Galapagos week 1

Galapagos

Not much wildlife as we explore the Island of Santa Cruz, but here's a quick glimpse of what we've been up to.

Sunrise over Quito.

Amazon Ecuador

SACHA LODGE

We had the amazing opportunity to travel to Sacha Lodge in Ecuador. We spent 4 Days exploring the jungle. It was a life changing experience and we're ready to go back.

Heading onto the chocolate waters of the Napo River for a two hour ride down stream.

Coca

 Canoe ride across a lake to Sacha Lodge. 

Day 1 our amazing guide Fausto found us a young Anaconda in La Selva

Just a baby... about 9 feet

 Mallori goes in for a touch.

 Fausto and Anaconda

 Night Canoe through a narrow channel

 Mallori looks for birds and monkeys on the Canopy Walkway

 Clouds roll in over the Amazon

 Common Squirrel Monkey

 Happy Campers

 Leaf Cutter Ants

 The elusive jungle Owl

 Poison dart frog. One frog this size has enough poison to kill 10 grown men.

 Howler Monkey

 Cayman Alligator

Parrots come from all over the jungle to like the minerals in the clay walls. It allows them to balance the PH of their stomachs from all the nuts they eat.

 We visited a local village to see tradition life, dances and how these people have lived in the amazon for thousands of years.

 Our indigenous guide Carlos. Master of the Jungle

 Cracking Cocoa Nuts

 Live jungle snacks (Larva!). Our guide took us to his friends farm where we were able to sample a true delicacy of the jungle. They really weren't too bad! Quiet tasty actually.

Mallori is a vegetarian. But she ate one! BBQ-ed of course!

Just a bit of salt and we're good to go!

Our Ride through the Napo River

The impressive Napo

Large Tree Frog

Love the monkeys!

Mallori and Squirrel Monkey

The Philosopher 

Our guides with a couple of just caught parana! 

A Fer De Lance Snake. One of the most dangerous in the Amazon. Our guide walked right by it and I spotted this guy coiled and sleeping about a foot away, just off the trail. Feeling lucky he didn't wake up sooner! A great find.

 Mariposa

 Tree Frog at Night

Bird eating spider. It literally attacks birds and sucks them dry.

Fausto and Snake

Viewing platform 120 feet in the canopy built around one of the biggest trees in the area. 

Bird Nests

Rainbow and approaching rain storm.