Rio Curaray
- Peter Stromberg
- Apr 22, 2022
- 9 min read
By Peter Stromberg
It all started when I was daydreaming on Google Earth, looking for a jungle river to float down on a multi-day adventure. I've alway wanted to explore Yasuni Park; arguably the most biodiverse place on Earth. I stumbled upon the Curaray River that marks the southern border of Yasuni Park. The park boundary is marked by the north side of the river. These waters that begin as snow at the peaks of sky-kissing Andean volcanoes make their way down and east; eventually draining into the mighty Amazon on its flat and windy journey to meet up with the Atlantic Ocean in Brazil.
As I was “computer scouting” the river, zooming in and out when a little “blip” on the map appeared, it read “Comunidad Sisa.” A quick cut-and-paste and a little bit of internet sleuthing, I was able to start a Facebook conversation with a community member from the Sisa Community deep in the Amazon. “In the actual middle of nowhere.”
