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“Cloud Forest to Añangu” Tour Locations

Our “Cloud Forest to Añangu” photography tour will begin in Andean cloud forest at the Bellavista Reserve northwest of Quito, Ecuador. After two days enjoyment of contrasting forest and an introduction to tropical photography, we’ll return to Quito. From there we travel into the Ecuadorian Amazon to experience Yasuni National Park with the Lowland Quichua Community of Añangu.

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Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve / Añangu Community, Yasuní National Park

: Giant River Otter, Yasuní NP
Ecuador, upper Amazon basin

: Ecuadorian boy enjoys canoe ride
Napo River, Ecuador

: Spectacled caiman
Yasuní NP, Ecuador

: Ruby poison dart frog
carries tadpoles on back
Ecuador, Amazon basin

: White-fronted capuchin monkey
gives young a piggyback ride
Ecuador’s upper Amazon basin

: First class lodging, and a hammock
Napo Wildlife Center
Añanguyacu commmunity, Ecuador

: Cobalt-winged parakeets at
clay lick, Napo Wildlife Center
Yasuní National Park, Ecuador

: Juvenile treefrog photographed
on Raw Rainforest night hike
Yasuní NP, Amazonian Ecuador

: Jaguarundi, one of six wild cats
occuring in the Amazon basin

: Jorge Rivadenyra, Añangu community elder and guide
Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador

: The rare Crested owl
near Añangu Community Center
Napo Wildlife Center, Ecuador

: Arrivial: Napo Wildlife Center lodge
Laguna Añanguyacu, Yasuní NP
Upper Amazon basin, Ecuador

: View through rainforest canopy
Yasuní National Park
Ecuador, upper Amazon basin

: Son of Bolivar Cerda, elder of
Añangu Quichua community
Bruce gave Dad a big print!

: Heliconid or Passionflower butterfly
photographed near Bellavista
you’ll enjoy butterfly photography!

: Yellow-breasted antpitta
photographed near Bellavista
“Cloud Forest to Añangu” Tour

: Andean Cock-of-the-Rock
male at mating grounds
breath-taking part of our tour

: Local farmer’s saddle on display
photographed near Bellavista
Andean foothills, Ecuador

: The gorgeous Tandayapu Valley
view from Bellavista Lodge
Raw Rainforest, Ecuador

: Humminbirds are abundant around
the Bellavista lodge area
& enjoyed from your room

: Patterns of nature & design
are part of the instruction
in “Cloud Forests to Añangu” tour

: Trogons are easy to see at Bellavista!

: Enjoy some Ecuadorian coffee
while relaxing between
our photo sessions!

: Map of Tour Locations
“Cloud Forest to Añangu tour”
Raw Rainforest, Ecuador

: Couple relaxes on the veranda
of Bellavista Lodge, overlooking
Tandayapu cloud forest