Part One

  1. Galleries
  2. Land Photos
  3. South America
  4. Ecuador
  5. 2022-06 Ecuador #3
  6. Mashpi Private Reserve with Bellingham Safaris
  7. Part One
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  • View at Santa Elena
    View at Santa Elena
    Descending into the cloud/rain forest.
    Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0307
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mainstreet
    Mainstreet
    Pacto, Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0309
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Raw Sugar
    Raw Sugar
    Pacto Loma, Quito to Mashpi, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0313
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dining
    Dining
    This shockingly beautiful dining room was the first of many surprises at this wonderful accommodation in the rain forest.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#1844
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Library
    Library
    Ownership bought the property to preserve a large piece of rainforest.  Unfortunately, other areas of the rainforest are being lost to commercial use.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#1902
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room #24
    Room #24
    Very comfortable, private room with a view of the rain forest.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0321
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bathroom
    Bathroom
    Room #24, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0322
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Room #24
    Room #24
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0358
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Yellow Walking Iris
    Yellow Walking Iris
    Neomarica longifolia
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0315
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9280
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9289
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Tayra
    Tayra
    Eira barbara
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9299
    Larry L. Jackson
  • View
    View
    Feeding perch loaded with ripe bananas is just a small part of the life center activity.
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0317
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Crimson-rumped Toucanet
    Crimson-rumped Toucanet
    Aulacorhynchus haematopygus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9322
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Black-cheeked Woodpecker female
    Black-cheeked Woodpecker female
    Melanerpes pucherani
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9341
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pale-mandibled Aracari
    Pale-mandibled Aracari
    Pteroglossus erythropygius
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9383
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Choco Toucan
    Choco Toucan
    Ramphastos brevis
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9399
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Long-wattled Umbrellabird
    Long-wattled Umbrellabird
    Cephalopterus penduliger - young male with a short wattle.
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9405
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Agouti
    Agouti
    Dasyprocta punctata
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9425
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Agouti
    Agouti
    Dasyprocta punctata
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9442
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Flame-rumped Tanager
    Flame-rumped Tanager
    Ramphocelus flammigerus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9480
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple Quail-Dove
    Purple Quail-Dove
    Geotrygon purpurata
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9510
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Estuardo & Orchids
    Estuardo & Orchids
    Telling us about how an orchid collection is preserved here.
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0321
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0323
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid
    Orchid
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0326
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Owl Butterfly Caterpillar
    Owl Butterfly Caterpillar
    Caligo eurilochus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0328
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Owl Butterfly Caterpillar
    Owl Butterfly Caterpillar
    Caligo eurilochus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9543
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Owl Butterfly Caterpillar juveniles
    Owl Butterfly Caterpillar juveniles
    Caligo eurilochus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9550
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orange Tiger Chrysalis
    Orange Tiger Chrysalis
    Tithorea harmonia
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9554
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Caterpillar
    Caterpillar
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9559
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Caterpillars
    Caterpillars
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9577
    Larry L. Jackson
  • False Zebra Longwing
    False Zebra Longwing
    Heliconius atthis
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9592
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly
    Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly
    Siproeta epaphus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0329
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly
    Rusty-tipped Page Butterfly
    Siproeta epaphus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0337
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spotted Glass Wing Butterfly
    Spotted Glass Wing Butterfly
    Metona grandiosa
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0331
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Menapis Tigerwing
    Menapis Tigerwing
    Mechanitis menapis
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0334
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Owl Butterfly
    Owl Butterfly
    Caligo eurilochus
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0339
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Choco Toucans
    Choco Toucans
    Ramphastos brevis
    Life Center, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#9627
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cachabi Robber Frog
    Cachabi Robber Frog
    Pristimantis achatinus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0347
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Derby's Wooly Opossum
    Derby's Wooly Opossum
    Caluromys derbianus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0350
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Labiated Treefrog
    Labiated Treefrog
    Pristimantis labiosus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0353
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spiny Dwarf-Iguana
    Spiny Dwarf-Iguana
    Enyalioides heterolepis
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0355
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Birdeater Tarantula juvenile
    Birdeater Tarantula juvenile
    Pamphbeteus species
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0366
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Spider
    Spider
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0370
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Armored Harvestman
    Armored Harvestman
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0374
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Armored Harvestman
    Armored Harvestman
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0376
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Parrot Anole
    Parrot Anole
    Anolis chloris
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0380
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Millipede
    Millipede
    Barydesmus species
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0385
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Choco Rainfrog
    Choco Rainfrog
    Pristimantis latidiscus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0389
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Choco Rainfrog
    Choco Rainfrog
    Pristimantis latidiscus - another coloration.
