Day 3 (May 11) in Alta Floresta

Today we got up at the same time and after breakfast, we were on our trail by 6:30, since this trail started right by the lodge. We took the trail to the Canopy Tower, which is 50 meters high and from the top (and what a climb that was!) we could see over the forest canopy. We stayed on top of that tower for probably 3 hours, enjoying the scenery and the hunt for birds. It was always exciting to spot macaws and we'd follow them from tree to tree, hoping they'd get close to the tower for some good photo opportunities. We also saw spider monkeys from this tower, so it was very interesting. Fortunately, it was mostly cloudy this day, so it never got very hot. It was a very nice way to start off Mother's Day!
Once we got down from the tower, we continued on the trail to a tree house, which is by a little place that they call a salt lick. We sat there for a while, went up in the tree house, but didn't see much other than very beautiful butterflies.
We got back to the lodge around 11:30 again, had lunch and then rested.
After dinner, which is at 7:30, we went back out on the trail to the tree house, so it being that hour, it was very dark. We used our flashlights up until we got close to the treehouse, and then we turned them off, because of the possibility that there could be animals at the salt lick. There was really no light to see by, so what we did, is Fernando took the guide's hand, Guillermo took Fernando's hand, and I held Guillermo's hand and we slowly walked holding on to each other the rest of the way to the tree house. That was quite an experience, walking the trail with no light whatsoever, and then climbing up the ladder to the treehouse in total darkness! We sat in the treehouse for about 40 minutes, but nothing ever came. Our guide planned it so that we could be back to our bungalow by 10pm so we could take our showers while the generator was still on for lights. So we rushed back to our room, and took really quick showers and were actually all done right at about 10:30, but it seemed like they kept the generator on a little longer this night (for us, maybe) because it turned off at 10:40. Fortunately the nights get real cool, so we don't really need the ceiling fan during the night.