Presidente Figueiredo

My hosts very kindly took me here in the car, and we had a birthday lunch beside a waterfall, including candles. Found a guide and driver to take me around for 2 days because there are many waterfalls and caves in the vicinity but need transport. Astonishing beauty and very wild forest, had special guide to go into forest that has been closed until recently for 4 years, walked barefoot for hours through forest and streams and quite an experience. Saw a rare 'cock of the rock' bird in the process. Reached main cave but no longer able to enter because of danger to health from the millions of bats and their droppings. Over the next days saw many waterfalls and this morning visited an immensly powerful stream and fall in quite remote place. We spotted the pawprints and urine of a jaguar, too fresh for comfort, and at one stage surrounded by makaki monkeys and blue macaws. Walked for miles through forest and only turned back when not sure what path to follow. This was my initiave because guide had told me earlier that he once was lost for 3 days in forest, and learning from his experiences it isn't something you would like to repeat just for the sake of adventure. In fact, without a guide here, you had it.