Into the jungle: the National Park Podocarpus

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Just before arriving Zamora, I felt, for the first time on this journey, a sharp muscle cramp in my right thigh. I decided to take a day off hiking in the near national park Podocarpus, named after a type of conifers. It is known mainly for the 560 different species of birds which have been registered there. I have seen only a few of them, nicely coloured, black with a yellow tail e.g. At the park entrance I had met a friendly family, together we went to the nice waterfall of Río Bombuscaro, in whose crystal-clear water they took a bath – fully dressed, even with shoes on!
In the afternoon, I followed for about one hour a path right through the brush to an elevated natural mirador and enjoyed the cloudy view over the surrounding, densely wooded hills.

Landslide on the way to the park