Date: Sunday 25 September 2022

Trajectory: Misión Nueva Pompeya – Tantanacuy

Distance covered: 300 km

Today I visited two Provincial Parks. But first we had lunch (empanadas) at a roadside place …

… made on the premises. 

Then on to the first park, Parque Fuerte Esperanza, where guide Paola accompanied me on a couple of trails.

Not many birds around in the hot midday sun, but I did shoot my bird of the day, a brown cachalote …

… and noticed this interesting way to make use of a fallen tree trunk

Back on the road again … 

… thankful there was no rain … 

… to the Parque Loro Hablador

… where I walked another trail…. 

 … and met a collared peccary called Willy, adopted by the guardaparques. 

I also tried to identify some animal tracks with the help of a friendly chart.

Then back to Tantanacuy for supper and an early night.