Photos taken by Eleniki

Parokeet

These magnificently coloured parokeets made a lot of noise

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Juan

Another of the lodge guides, Juan loved Jan´s binoculars

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Beetle

• Date: 14 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Pigmy

These tiny monkeys are the size of small squirrels - they have strange, ugly, leonine faces

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Pigmy Marmoset, Oriente, Ecuadorian Amazon

The smallest monkey in the world

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Beaky bird

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Kingfisher

Of the many species of Kingfisher in Cuyabena, this is the biggest

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Cuyabena laguna, 6am

We got up at dawn to watch birds on the laguna - the atmosphere was still and misty, all bird sounds amplified by the foggy water

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Snake eye

It had beautiful markings and its eyes were huge

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Bullfrog

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Snake head

The snake was very frightened

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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All wound up

The extremely sharp eyes of our guide picked it out though

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Tree boa

This small boa constrictor was tightly wound around an overhanging branch on the river

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Mosquito hat

It was the only time I used it, but I was glad I had it

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Tree frog

We went on a night hike through the jungle, which is when a lot of interesting creatures can be seen and heard

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Jaguar

Yep, that´s what left these unmistakeable claw marks on a tree

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Cuyabeno, Ecuador: gallery
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Bullet ant

One of the infamous congo ants, whose sting scores 10 out of 10 on the pain gauge, and feels like a bullet wound, lasting at least 48 hours. It was almost the size of my pinkie

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Adorable..

..in every way, even sucking on proffered fingers, hoping to get milk from them

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Manola

This baby woolly monkey was rescued after her mother was shot - she was being reared in the reserve

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Wash day at Samona

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Arata

Arata was a Basque veterinarian, working in Lago Agrio, very near the Colombian border

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Fisher

It´s the kingfisher again! Different species though

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Lake forest

The trees get all the nutrution they need from the water

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Pink water carpet

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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Still waters

Boat speeds are strictly limited on the laguna

• Date: 13 December 2007
• Photographer: Eleniki: gallery
• Location: Ecuador: gallery
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