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0391
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Weevil
    Weevil
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0395
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Whip Scorpion
    Whip Scorpion
    Amblypygi
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0397
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Grasshopper
    Grasshopper
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0407
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dead Leaf Katydid
    Dead Leaf Katydid
    Orophus tessellatus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0408
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Stick Insect
    Stick Insect
    Pseudophasma bispinosa
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0416
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Walking Stick
    Walking Stick
    Phasmatodea
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0421
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Popelair's Megasnail
    Popelair's Megasnail
    Megalobulimus popelairianus
    Night Walk, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 11, 2022
    2022-06-11#0424
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Boot Rack
    Boot Rack
    A necessity for walks and trails.
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0427
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Peace Lily
    Peace Lily
    Spathiphyllum cannifolium
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0432
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trumpet Tree Leaf
    Trumpet Tree Leaf
    Cecropia obtusifolia
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0435
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trumpet Tree Leaf
    Trumpet Tree Leaf
    Cecropia obtusifolia
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0437
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Orchid Station
    Orchid Station
    There are only 4 baskets on the gondola line with the ability to stop along the way for viewing.  What a treat and a surprise to find such an elaborate way to see the rainforest.
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0438
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basket
    Basket
    Orchid Station, Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0439
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basket View
    Basket View
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0441
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basket View
    Basket View
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0442
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Basket View
    Basket View
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0450
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glass Frog Trail
    Glass Frog Trail
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0454
    Larry L. Jackson
  • False Coffee
    False Coffee
    Faramea multiflora
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0456
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fern Crook
    Fern Crook
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9662
    Larry L. Jackson
  • False Coffee Flowers
    False Coffee Flowers
    Faramea multiflora
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9665
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Froggy Umbrella
    Froggy Umbrella
    Selaginella species
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0459
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Monkey's Tail
    Monkey's Tail
    Anthurium species
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0463
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0464
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Eschweilera rimachii
    Eschweilera rimachii
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9670
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9679
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glass Frog Falls
    Glass Frog Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0468
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trail Ladder
    Trail Ladder
    Surprising, but needed to get from the trail down to the stream and waterfall.  It would have been interesting to see how the ladder got here.
    Glass Frog Falls, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0472
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glass Frog Falls
    Glass Frog Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0474
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Glass Frog Falls
    Glass Frog Falls
    Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0485
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Estuardo, Boe & Ryan
    Estuardo, Boe & Ryan
    Taking a dip is supposed to take 20 years off your age.
    Glass Frog Falls, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0486
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9729
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9731
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Leaf Beetle
    Leaf Beetle
    Euryceraea wagneri - Estuardo has an app on his phone that identifies a lot of what we were seeing, very handy.
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9735
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Andean Tiger Beetle
    Andean Tiger Beetle
    Pseudoxycheila chaudoiri - fast moving little predator.
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9743
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Froggy Hand Clubmoss
    Froggy Hand Clubmoss
    Selaginella species
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0495
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Froggy Hand Clubmoss
    Froggy Hand Clubmoss
    Selaginella species - another patch of the moss.
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9745
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9751
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Hispid Leaf Beetle
    Hispid Leaf Beetle
    Alurnus costalis
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9754
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Fungus
    Fungus
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9759
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Toad
    Unknown Toad
    Very small.
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9762
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Laguna River tributary
    Laguna River tributary
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0501
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elephant Ear
    Elephant Ear
    Xanthosoma sagittifolium
    Glass Frog Trail, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0503
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Gesneriad
    Gesneriad
    Tower 4, Dragonfly Gondola Line, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0508
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9783
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Unknown Flower
    Unknown Flower
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9790
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bromeliad
    Bromeliad
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9795
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Purple-throated Fruitcrow female
    Purple-throated Fruitcrow female
    Querula purpurata
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9823
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trumpet Tree
    Trumpet Tree
    Cecropia species
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0511
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Trumpet Tree
    Trumpet Tree
    Cecropia species
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#0513
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Magnolia
    Magnolia
    Magnolia mashpi
    Dragonfly Gondola, Mashpi Private Reserve, Ecuador, June 12, 2022
    2022-06-12#9841
    Larry L. Jackson