Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums
This gallery comprises an overview of our 21 days in Ecuador. A journal entry expanding on this leg of the journey may be viewed at viani.us/2025/03/ecuador-c/.
![Birding by Boat ~ Sani Lodge]()
![Coca: Gateway to the Amazon Basin]()
![Coca: Gateway to the Amazon Basin]()
![The motorized launch to Sani Lodge]()
![Pied Plover]()
![Sani Lodge "Box Lunch"]()
![Wattled Jacana]()
![Hoatzin]()
![Hoatzin]()
![Yellow-crowned Tyrannuylet]()
![Motoring along the Napo River]()
![Sani River: Where black meets muddy.]()
![The "dock" @ Sani Lodge]()
![The Trail to Sani Lodge Paddle Canoes]()
![Into to Cacao Beans]()
![Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge]()
![Sani Lodge Lagoon]()
![Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge]()
![Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge]()
![Sani Lodge: Amazon Basin]()
![ecuador_CR-phone_125]()
![Sani Lodge: Amazon Basin]()
![Sani Lodge Lagoon]()
![Sani Lodge: Python]()
![Cayman @ Sani Lodge]()
![Paddling to the Sani Tower]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![White-vented Euphonia]()
![Amazonian Trogon]()
![Green-backed Trogon]()
![White-necked Puffbird]()
![Spangled Cotinga]()
![Rufous-bellied Euphonia]()
![Many-banded Aracari]()
![Squirrel Cuckoo]()
![Ivory-billed Aracari]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Black-capped Becard]()
![Unidentified nestling in Kapok Tree]()
![Wire-tail Manikin]()
![Birding the Sani Lodge Tower]()
![Birding the Sani Lodge Tower]()
![View to Forest Floor from 125']()
![Hoatzin]()
![Large-billed Tern]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree]()
![Stanhopea grandiflora Orchid]()
![Our Sani Guide, Carlos]()
![Birding the Sani Lodge Forest]()
![Birding the Sani Lodge Forest]()
![Refreshments before ascending the Sani Tower.]()
![River Otter]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_255]()
![Burrowing Owl]()
![Rock Pigeon]()
![Scarlet-crowned Barbet]()
![Scarlet-crowned Barbet]()
![Magpie Tanager]()
![Paddle Canoe en-route to Sani Lodge]()
![Along the Route to Sani Lodge]()
![Along the Route to Sani Lodge]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_259]()
![Motorized Canoe to Clay Licks]()
![Mealy Amazon Parrot @ Clay Lick]()
![Blue-headed Parrot]()
![Ringed Kingfisher]()
![White-banded Swallow]()
![Orange-backed Troupial]()
![White-eared Jacamar]()
![Scarlet Macaw]()
![Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer]()
![Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer]()
![Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer]()
![Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer]()
![The "Walking Tree"]()
![Forest food grater]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_271]()
![Carlos & mother at Sani Warmi]()
![Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi]()
![Guayusa Tea Leaves @ Sani Warmi]()
![Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi]()
![Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi]()
![Red-capped Cardinal]()
![Greater Yellowlegs]()
![Tropical Kingbird]()
![Celosia argentea, plumed cockscomb]()
![ecuador_SV-phone_276]()
![Sani Lodge Lagoon]()
![Sani Lodge Lagoon]()
![Sunset on Sani Lodge Lagoon]()
![Dried Cacao to Market]()
![Returnig to Coca en-route to Quito flight]()
![Tributary to the Napo River]()
![ecuador_CR-phone_185]()
![Mercedes Rivadeneira @ Puembo]()
Birding by Boat ~ Sani Lodge
Coca: Gateway to the Amazon Basin
Coca: Gateway to the Amazon Basin
The motorized launch to Sani Lodge
Pied Plover
Sani Lodge "Box Lunch"
Wattled Jacana
Hoatzin
Hoatzin
Yellow-crowned Tyrannuylet
Motoring along the Napo River
Sani River: Where black meets muddy.
The "dock" @ Sani Lodge
The Trail to Sani Lodge Paddle Canoes
Into to Cacao Beans
Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge
Sani Lodge Lagoon
Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge
Paddle Canoe: Sani Lodge
Sani Lodge: Amazon Basin
ecuador_CR-phone_125
Sani Lodge: Amazon Basin
Sani Lodge Lagoon
Sani Lodge: Python
Cayman @ Sani Lodge
Paddling to the Sani Tower
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
White-vented Euphonia
Amazonian Trogon
Green-backed Trogon
White-necked Puffbird
Spangled Cotinga
Rufous-bellied Euphonia
Many-banded Aracari
Squirrel Cuckoo
Ivory-billed Aracari
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Black-capped Becard
Unidentified nestling in Kapok Tree
Wire-tail Manikin
Birding the Sani Lodge Tower
Birding the Sani Lodge Tower
View to Forest Floor from 125'
Hoatzin
Large-billed Tern
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Sani Lodge Tower in Kapok Tree
Stanhopea grandiflora Orchid
Our Sani Guide, Carlos
Birding the Sani Lodge Forest
Birding the Sani Lodge Forest
Refreshments before ascending the Sani Tower.
River Otter
ecuador_SV-phone_255
Burrowing Owl
Rock Pigeon
Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Scarlet-crowned Barbet
Magpie Tanager
Paddle Canoe en-route to Sani Lodge
Along the Route to Sani Lodge
Along the Route to Sani Lodge
ecuador_SV-phone_259
Motorized Canoe to Clay Licks
Mealy Amazon Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Ringed Kingfisher
White-banded Swallow
Orange-backed Troupial
White-eared Jacamar
Scarlet Macaw
Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer
Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer
Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer
Lunch Spot Along the Napo Rivcer
The "Walking Tree"
Forest food grater
ecuador_SV-phone_271
Carlos & mother at Sani Warmi
Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi
Guayusa Tea Leaves @ Sani Warmi
Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi
Cooking Demonstration at Sani Warmi
Red-capped Cardinal
Greater Yellowlegs
Tropical Kingbird
Celosia argentea, plumed cockscomb
ecuador_SV-phone_276
Sani Lodge Lagoon
Sani Lodge Lagoon
Sunset on Sani Lodge Lagoon
Dried Cacao to Market
Returnig to Coca en-route to Quito flight
Tributary to the Napo River
ecuador_CR-phone_185
Mercedes Rivadeneira @ Puembo