Our second full day of our expedition on the enigmatic and amazingly bio-diverse Amazon, started with a visit to the Amazon Natural Park. In this private reserve, there is a suspension bridge which is a state-of-the-art piece of engineering built using tall trees to support it. The bridge is approximately a quarter of a mile in length. It allowed us to have the thrill and excitement of a walk in the middle strata of the rainforest.
In the afternoon, after lunch, we had an introductory talk about photography with our photo instructor Walter Perez. After the talk, we explored Nauta Caño on the skiffs. This narrow stream is covered with thick vegetation where our naturalists spotted several species of colorful birds from the skiffs like macaws and toucans as well as a Three-toed Sloths and a couple of squirrel monkey troops and the unusual sighting in this location of monk saki monkeys. Finally, late in the evening, just after dinner, we had a short walk. Since it was late, we were immersed in the forest night, hearing sounds in total darkness.
