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    The road less travelled..

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    Anyone interested in vacations to exotic Amazonas, for some fish collecting and photography?

    Here's a few tour operators that caters to those with such interests.

    http://www.amazontrekkers.com - UK based Rio Negro Explorer

    http://www.amazon-ecotours.com - US based Peruvian Amazon specialists

    http://www.amazonfishingtrips.com - Rio Negro fishing tours

    http://www.belowwater.com - Canadian based collector with organised expeditions

    http://www.sharkaquarium.com - Another US based collector with organised expedition from amazon ecotours

    http://www.amazon-holidays.com - For those adventurous enough to consider Columbia!

    http://www.mikofish.com/Tours.html - Venezuela tour operator!

    Project piaba
    Project Piaba is a community based interdisciplinary project established to understand the ecological and socio-cultural systems of the middle Rio Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil, in order to conserve and maintain the live ornamental fishery and other renewable resources at commercially feasible, and ecologically sustainable level. They run 2 trips annually in the amazon.

    DreamNet adventures by Gone Wild Peru


    Here are some travelogues for those who have been there, mostly through Amazon-ecotours.

    George Lin's peru adventure

    Christopher Scharpf's Amazon fish collecting diary - It was so good he went back again!!

    Craig Morfitt's peru fish collection - also with Amazon-ecotours

    Lee Newman's Peruvian collection trip

    Carl & Joyce Camper's Peru collection trip - also be Amazon-ecotours

    Matt Clarke's Rio Negro tour - by amazontrekkers

    Dave Williamson's peru collection - by amazon-ecotours part 1
    Dave Williamson's peru collection - by amazon-ecotours part 2
    Dave Williamson's peru collection - by amazon-ecotours part 3
    Dave Williamson's peru collection - by amazon-ecotours part 4

    Anyone game?

    Cheers,
    Last edited by benny; 1st Nov 2007 at 01:33.
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    For those into African adventures, I can only find one link...

    http://www.lakemalawi.com - Lake Malawi fish collecting tours

    If I see more, I'll update!

    And for those interested in Asian Adventures,

    Look for Mr. Tree and Kuching!

    Cheers,
    I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?

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    i reallllllly reallllly doubt that.... but no kaki to go with leh... you going anytime soon?

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    benny,
    ON! just give the budget snd some time to save up.
    this is something i see as a once in a lifetime event for a hobbyist.
    kinda like you antartica thingy.
    better to do this while i'm single too!
    only issue i can think of is the malaria and which place to go!

    celticfish
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    Looks interesting

    Some questions that popped into my mind while reading this:
    Anyone knows whether fishes collected can clear SG customs or need to be send to AVA for clearance? How long is the flight to South America and is it direct?

    Lastly, don't think I can convince my other 1/2 that the trip is not a dirty & smelly vacation to SA to collect fishes

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    OOH! sounds like fun...

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    Don't forget to bring the Cichlid Atlas 1 book which tells you where to collect those rare Apistos from!
    Really envy you guys.. scooping those wild Eliz, Mendezi, Paucisquamis, Adoketas!

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    from my meager reading about discus collection the prized fishing areas are closely guarded secrets. but i reckon the fun would be all the gathering and talking and bickering about what to hunt for!!
    celticfish
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    cichlids??? i'll throw them back..hahaha....You better hope Benny stops me.

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    Re: The road less travelled..

    interesting and nice. thanks

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