Tarantulas in a jungle adventure
18 Feb – 21 Feb, 2005
Las Amazonas. Trip in to the jungle, from Puerto Ayacucho. Sleeping in hammocks in the jungle. Tarantulas, and swimming in rivers with piranhas. We even got to see tropical tetra fish, almost identical to the ones at home in our tank! Spent one night with a group of 3 families of indigenous people. These people are the experts at finding tarantulas!
Richard makes a new friend.
Eeeewwwww!!!!! 25 cm tarantula. The most asked for photo, funny enough. We didn’t actually get out a ruler – didn’t really want to get that close. Luckily, these spiders rarely just appear; you actually have to be looking for them and entice them out of their holes.
Tags: Animals, Hiking / Going Bush, Nature, Travel, Venezuela, Venezuela