on the edge of Lima, the trip's first stop,16 September

of spider at Pantanos de Villa wetlands, 16 September

Common Caracaras at Huarcarpay Marshes, Cusco, 17 September

Puna Ibis, Huarcarpay Marshes, 17 September

Ajanco Pass at 3,530m at the start of the Manu Road, 17 September

also at Ajanco

at the Ajanco Pass

down the Manu Road, 17 September

accommodation for a couple of nights, 18 September

containing the Manu Road, 18 September

Cinnamon Flycatcher at San Pedro, 18 September

at home on water, 19 September

the Cosnipata Valley and the Manu Road, 19 September

of the more commonly known Oropendola family, early on19 September

Black, Crested, or?

19 September

down the turbulent Madre de Dios to Pantiacolla Lodge, 19 September

19 September

on the bank of the Madre de Dios, 19 September

Pantiacolla, 20 September

from Pantiacolla Lodge, 20 September

of 'Airplane Grasshopper', Pantiacolla, 20 September

of Passionflower climber, Pantiacolla, 20 September

on the river bank

to our next stop, Amazon Manu Lodge, 21 September

on the Madre de Dios bank, 21 September

lunch stop on 21 September

(now renamed), 21 September

Macaw Clay Scrape, 22 September

Blue-headed Parrots, Blanquillo, 22 September

Red and Green Macaws at the Blanquillo scrape, 22 September

near the Amazon Forest Lodge, not for faint hearts! 22 September

just a different view

from the top of the Observation Tower

Amazon Manu Lodge, 23 September

on our departure to Cusco, 24 September

organised chaos prior to our river crossing, 24 September

of the Rio Inambari, the first group of my party to risk it, 24 September

discovered in an under-road drainage pipe, 24 September

worn by Andean women, fantastic, 24 September

high altitude landscape, 24 September

the end of butterflying and the starting point tomorrow for the Inca Trail.....