Quito
Cloud Forest
A misty rainforest high in the Andes on the Pacific coast of Ecuador, the cloud forest is a unique ecosystem teeming with wildlife.
A highlight was the "sky bike" where you could pedal back and forth nearly 200m up in the canopy
Zeledon's Antbird
Hercules beetle
Hercules beetle
Golden-naped Tanager
Cinnamon Becard
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Golden-naped Tanager
Olive Finch
Flame-faced Tanager
Lemon-rumped Tanager
Empress Brilliant
Green Thorntail (F)
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (F)
White-booted Racket-tail
White-booted Racket-tail
Green Thorntail (F)
Violet-tailed Sylph (F)
Moss-backed Tanager
Velvet-purple Coronet
Crowned Woodnymph (F)
Purple-bibbed Whitetip
Northern Violet-crowned Woodnymph (F)
Northern Green-crowned Woodnymph
Northern Green-crowned Woodnymph
Green-crowned Brilliant
Violet-tailed Sylph
Cock-of-the-Rock (F)
Cock-of-the-Rock (F)
Anole Lizard
River frog
Tayra (a kind of weasel)
Flame-faced Tanager
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Crimson-rumped Toucanet
Blue-necked Tanager
Pale-mandibled Collared Aracari
Pale-mandibled Collared Aracari
Lemon-rumped Tanager (F)
Buff-throated Saltator
Chestnut-mandibled Yellow-throated Toucan
Swallow Tanager
Swallow Tanager
Palm Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Mashpi Glass Frog
Mashpi Glass Frog
Baby Tarantula
Mashpi Torrenteer Frog
Cicada
Stick Insects mating
Stick insect
Spiny devil cricket
Spiny devil cricket
Tiger Spider
Tiger Moth
Northern Roadside Hawk
Ornate Flycatcher
Masked Trogon
Coati
Violet-tailed Sylph (F)
Velvet-purple Coronets
Green Thorntail
Brown Inca
Brown Violetear
Baby tarantula with cricket
Galápagos - Santa Cruz Island
Galapagos Finch (F)
Galapagos Finch
Galapagos Finches (feeding)
Galapagos Finch
White-cheeked Pintail
White-cheeked Pintail
Galapagos Flycatcher
Midday view from our accommodations
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Finch (F)
Galapagos Flycatcher
Galapagos Mockingbird
Yellow Warbler (Galapagos sub-species)
Galapagos Flycatcher
Large Painted Locust
Lava Lizard (F)
Lava Lizard (M)
Galapagos Mockingbird
Galapagos Dove
Galapagos Flycatcher
Galapagos Mockingbird
Carpenter Bee (only pollinator on the Galápagos Islands)
Black-necked Stilt
Marine Iguana
Lava Lizard (M)
Marine Iguana
Lava Lizard (M) & Marine Iguana
Marine Iguanas warming up together
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Lava Lizard (M)
Lava Lizard (M)
The first tourist hotel in the Galapagos
Saddleback Tortoise
Sylvie with our guide Mathias outside his dive shop
Lonesome George, preserved....
Lonesome George, preserved....
Lonesome George, preserved....
Marine Iguanas are vegetarians - living off of sea algae - but this one has developed a taste for tuna
Lava Heron
Sea Lion, with visible scar from boat prop
Lava Heron (striped variant)
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Brown Pelican
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Brown Pelican
Marine Iguana
Marine Iguana
Brown Pelican
Brown Pelican & Noddy Tern (the terns will swarm around pelicans after they dive in the hopes of catching a fish leaping from their beaks)
Brown Pelican
Lava Lizard (M)
Lava Lizard (M)
Tortuga Bay
Early sunset at the Safari Camp
Galápagos - South Plaza
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Lava Lizard (F)
Galapagos Finch
Swallow-tailed Gull (Juvenile)
Land Iguana
South Plaza Island
Land Iguana
Land Iguana
Land Iguana eating Prickly Pear Cactus
Land Iguana eating Prickly Pear Cactus
Lava Lizard (F)
Swallow-tailed Gull feeding a juvenile
Land Iguana
Land Iguanas eating Prickly Pear Cactus
Sleepy Sea Lion
Sea Lions posturing
Sea Lions posturing
Sylvie snorkelling
King Angelfish
Yellowtail Surgeonfish
King Angelfish & Yellowtail Surgeonfish
Sea Cucumber
Blue-Barred Parrotfish
Bumphead Parrotfish
Bumphead Parrotfish
Galápagos - North Seymour
Great Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Brown Pelican (Juvenile)
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby
Blue-footed Booby with eggs
Blue-footed Booby with eggs
Brown Pelican (Juvenile)
Magnificent Frigatebird
Magnificent Frigatebird
Frigatebird (juvenile)
Blue-footed Booby with chicks
Blue-footed Booby with chicks
Blue-footed Booby
Swallow-tailed Gulls
Frigatebird in flight
Frigatebird in flight
Blue-footed Booby
Green Sea Turtle
Galápagos - Bartolomé
Nazca Boobies
Sea Lion
Lava Cactus
Bottlenosed Dolphins
Bottlenosed Dolphins
Bottlenosed Dolphins
Galapagos Starfish
White-tipped Reef Shark
Galapagos Blue Sea Star
White-tipped Reef Shark
Galápagos - Isabella
Galapagos Penguins
Galapagos Penguins
Galapagos Penguins
Sea Lions
Sea Lions
Flamingos
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Flamingo
Golden Cownose Rays
Green Sea Turtle
Green Sea Turtle
Sea Horse
Nazca Boobies
Brown Pelican
Vermilion flycatcher (M)
Vermilion flycatcher (M)
Volcan Sierra Caldera (40km circumference)
Rainbow visible in the caldera
Rainbow visible in the caldera
Lava lizard
Candelabra Cactus
Candelabra Cactus
Lava fields
Lava tunnel
Volcanic ash - the iridescent patches are vaporized metals
Lava fields
Lava fields
Lava fields
Lava fields
Lava fields
Lava fields (white is sulphur, red is iron)
