afternoon we were taken further up the river in the boat to a small sandy river beach, where we set off seemingly straight into the jungle, Angelo and his machete leading the way!! Pretty soon though we came to a much well used trail and the hacking ceased!! We followed Angelo deeper into the lush jungle and at one point had to cross a fallen tree over a stream, which was not easy in the slippery tropical humidity!! We weren’t entirely sure where we were going, so were quite surprised when after an hour or so we arrived at a wooden platform with a great view of a huge cliff in front of us! Angelo pointed out to us the reason we were here - this was the viewing point for the colourful macaws which lived in holes in the rock. They really were the most beautiful birds - check the photos out, although they were pretty keen on screeching at each other quite loudly as well!!

Next came a classic

mistranslation moment, as Angelo asked if we wanted to walk up to the cliff, and I thought he’d asked if we wanted to walk up the cliff!! A little nervous, but up for anything, we followed!! Thankfully it was just a little wander beyond the lookout point, and as we didn’t get too much more of a view of much, we returned to the hide. As we were almost there Angelo motioned for us to go on - I assumed that nature was calling him, but to our astonishment we heard the familiar chop chop of his machete, and the next minute this medium sized tree / plant thing went crashing down in front of us!! Angelo emerged from the fallen remains looking very pleased with himself, and proclaiming a better view of the cliffs!! We were joined by another couple of people there on a tour, but pretty soon it was time to head back to camp.

The sunset heading back down the river was amazing!! It was one of those where