Group of visitors with camera gear on a rainforest trail

Photos from our trips

The rainforest, as it really looks

No stock photos, no retouching. Every shot here was taken by us or our travelers.

24 photographs

All of this really happened

Images taken on our expeditions to Shiripuno, Limoncocha, Yasuní and the island. Not a single one comes from stock photos.

Group of travelers spread among the buttress roots of a giant kapok tree The Shiripuno kapok tree Waorani guide wearing a woven crown and holding a blowgun Waorani blowgun Black caiman half-submerged among the vegetation of a lagoon Black caiman Group watching a monkey high up in the trees Monkeys in the canopy Canoe gliding through a narrow channel between flooded trees Flooded forest Hiker on a wooden boardwalk crossing the forest Raised trails Visitor fishing for piranhas with a handmade rod on the Shiripuno Piranha fishing Passengers in life jackets aboard the covered motorboat Napo River Group and their guide crossing a boardwalk over the flooded forest On the way to camp Crown of a giant kapok tree seen from the base of its trunk Looking up Group of visitors with camera gear posing on a trail Group on the trail Smiling portrait of a community member wearing a woven crown Community Visitor weaving a basket from chambira palm fiber Chambira weaving Community artisan teaching how to weave a basket Learning to weave Group having lunch at a long table under a thatched roof The long table Cane cabin with a thatched roof surrounded by palm trees Cabins among the palms Cabin on stilts in a meadow under a clear sky The lodge clearing Thatched-roof cabin with tall rainforest behind it At the forest's edge Wooden dining hall under an open thatched-roof structure The dining hall Open wooden hall with hanging hammocks Hammocks Wooden room with beds covered by mosquito nets Double room Room with two beds, mosquito nets and yellow curtains Room with curtains Room with several single beds and mosquito nets Shared room Bed decorated with towels and petals to welcome guests A warm welcome

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New photographs

Fresh from the river

Waorani guide holding a machete on a forest trail Two monkeys climbing a bare tree against the sky Wooden terrace with hammocks overlooking the Napo River Orange sunset seen from a canoe on a calm river Waorani community members posing in front of a thatched building Blue heron perched on a branch among palm fronds Thatched cabin on stilts on a green lawn Waorani man teaching a visitor to aim a blowgun Bow of a boat on the river at golden hour Portrait of a smiling Waorani man with a woven crown Candlelit dinner table on the porch of a bamboo cabin Thatched lodge buildings on a lawn under a blue sky Women preparing cassava and plantain the traditional way Cluster of vivid red tropical flowers Guide and traveler paddling and smiling in a canoe Palm trees mirrored in the still water of a lagoon Beds decorated with towel swans on a blue runner Red macaw perched on a bare branch in the canopy Waorani warrior with his spear in the forest Couple relaxing in a hammock next to a Waorani guide Waorani family and travelers sharing the boat back Group of travelers with their guides on a jungle trail Everyone eating together at the long red table under the thatch Visitor proudly holding up a fish caught on the trip Long covered boat moored on the muddy Napo Cabin glowing at dusk behind a palm Cluster of red wild fruit by the river Orange sky reflected on the lagoon at sunset