Photo Gallery
Photos by Gary Rosenberg
We begin the journey to La Selva with a flight from Quito and a three-and-one-half hour boat ride down the Napo River.
La Selva Lodge is set back from the Napo on a quiet oxbow lake…
…where prehistoric-looking Hoatzins…
…and Sand-colored Nighthawks perch right outside the bar.
La Selva is one of the most accessible and reliable places in the world to see the secretive Zigzag Heron.
A visit to a nearby Amazonian river island might produce a glimpse of an Amazonian Umbrellabird…
…and Pied Lapwings are common breeders on the sandbars…
…as are Ladder-tailed Nightjars.
One of the delights of La Selva Lodge are the early evening canoe-rides around the oxbow lake. Each one reveals something special…here a Sunbittern.
A sturdy canopy tower allows us a glimpse into the fascinating environment of the forest canopy…
…where we often get fabulous views of species that are difficult to see from the ground, such as this Cream-colored Woodpecker…
…or this Many-banded Aracari…
…or perhaps this Long-billed Woodcreeper, the largest species in its family.
The canopy tower can be wonderful for viewing other creatures as well. This hairstreak butterfly was walking on the hand rail…
…and this anole was displaying 120 feet above the ground.
This Glass Frog, however, was well concealed in a dead leaf 120 feet below on the forest floor.
La Selva has an excellent trail system through terra firme forest, where one might encounter countless fascinating species, such as this Chestnut-capped Puffbird…
…or this seldom-seen Orange-crowned Manakin…
…or, here illuminated in a beam of light, a White-chested Puffbird.
No illumination was needed, however, to see this brilliant Wire-tailed Manakin.
If we’re lucky, we might stumble upon a Long-tailed Potoo, one of the rarest of Amazonian potoos.
If one is looking for a true Amazonian experience with a degree of comfort, then La Selva is just the place.