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Sun rise over Lago Isabal

More wild life on the Rio oscuro

The bromeliads are budding out and soon this will be a dark red,huge flower

Some of the wildlife on the Rio Oscuro.

We are sailing across Lago Izabal in route to an anchorage at Ensenada Balandra. The first stop in our bid to see the wildlife on Rio Oscuro. We are in hopes of seeing the Houler Monkeys known to live there.

Early in the morning we leave our anchorage on the remote southwest corner of Lago Izabal and head up the Rio Oscuro in hopes of seeing the howler monkeys. The clouds were heavy like most mornings in the Sierra de los Minas behind us.

From the Rio Oscuro we turned south down a small tributary called the Rio Zarquito.This is a picture taken on the Rio Zarquito. JD calls this the tunnel of love. The birds, butterflies and other wildlife were phenomenal. The howler monkeys were very close and you could hear their eerie growl coming from the jungle. As soon as we turned onto this river you could feel a change in the air. It was very cool and you could hear the water moving down from the mountains. The sweet fragrance of the tropical flowers and beautiful blooms were everywhere.