One of the excursion options we were given was the Overland Tour. It was a van ride all around the park that took us past several lakes, past the massif, out of the park, to the Pinnacles and back into the park. Our path took us from the "wet" area on to the dry area. Along with that was a shift of vegetation and a shift of the animals. Here we saw more guanacos and birds than we saw on the west side of the park. We continued on until we got to the area where the pinnacles are visible.
We woke up to a rainbow!
Piles into a van and headed out with our guide Marielle
Here is a water fall and the remains of a washed out bridge
Scenic photo shot #1
Guanacos are cousins of the more famous Llamas
The wind was very strong 40 mph at times
Black faced ibis
Here's looking at you Ducky!
The biggest of the several lakes in the park with wind driven whitecaps
Chilean flamingos
It was very hard to get a shot when the wind was blowing me all around
A Rhea keeping an eye out for predators
and the other eye too
The alert posture
The relaxed posture, his neck is pulled down and the feathers fluffed out
Lots of baby guanacos
This little guy was probably only a day to two old
A sentinel on the hill not looking out too well
Super cute little guy
They can walk just minutes after being born
Doing a better job at looking out
Andean condor
You can see the beak and how the head is looking out to the right
Hmmm which way to go now?
