Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau

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…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park – Huanchaca Plateau

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.…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park – Huanchaca Plateau

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…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park, Huanchaca Plateau

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…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park – Huanchaca Plateau

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park – Huanchaca Plateau

This is the first glimpse of the plateau also called Caparu Meseta (Meseta de Caparú).


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

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…


Noel Kempff Mercado National Park

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…