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
Smith’s Pixie (Melanis smithiae)
The very first encounter with the smith's pixie (Melanis smithiae) for me in Bolivia, and one of countless gorgeous butterfly species here in Noel Kempff…
25 Nov 2012
Green Mantle (Caria mantinea)
Green Mantle (Caria mantinea) is a very tricky butterfly to follow, and when my salty pants seemed the only interesting spot to land I was out of options and…
25 Nov 2012
Glittering Sapphire (Lasaia agesilas)
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…
22 Nov 2012
Rainbow katydid (Tettigoniidae)
Spotted on the grounds of the now out of business Santa Rosa – Chalalan’s neighbor. Please help med identify it - leave a comment :-)…
22 Nov 2012
Red-barred Amarynthis (Amarynthis meneria)
Red-barred amarynthis (Amarynthis meneria) is one of innumerable species of butterflies and moths found here, this is on the trail from Tuichi river to Santa…
22 Nov 2012
Cleonus Metalmark (Detritivora cleonus)
This is on the trail from Tuichi river to Santa Rosa lake – the much larger neighboring lake to Chalalan. -14.458595,-67.88089