26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau
The temperature was very high, and I found it hard to cool down, as the plateau is open and without any cooling shades. That was until I arrived at the edge of…
26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau
From afar the plateau looks flat, but it's far from it. It's dotted with strange formations like this one - shaped by rain, wind and sun. If this was in…
26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park – Huanchaca Plateau
This is the first glimpse of the plateau also called Caparu Meseta (Meseta de Caparú).
26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
At 700 metres elevation you are closing in on the plateau and here you can see the Chaplin lake (Laguna Chaplin) in the distance. To the bottom right, you see…
26 Nov 2012
Peruvian spider monkey (Ateles chamek)
During my 2 weeks in the Bolivian Amazon I only had this very brief encounter. They are always on the move, so dependent on the size of the group they can pass…
