Today we were up at 5.45 although awake from 4.30ish listening to the sounds of the forest first the howler monkeys with their sound coming from several different directions - followed by the great potoo, the blue throated guan and a cacophony of other sounds as birds woke up. Waiting for breakfast we watched the river bank and saw the ringe kingfisher both perched and flying up the river, silver beaked tangers, white striped swallows on the rock beneath. We als...

After an unexpectedly good nights sleep in our hammock's, only interspersed, with two treks to the outside facilities, with torches to avoid stepping in or on things we wouldn't like,we properly awoke at 4.45ish to hear howler monkeys in the distance. As it got little lighter you could hear the chain saw noise of the blue throated gaun flying (later we saw one in a tree)and the chachalacas calling. At 5.30 I got up and went to the river for a refreshing wash.......

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 fruitin...

A lie in but we were still awake early so at 5.30ish John went to get two cups of tea from the dining area which we drank before he did his ablutions while I sat in bed sorting out the photographs. Off for a second cup of tea at 7.30 and breakfast on our own as our walk was planned to start at 0845. The 2 other guests were at the canopy walkway - their return being signalled by the tree buttress, previously used to communicate in the forest, being loudly banged a...

Up at 5.15 for 5.45 tea and a 6am start to the canopy walkway to see the day begin at the top of the rainforest. A 700m walk from the lodge and an uphill last section was all it took to reach the first hut. Then one at a time we walked to each platform spending most time on platform 3 ......we saw plumbeous pigeons, the very handsome Guianan toucanet, a pair of red and green macaws flying over, the screaming piha- a large thrush sized bird with a big sound that e...