Another pyramid looms up on us through the jungle. You can self-explore Tikal if you wish, but it seems like it would be a challenging task. With our guide he’d cut through a jungle path and then we’d just emerge at the next site, but with paths everywhere and the jungle quite thick it would be easy to get lost on your own
A troop of white-nosed coatis descended upon us. Not nearly as aggressive as their cousins that I saw in Brazil a couple years ago, they were still very curious about us with little fear.
Temple Stairs
A heavily pregnant Central American Spider Monkey swings above us
It’s called a roadside hawk, but this one was just perched along a hiking path.
Occelated Turkey – I love the iridescent colours
Spider monkey in the classic spider monkey pose.
Dusk beginning to set in over Tikal.
The keel-billed toucan is the national bird of Belize…although most of the ones we saw were in Guatemala.
One last shot from Tikal – a spider monkey scrambling atop the canopy