Climbing in the cloud forest

We are thirty metres up in a tree high above the forest floor in the heart of Cusuco National Park in Honduras. Ropes and specialist climbing equipment keep us safe and everyone is having a breather after the steep climb. The strident calls of solitaires and nightingale-thrushes hidden in the thick vegetation make it clear we are far from home and yet we are climbing pine trees which takes a little getting used to.

As part of their experience, participants on the Operation Wallacea expedition to Honduras get to join the Canopy Access team on a climb into the tops of some very special trees. Up here is a world where you can encounter lizards, huge red-headed woodpeckers, brightly coloured birds called Chlorophonias and the occasional glimpse of a big billed Toucan.  

To read more, see Operation Wallacea’s blog.