…pass a Strangler fig which attracts noisy groups of White-fronted Capuchin monkeys and Bronze-winged Parrots when fruiting.

…find the nut of the Tagua palm, known as Ecuador’s natural ivory, which is used for ecological jewelry by the local community.

…cover from rain with the giant leaf of an arum plant (Xantosoma sp.), also called the umbrella plant or elephant ear.

…observe a White-whiskered Hermit visiting an Erica, Gesneria or bromeliad flower on its traplining route.

…witness the pollination of an orchid flower by a glittering Euglossine bee.

…enjoy colorful tanager flocks feeding in a Cecropia-tree.

…see some tree ferns, a very ancient plant family that evolved by the time of the dinosaurs.

…search for creepy whip spiders (Amblypygi sp.).

…look out for a kinkajou (Potos flavus) or an olingo (Bassaricyon medius).

…touch the irritating hair of a beautiful Saturnid caterpillar.

…touch a hairy tarantula.

…encounter a pitviper (Bothrops osbornei) coiled up on the forest floor ready to strike for prey.