Day 103 Nov 14 2014 Los Organos

Mangrove Tour

Mud Bath Anyone

Crocodile Sanctuary

Balneario Punta Sal

Day 103   Nov 14 2014   Los Organos

We took a tour to see the Mangroves in the north of Peru.  It was a 2 hour bus ride to the Mangroves followed by a 2 hour tour of the mangroves and a crocodile refuge where they had several hundred crocodiles in pens.  The return trip stopped at some supposed hot springs were you could dip into the 5 mud baths.  They were disgusting with lots of bugs swimming in the water.  There was very little flow out of the mud holes so you could be sure that there was an abundance of bacteria in the water.  The water that you were supposed to use to rinse yourself off at the end was just as disgusting as the baths.  It was from a green slimy mud hole.  Needless to say we did not partake in the mud or permit the kids to do so.  The other thing that we noticed on the tour is the abundance of garbage everywhere.  Pretty much every were you looked there was garbage, we even saw a person stop on the side of the highway and dump a garbage can on the shoulder.