While the night itself was wonderfully calm, the howler monkeys had a strong presence at sunset and in the early morning hours! As for the crocodiles which were supposed to inhabit the river, we did not see any: not even at night when we tried to spot them with the flashlight! After seeing several men snorkeling looking for lobsters, we decided that crocodiles were definitely not a threat and enjoyed an early morning swim before Heiner's pancakes breakfast (or was it Lutz pancakes that morning?)...

After breakfast, we motored further along the beautiful river. 


We anchored the boat not too far away from the dam.  We found a wooden dock along the bank and followed a path in the jungle trying to locate the howler monkeys who were very loud that morning although it was 10am!  As soon as our presence was felt, there was silence! But they were there, surrounding us! and spying on us from the highest branches!!! We spent quite a bit of time standing there...feeling like in a National Geographic documentary!

We then continued on the same path and witnessed capuchin monkeys pursuing squirrels in very high trees. Capuchin monkeys are omnivorous! For a moment, I dreamed of importing some to Kingston so they could scare away our numerous black squirrels...but I decided not to...just because ..our squirrels are too large!

And then there were leaf cutting ants`driving on a path parallel to ours...see video clip

Time passed by so quickly: one could have stayed forever in this forest just observing and relishing the tropical experience!