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