![]() I was immersed in the incessant hum of the forest, picking my way along Chalalan’s trails and wobbling over log bridgesįrom the river, it was a 2km hike along the Jaguar Trail to the lodge, heralded by raucous parrots and toucans. Ghinsberg helped them secure funds from the Inter-American Development Bank and lived with the community for three years, developing Chalalan Ecolodge, which continues to support the Uchupiamona, as well as being a beacon of community-run tourism. Their dream was to build an ecolodge, where members of the community could share their culture with visitors from around the globe. Ten years later, Ghinsberg returned to Uchupiamonas to find the community dying out, their children all leaving for the city. An image from the film Jungle, showing Daniel Radcliffe, second left, as Yossiīut the story didn’t end there.
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