29 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
This tiny building in the middle the small green lawn is the lodge! Altitude: 1397 metres.
29 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
I was lucky to see these incredibly beautiful and unique mountains on my way in and out of the reserve! In the rainy season you might not see anything but…
29 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Due to the topography there is so far only this one spot from where you can truly enjoy the park! The other one is at the gate of the park, but that location…
29 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Bromeliads, cacti and a number of other species are living on these sheer cliffs! Defying gravity, wind, water and erosion!
29 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
The valleys are densely forested, but you're always reminded of the unique environment this is. As seen here the walls are all around you - in some areas they…
28 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Here the sand is unable to accumulate due to the bedrock and thus the fast movement of the water. In the rainy season this will be an impassable, raging…
28 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
The only passable sections of the river is the rocky ones, or where the sand has dried up due to very low water levels as seen here. In many small streams…
28 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
The incredible red cliffs are like nowhere on earth - beautiful and insurmountable! Over the aeons the mountains have slowly lost grains of red and deposited…
28 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
It's amazing how plants are able to survive on the vertical cliffs! Not only is there little nutrients, but the wind is sometimes really strong, and with the…
28 Nov 2012
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Perhaps the most beautiful of all features seen from the lodge! Here you can see holes in the wall - used for nesting by some of the species of parrots living…