We signed up for the 10:30 Ariel Tram into the canopy. First it was breakfast, then the bone jarring trip in the safari mobile to the tram. We loaded into the tram me in the back and Leslie in the front. There were other folks to load into their own cars so we went forward 50 feet and then stopped. We swayed back and forth for about a minute and then went forward another 50 feet. This repeated half a dozen times and then we proceed almost to the top. At that point some other group must have shown up and we started and stopped a few more times. At the top we walked a short trail to an observation tower. The tower was one continuous ramp which is eminently easier than flight after flight of stairs. We climbed higher and higher and my natural tendency to panic during life and death situations started to signal my brain. I powered through until we reached the top where there were 30 or so people crammed all together. They were part of a tour and the tour guide was bombastic in his delivery so we took a selfie or two and went back down, Feet on ground took care of my silly brain. We rode back down and walked back via the animal sanctuary. We were glad that we went this way because we saw an agouti which is a mix between a porcupine and a capybara. The volunteers had also brought out a tree anteater and an Andean porcupine. Both were very cool animals to get a chance to see.
Santa Sloth
The green eyed monster
Riding that tram
Up and down all day long, it is the life of a tram car
The cable is in the foreground and the background
More cool pink trunk trees
Long green roots on this fern
The jungle just swallows up the tram cars and towers
Nice red flowers
A large open space allows the cars and the towers to be seen
Palm bracts
Looking out from the tram
A zip line station
The tower
Very tall
Looking out over the lake
The canal towards the Culebra Cut
Canal riders on the to of the tower
Looking down
The structure
Watch out for el Puma!
You can see the padding against the tree, not my idea of a good zipline
We are way up there
Cool markings on the exterior of the tree
Palm reproductive organs
Bark or lichen!
A agouti the hair is porcupine like
Nimble on the feet
The Andean Porcupine
Anteater butt
He was digging all the bark along the branch
Cutie!
He looks so patient waiting for some food
