by AMAZONAS Magazine | Sep 21, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“When we were arriving by plane into Puerto Inirida, we had a bird’s-eye view of the whitewater Rio Guaviare near its confluence with the Rio Inirida, and we all noticed a large blackwater oxbow lake very near the river. This is Lago Macasabe. After...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jul 13, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“The port city of Inírida is located on the south bank of the Rio Inírida a couple miles upstream from its confluence with the larger Rio Guaviare. The Rio Inírida is a blackwater river that drains an area in the southern part of Colombia, not part of the Llanos...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Jun 29, 2017 | AMAZONAS - Ted Judy, Freshwater
“Week two of this Colombian adventure begins in Bogota, where Jeff Cardwell, Vin Kutty, Eduardo Gomes, Hernando Gil and I board a plane to fly east to the city of Puerto Inírida, and the confluence region on the border between Colombia and Venezuela. The flight...
by AMAZONAS Magazine | Dec 14, 2015 | AMAZONAS - Mike Tuccinardi, Freshwater
In this earlier post, fellow AMAZONAS editor Matt Pedersen took a look at a great and frequently asked question in the hobby—how to get your hands on the true Altum Angel (Pterophyllum altum). This fish is generally considered to be in a special class among the...