iHerp Australia Issue 8 | Page 48

Herping Upper Amazonia. Eco-tourism in Northern Guyana. The hand-hewn canoe barely skims the surface, gliding along lazily with the slow- moving current of the Mahaica River…. This Kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) stands more than 40m tall; its roots are flooded by the waters of the Rio Negro. Image by PARALAXIS.