crystal-clear blackwater with L number catfish, altum angelfish and piranhas. Once you’ve been to the Atabapo, you will never want to go anywhere else!

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    The freshwater rays at the Mavicure Mountains

    Everyone wants to see freshwater rays, but no one wants to step on one. To find them, however, you first have to look for them. We found rays in biotopes where we would never have suspected them!

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    The Caño Bocon, with the locals, in the middle of the untouched rainforest

    As a European, you feel like a foreign body in the jungle. But together with the locals you come to understand the dense rainforest better and better and find animals that you would otherwise overlook. In some places no one has been before us. After all, who cares about small fish that you can't eat?

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    Shoals of armored catfish near Puerto Inirida

    Just outside the town borders of Inirida, there are small but beautiful waters teeming with "aquarium fish". If you have never seen more than 100 armored catfish in a shoal, you must go there!

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    Further on to the Rio Claro, to scorpions and whip spiders

    After the jungle at Inirida, there was a special (optional) finale: a clearwater river about six hours' drive northwest of Bogota, specifically named RIO CLARO. During this part of the expedition, the issue of climate change hit us in full force. It was raining in February for the first time in 20 years! The result was that the river was no longer CLARO, but...

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    Picture galleries

    If you haven’t time to look at length through the individual chapters, here are the best photos of animals, landscapes, plants and team

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    Results

    Here you will find all test results, data logger recordings and measured values from the expedition.

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    The team

    When 34 nature-loving people go on an expedition together, there are of course a lot of photos showing the team in every possible situation. The enthusiasm of the participants is evident in lots of them.

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