Hello everyone! I’m sorry it has been a couple of days – funny enough, we got great phone and wireless internet at our rainforest hotel, but nothing at our hotel in Manaus (the big city we flew in and out of).
It was actually quite funny to be in the middle of overgrown vines in a wooden canoe fishing for piranhas and hear a cell phone ring. I was too cheap to pay the $2 a minute rate, so my poor family got one “WE ARE ALIVE” text and had to rely on the blog for updates.
These photos don’t give the experience justice. It is so hard to capture vastness of the overgrown vines enveloping you as your canoe weaves through the engorged river. There were times we had to duck as low at the boat to avoid the low hanging branches, scrape between two trees, or drive right through a patch of foliage. And then there were the sounds! Monkeys, birds, frogs, bugs. Between the new sounds and sights, I felt my senses where on high alert, taking it all in.
The boys LOVED piranha fishing. Most of the piranhas we caught were young and small, but they still packed quite a mouth full of teeth!
Stunning photos — I’d rather be there than at work today!
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Fun post…
Mikalee
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What a fun trip to go on :]
Ahhh! You guys are brave or do I just remember a certain 1980s movie far too well. Great photos.
I think brave was our canoe driver diving in the water to catch a cayman. THAT was brave!
That’s really cool. I’m scared of these agressive fishes 🙂
Lovely photos.
I never thought to fish for piranhas!
I didn’t know there was such a thing! sounded like fun! 🙂
Nice pictures. My favorite show is River Monsters on AP (Dorky I know) :)…. so this looks like so much fun!
I love it! These little river monsters paled in comparison 🙂
love that first pic. / Ripples in Still Water
Thanks, but I just couldn’t capture it! It was so much more beautiful.
Quite a bit more exciting than the stuff I’ve been catching lately!
I would be seriously afraid to hold that thing. Great pics!
I love fishing, but this takes fishing to a whole new level! Would SO love to try this someday! 😀
You should!
OMG, check out those teeth! Looks like quite the adventure. Thanks for sharing!
ah pirhanha fishing! such grat memories of being in the peruvian jungles! Great post…
Did you eat yours?!
Wow, that’s simply awesome.
Big Piranha fan, those teeth look crisp, ready to rock and bite!
Although I have to ask, do they harm humans?
Good question. If they are hungry, and are concentrated (the water is low) I guess so. But it isn’t usual.
What a fantastic experience for kids–or anyone. Great shots.
This was truly an amazing kids trip. Fun and safe.
Brings back great memories. We went to the Ecuadorian Rainforest and had our kids swim with the piranhas. Fun!
Swim!? Now, that you may not have gotten me to do!
Yikes, look at those teeth! Thank you for allowing us to travel along with you!
I’m so happy to share! Back in town now…back to reality!
Wow! I never would have thought you could safely fish for piranhas. That looks like a real adventure.
I wouldn’t have guessed you could (or would want to!) either.
Fishing Piranha,,? I want to 🙂
Who would have thought you can fish and eat them!
The place really looks beautiful,hope the piranhas also taste good 🙂
Funny you should say that…they DID fry up our catch and we ate them for dinner! The fish was white and mild, but they were skinny little buggers so there wasn’t much meat.
WOW! very cool adventure.
It was quite the adventure 🙂
That’s just fantastic!
Thank you! We really had the most amazing time!
These photos remind me of two films. Anaconda and Piranha 3D. 😀
I need to add this to my travel plans!
Honestly, I did not even know piranha fishing was possible. Interesting post!
Ya i thought there was an impossible way to catch them or that they were intelligent. Maybe I’ve been watching too many movies.
Well, they must not be too hard to catch because the whole boat kept getting bites! A little bloody steak is all it took 🙂
The look on your son’s face is priceless! What a great experience to give to him..once in a lifetime!
What did you use for bait? (very curious)
Steak! Chopped in little cubes. I noticed that the bloodier and fresher the bait was, the more they bit. Wonder if they can “smell” the blood like sharks?
This is one of the best little blogs I have seen in a long time. Simple, clean and great photos. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you 🙂
Nice post and photos! I’d love to go piranha fishing… Sounds like so much fun…
Sounds dangerous and exciting at the same time. Congrats.
Thanks! Nice photos of your recent trip!
Great job…
Amazing pics! You guys are braves! Excellent blog also! I really enjoyed reading your posts 🙂
Thank you!
Piranha fishing…hmmmm..must put it on my bucket list???
great post!
Visiting a rain forest is definitely bucket list worthy!
I agree, that adding with fishing for pirahnas are bucket list worthy. good call!
neat!
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Very dangerous sorts! Suriname is also a part of the amazone rainforest! There are many beautiful places in Suriname but some f them have Piranha which is very dangerous, especially when one has wounds on their skin. They just smell the blood:) …So I barely go in the water:)
Nice story! Have a nice holiday!
I certainly didn’t swim in the water! No way!
Wow! This amazing experience Lina. Nice photo!!
Love the pictures and especially the last one. It looks like a great trip!
Fishing for piranha … there’s something very poetic about that. Thanks for sharing. x
I want to go!!! Thank you for this post, the pictures are amazing! I have always wanted to take a trip to a rain forest somewhere… this has inspired me 🙂
You are so cute! I just read all of your comments 🙂 I would say, hands down, this was my most amazing trip. I thought the hotel was incredible at making it all so easy and fun. I hope you make it one day!
very adventurous! i love it
I have an absolute fear looking at these fish. Stunning pics, would love to see more!!!! I want to catch them and put them in a tank and watch them eat. I agree with Pollyanna Darling. It is pretty poetic.
nice pictures. Seems you had great fun
wow amazing adventure, i never seen piranha directly…where is it?
We caught these guys in the Nigro river!
Most of the piranhas we caught were young and small, but they still packed quite a mouth full of teeth!
The reason is overfishing, but in some regions they are smaller. Do they taste well?
Nice Fotos, Greetings form Peru
The Chirimoya Tours Team.
I thought they tasted great! Not much meat though…
wow. great post. I love to be there.
very nice photos… 🙂
Beautiful pictures! I love the t-shirt T is wearing! 😉
Superb post, please do issue more such posts!
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