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…
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…
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
The incredible red cliffs are like nowhere on earth - beautiful and insurmountable! Over the aeons the mountains have…
Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
This bird is so well camouflaged that even though you know what to look for you will easily miss it. As a visitor…
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…
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…
Scarlet Peacock (Anartia amathea)
The only butterfly species I encountered here, and only in the open fields of the lodge. Altitude: 1036 metres.…
Masked Yellowthroat (Geothlypis aequinoctialis velata)
The song is very similar to the Willow Warbler, and I was enjoying it every day of my stay here. When looking for sound…
Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
A common but truly beautiful bird! I found this one very busy eating from this tree, and you can see it's focusing on…
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
The clouds are moving away as the early morning is progressing. The red cliff is there one minute and gone the next.…
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Early in the morning, and the clouds are really low - no sign of red cliffs. Altitude: 1036 metres.
Refugio Los Volcanes, Amboró National Park
Everywhere you'll see chunks of mountain missing. It may look artistic or even beautiful, but when this chunk dropped…