11 Dec 2011
Yanacocha Reserve
A rare glimpse of the Pichincha Volcano (4784 metres high) which is mostly hidden in dense clouds. It was a very cold morning and I was eagerly awaiting the…
10 Dec 2011
Leaving Napo Wildlife Center
After 3 nights in Yasuni National park this was the very first rain shower! It was perfectly timed, as it started pouring down just as we were switching from…
9 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The unmistakable profile of the Hoatzin - even close to darkness you know immediately what bird it is. Yasuni National Park-0.526667, -76.434167…
9 Dec 2011
Napo Wildlife Center
There is no sound of engines after you disembark the motorized boat at the welcome center, where the Aanangu creek meets the Napo river. From there all goods…
8 Dec 2011
Napo Wildlife Center
A beautiful moonlit night with an almost cloudless sky above the Anangucocha lake. As this is the watery Amazon I should have been pestered by countless…
8 Dec 2011
Napo Wildlife Center
A starry night in the Amazon - I never expected a clear night like this! The moon will be full in 2 days - the 10th, which in fact is the date of the lunar…
8 Dec 2011
Napo Wildlife Center
Anangucocha lake and cumulus clouds reflecting the light of setting sun. Yasuni National Park-0.525062,-76.44021
8 Dec 2011
Napo Wildlife Center
A setting sun in the west and a rising moon in the east, reflected in the Anangucocha lake. If I only had time, I would have made a time-lapse movie of all the…
8 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) is a peculiar bird. For one its song repertoire is stuck on one note - the intro of the Magpie which it will repeat over and over…