Bellavista Cloud Forest | A Gallery from The Weekend | RNZ National

From The Weekend 4 January 2014

Bellavista Cloud Forest, two hours north of the capital of Quito in Ecuador.

Photographs by Lynn Freeman.

Amethyst throated sunangel

Beetles

Crested quetzel -rare

Flora cloud forest

Olinguito (rare and recently discovered at Bellavista Cloud Forest)

Toucan barbet

Trojon

Turquoise jay

Guide

Richard Parsona, owner of Bellavista and eco-tourism pioneer in Ecuador

The cloud forest

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