We got up early and after a quick snack we walked back to Sandoval lake to observe the otters. They were quickly spotted on the opposite side of the lake. The group counted some 6-10 otters, difficult to keep count as they would dive ever so often and come back up somewhere else. As we went down towards the end of the lake the otters came closer.

Then our guide spotted a group of black spider monkeys, maybe some 10-15, some with their young, up in the trees by the shore of the lake. Monkeys are always fun to watch as they jump around the trees to eat fruit.

Back at the lodge we had breakfast before crossing the river to go to Otorongo lake. Otorongo lake is as Sandova lake an oxbow lake, but whereas on Sandoval lake we went out on a catemeran, this lake has an observation tower to see the otters. On the way to the lake we spotted a group of wolly monkeys high above in the trees. They too were quite entertaining, and currious. Maybe some 10-15 in the group and some with their young. We stayed maybe 30 minutes watching the monkeys jump around staying clear of falling branches. Then we went on to the lake.

We went up the watch tower, some 15-20 meters high to observe life at the lake. Again we saw otters, but we did not get as close as on Sandoval lake and observing from the same point was rather borring.

After lunch we split. I wanted to stick to the program and take a walk. The rest wanted to go back to Sandoval lake, but I thought that we had likely seen what could be seen there, and we had yet to see the rainforest. The weather got worse and became more windy. That calmed much activity, we did spot a few monkeys but it was too dark against the cloudy sky to get any photos. Also, after splitting I got the novice guide. He did a great effort to find and follow the few monkeys we heard but with little luck. The others seemed to have more luck as they told they saw capuchin (I think) monkeys by the lake.