Into the side channels

From the main branch of the river, our canoe traversed into the narrow side channels going towards the Lake Pijino. An interesting sight on the river, was that of many fish jumping out of the water trying to escape the predator fish in the channels. There was a lot of wildlife along the channels including Kingfishers, Iguanas, Aguilas (eagles), loads of Cormorants on trees, Garza Blanca (Great Egret). Unfortunately, it was had to get good pictures with the phone camera. There was a lot of local flora as well like the huge Ceiba trees and Totumo trees with its big round green fruit. Some places the locals had cleared up the forests and were growing cash crops like Plátano (type of banana) and Papaya trees.Read more