26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau
I was hoping for a thunderstorm, as the dark and fast approaching clouds looked promising! Unfortunately for me, there was no thunderstorm - only strong wind…
26 Nov 2012
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau
The plateau is of sufficient height to create its own weather, and during the later parts of the dry season the showers appeared like clockwork after noon.…
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
Pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus)
This was my first steps on top of the Huanchaca Plateau (Caparú Meseta), and what a welcome! The deer just looked at me and went on chewing for some time, and…
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
Noel Kempff Mercado National Park
As you walk upwards to the Huanchaca Plateau (also called Caparu Meseta (Meseta de Caparú)) you will see more and more of the large park, and this is my first…
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…