I am planning a trip to the Amazon rainforest jungle in January. Will probably be heading to the Napo Wildlife Center in Ecuador.
I wonder if anyone here has been to the place? Would be interested in your experience, indications about places to go to, etc.

It seems I will have to answer my own question.
This place appears to be a well kept secret ! A tribe in the Ecuadorian Amazon has given up hunting, turned their neighbourhood into a wildlife sanctuary and decided to make their living by running a high-quality wildlife center in the rainforest. To put it short: this place is a gem !

Spent a week there in January. Saw seven kinds of monkeys, lots of different birds, caymans,an anaconda,reptiles, butterflys and who knows what.
Getting there is a bit time-consuming. First a short flight from Quito to Coca, then two hours on a motorboat and another two hours on a canoe. Nevertheless, for anyone interested in rainforest wildlife it is worth the hassle.
I am still processing the shots from this trip. Just got the first of them accepted into my PPG album PENTAX : PENTAX Photo Gallery artist page

hallo Pepe,

great to hear your are back and had a phantastic trip. I hope to see some more of your photos.
Are you gone show them at a forum as well, maybe here at the pentax-forum?

Greetings from Germany, Jan

Terve, Pekka!

Lovely shots! Post some here, please!

Kiitos,

Tord

PS Sorry if my spelling is non-Finnish ;-)!

Is the hoatzin ( first photo in your posting) from the Ecuador trip? Outstanding image!

Hello guys!
And thanks for the comments!

I sure plan to post more of my shots from this trip. There are something like 2000 of them in total, and it does take time to process a batch like that. Especially as the time my full-time job allows me to dedicate for this is limited. Anyhow, at some point of time there will be more coming!
Jan -need to get back to the bear thing now as I am back. Spring is on its way even up here.
Tord - your spelling is spot-on. Fullträff!
WPRESTO - yes, the hoatzin is from the rainforest in Ecuador. Shot from a canoe almost straight below the bird. It sure is a strange looking creature!

Agree fully about the hoatzin - spot on!

Yeah, that would be great
Unfortunately I have not found a friend who would like to join the trip.
And I think it's nice when you can experience such a trip together.

Many greetings, Jan

Hello again
I have now opened an album here on the forum for some of the wildlife shots from the rainforest in Ecuador.
So far it is all monkey business but there will be other creatures coming...

Lovely shots!

I agree. The last two are very 3D looking. Really great.

It sure has taken a while !
Anyway, some more creatures from the Amazon rainforest

Again, fantastic shots!

Kiitos!