Amboró North: Villa Amboró
A fantastically camouflaged moth in the town square of Buena Vista.
Amanda at a "mirador" (viewpoint) on the most easterly Andean foothill
before a sea of Amazon jungle.
Leaf-cutter ants sliced barren trails through the rainforest, often
crossing our footpaths.
A slightly blurry view of a interestingly patterned butterfly.
Close-up peek at a hummingbird nest with two tiny eggs the size of
larger jelly beans.
Amanda carefully works her way along a narrow gorge.
A brilliantly colored moth (genus Cyanopepla) just outside our
cabaña at the
community ecotourism lodge of Villa Amboró.
A thorny "caminante" or walking tree - they can creep along the jungle
floor over the years by growing new roots to lean on.
This winged wonder (a Green Longwing butterfly - Philaethria dido) was
soaking up sunshine along the Macuñucu
River in Amboró Park.
A pair of squirrel monkeys (bottom left and top right) frolics in the
trees.
Rose-colored rock overhangs where our guide's grandfather brought food
to civil war refugees.
Just down the trail from the squirrel monkeys, we found a group of
black spider monkeys.
A mother looks up at her youngster while she holds down a branch to
make it stable for him to walk across and hop from there to the next
tree.