The reflection of hundreds of snow White great egrets flashes off of the black-glass lake. Large flights of ducks take wing amongst the egrets. Not far from the boat pink dolphins surface briefly. Kingfishers skim along the shore line in search of something to eat. In the distance, pairs of macaws call out with their distinctive “screech”... Birds of all sizes and colors flit through the air…

This is the “The mirror of the Jungle” – the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve of Peru is considered one of the most important areas of biodiversity in the world. The largest reserve in the country encompasses 2’080,000 hectares (5’139,680 acres) between the Marañon and the Ucayali rivers. This protected area contains 85 lakes which are home of 250 species of fish as well as both pink and grey fresh-water dolphins. In the jungle and flooded forest of the reserve 132 mammal species (13 of which are primates), 449 bird species and 250 reptile and amphibian species have been documented.