I took a cruise up the Monkey River today. Getting there was an adventure into itself. An hour drive to Placencia, then at least a half hour boat ride to Monkey River Town, to finally then cruise up the Monkey River. The journey ended at a spot in the jungle which is completely overrun by mosquitoes, but there are also some howler monkeys. The howler monkeys are about as loud as you can imagine an animal that gets the name howler would be. The Monkey River flows through a grassy and mangrove area that is quite pretty. There were numerous birds just sitting along the edge waiting to be spotted. Our guide also spotted a crocodile on the way back that nicely ignored us.
Dramatic storm clouds on the boat ride to Monkey River. These would later drench us on the boat ride back.
Monkey River
Little blue heron
Yellow-crowned night heron
Bat
Focus tree strangling another tree
Howler monkey
Howler monkey
Howler monkey
Mushrooms growing on a tree
Palm forest