Up at 5.30 for a last walk to the road at Atta Lodge to see what we could see with Cassius. On the road despite looking left and right there was still no jaguar crossing but we did see jaguar food,a tortoise bearing definite scars from an encounter with a jaguar - a cracked shell and indentations where the teeth of said carnivore had penetrated.....but he had survived! We also saw a red green macaw, and beautiful rose breasted chat, a pigmy kingfisher. A fruiting tree was under siege from a chachalaca and some smaller birds. The skies had band rump swifts , bat hawks and plumbeous kites.

Back for breakfast, as we returned we saw a red brocket deer walking around the forest edge near the lodge, sadly too dark for a photo. After eating breakfast we finished our packing before saying our goodbyes and jumping into an awaiting 4x4 with Junior our guide and Ricardo our driver from Surama. En route to Surama, an Amerindian village which is sustained by eco tourism, we stopped and headed up a trail to see if we could find the beautiful orange c*** of the rock. After a 15 minute walk along a forest trail we climbed through a granite formation and saw a nest with a female sitting on it.....then out to the lek to see if the male was there. No - but a 5 minute wait and junior spotted an orange bird land at the on a tree at the back of the clearing - despite trying photos were hard due to the foliage but luckily he advanced and allowed some reasonable shots to be taken. He must have stayed a full 30 minutes - we were very lucky - but it was hard to move around and stay quiet on the crackly undergrowth - albeit a natural gift for the guides not so for we chunky Europeans!!

A finale awaited - as we were leaving spider monkeys were crossing over head- the male was very agitated and tried to ensure as much dead wood fell in our direction as possible - I got one great picture of his bright red face looking down at us. Back to the 4x4 and off to the village - at a small patch of water we did see a well secreted tiger heron. On arrival we had a tour of the village - it was community day with people doing work on community projects- most were on the newly built runway - first flights expected Easter Monday - it was fantastic since they only started at the beginning of the year and had minimal equipment - one caterpillar excavator, one tractor and one lorry...it could be filled with the excavator but had to be emptied with a shovel as it wasn't hydraulic! The women were painting the old school which will be the terminal building. We then visited the new nursery and junior schools were children were bright and cheery looking fresh and clean in blue uniforms for the nursery and yellow and white for the junior. We spoke to the head and she explained they were doing end of term assessments. A young teacher who was in training explained that to do any further education you had to be a teacher first in Guyana - he saw teaching as a stepping stone to another career. Off to the lodge for lunch, a shower, a nap and importantly sorting our luggage out as we needed to fit enough for 2 nights into our day packs and leave the rest behind for the next phase of our trip. At 2pm, nap and packing over, we tried out the hammocks and looked at the views from the top of the lodge. I photographed an agreeable lizard , so named as it always nods 'yes', we identified the bird ( a palm tanager ) flying in and out of the lodge had a nest with two eggs in a box on the floor! We then saw black vultures land close by and a savanna hawk and yellow necked caracara looking at the recently burnt area where villagers had burnt old roofing thatch and emerging with goodies which they then eat - probably crispy frogs or lizards. At 4 pm- ish after a tumultuous storm we made our way to the campsite by the river, it would be our home for the next two days. En route, as we picked our way around large puddles, we saw the weeping capuchin monkeys (white on their heads) and a plain brown woodcreeper. Sleeping was in hammocks (under a warm roof) and you could hear the noises of the rainforest all around you; washing was down the steps and in the fast flowing Burro Burro river!

Junior could hear a strange noise in the bush after investigating he found a horned frog had captured another frog and appeared to be eating it......next morning both were gone!

Supper was cooked over an open fire was spaghetti and vegetables with a bread bake eaten with peanut butter and jam. Yum!