Colombia jungle

Colombia jungle

MONSTER PEACOCKS IN THE COLOMBIAN JUNGLE

On the border of Colombia with Venezuela in the middle of the jungle of the Amazon we have two different camps to experience the absolute fishing adventure of a lifetime! Fishing in the Amazon! Near Guaviare or El Tuparro National Park you will experience the best fishing in the Amazon. There are two different possibilities to experience the ultimate fishing adventure.

• Cano Bocon
• Tuparro and Orinoco

Each and every one of them are crazy and high quality expeditions that are perfectly organized and give you the ultimate fishing trip you won't forget for the rest of your life!

CANO BOCON

Staying in this comfortable lodge in the middle of the jungle is an amazing experience. The flora and fauna is particularly impressive because you will find yourself among jaguars, tapirs, anacondas, giant otters, caimans, parrots, river dolphins and so on. You literally imagine yourself in the largest zoo on earth. Only these are all real wild animals. The local Indians also call this location Asiwere which in local language means large peacock bass. And this species is just one part of the catches from this location.

Here we have a permanent lodge from where we visit several satellite camps to be able to fish as many different locations as possible from the base camp. This fishery is very diverse and the species caught here are: pacu, catfish (different species), matrinxa, payara, peacock, tambaqui, piraiba, red tail, jau, bicuda and more. The largest peacocks are around 20 pounds and you hook between 10 and 20 a day with an average weight between 12 and 20 pounds. But also the other fish species will certainly put you to the test such as red tails over 100 pounds, giant piraibas over 100 pounds and tambaqui that reach up to 80 pounds. It is fantastic to have one species that can reach this size on a fishing location but then so many species make it clear why this is an absolute top location with similar fishing.

Read the adventures from John Smit on this location: Part 1, part 2 and part 3. 

Day 1: Arrival in Bogota where you will be picked up from the airport and taken to the Marriot Courtyard Hotel where you can enjoy another good night's sleep, Wi-Fi and the city itself and stay based on a shared double room.

Day 2: The driver will pick you up early and take you to the local airport from where you will fly on to Puerto Inrida. From there you will get on the boat and the journey will take about 6 to 7 hours until you reach base camp. This trip goes through the beautiful nature of Colombia is an experience in itself with mountain villages, forests, valleys etc.

Then you will fish for 6 full days. We can also adapt the package to more or less days according to your wishes. Breakfast will be served every morning at 6 a.m. after which you will go out all day with the Tracker boats with 30 hp engines and 2 anglers and 1 Spanish speaking guide per boat. The boats are very comfortable with a length of 5 meters and offer more than enough space for relaxed fishing.

You will stay in the middle of the jungle in a fishing camp. It is set up with both nature and comfort in mind. For each participant there is a private large tent available. Dinner is served in the evening at 7pm and after that you can enjoy a delicious drink at the bar before plunging back into bed to be able to start fishing in time the next morning. The Lodge is located in a remote area where there are no other fishing camps in a private natural area of 1400 hectares.

Last day: Assuming 6 full days of fishing, this is day 9 and breakfast will be served at 6 am after which the journey back to Bogota starts. Firt by boat to the airport and than the local flight to Bogota. There you will have another night in the hotel after which the next day you catch your flight home and finish your impressive fishing trip.

TUPARRO AND ORINOCO

Staying in this location in the middle of the jungle is an amazing experience. Here are beautiful thatched houses where you will stay with 2 people on separate single beds. You will spend two days here to focus on Payara fishing. Then after the first two days you go up the river and stay in a comfortable tent camp called Tupparo. Here you have a spacious tent per person on the bed of the river. The flora and fauna is particularly impressive because you will find yourself among jaguars, tapirs, anacondas, giant otters, caimans, parrots, river dolphins and so on. You literally imagine yourself in the largest zoo on earth. Only these are all real wild animals.

This fishing is very diverse and the species caught here are: matrinxa, payara, speckled and normal peacock, sardinata, black pacu and shovelnose catfish. The largest peacocks are around 20 pounds and you hook between 10 and 20 a day with an average weight between 12 and 20 pounds. It is fantastic to have one species of this size on a fishing location but then so much makes it clear why this is an absolute top location with ditto fishing.

Day 1: Arrival in Bogota where you will be picked up from the airport and taken to the Marriot Courtyard Hotel where you can enjoy another good night's sleep, Wi-Fi and the city itself and stay based on a shared double room.

Day 2: The driver will pick you up early and you will fly from Bogota to Puerto Carreno and then a 4 wheel drive car ride over unbeaten paths to the estuary of the Tomo River. This trip goes through the beautiful nature of Colombia is an experience in itself with mountain villages, forests, valleys etc. You arrive here late afternoon / early evening and then you have time to arrange your stuff in your tent and get ready for the first fishing day.

Then you fish for 2 full days for Payara in the three different waterfall systems in the vicinity of the camp as well as the mouth of the Tomo river. Breakfast will be served every morning at 6 a.m. after which you will go out all day with Tracker boats with 30 hp engines and 2 anglers and 1 Spanish speaking guide per boat. The boats are spacious with a length of 5 meters and offer more than enough space for relaxed fishing.

The third day you will travel by boat to the Tuparro tent camp. From this location several fishing spots are visited daily to fish for peacock bass. During your stay you can also join the local guides to collect fruit and seeds in the jungle for the various meals. This way you will experience the jungle in its full intensity.

The last fishing day: Assuming 7 full days of fishing, this is day 9 and breakfast will be served at 6 am after which the journey back to the Awia camp starts. You can choose to fish peacock for half a day and payara for half a day, or you can choose to slowly fish down the entire river and continue to fish peacock.

Day 10: This trip takes you from the camp by car back to the airport for the domestic flight to Bogota and on to the Marriot Courtyard hotel where you will stay another night before flying back home on day 11 to finish your impressive fishing trip.